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Can strength training improve motor function in Friedreich ataxia?
Friedreich ataxia is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting coordination, balance, strength, and mobility. It is usually classed as a...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Corticospinal and Reticulospinal Control of Human Motor Units Following Resistance Training
Resistance training leads to significant neuromuscular adaptations, but the precise neural mechanisms remain unclear. While the corticospinal system...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Corticospinal, reticulospinal and motor-unit adaptations to eccentric exercise
Project summary This PhD project will investigate how the nervous system adapts after damaging eccentric exercise, and whether these adaptations...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Determining the cortico-reticulospinal responses to high-intensity aerobic exercise
Aerobic exercise facilitates neuroplasticity and has been linked to improvements in cognitive and motor function. These neuroplastic effects of...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Investigating the neural adaptations to strength training in older adults
Advancing age is associated with impaired functional ability, which refers to a reduced ability to perform activities of daily living, such as...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Is the connectivity of the reticulospinal tract a predictor of strength gain and loss in older adults?
Sarcopenia is the progressive degenerative loss of muscle mass and strength associated with ageing. As part of the frailty syndrome, sarcopenia is a...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Mapping Neural and Motor Unit Adaptations to Strength Training Using Advanced Neurophysiological Techniques
Neural adaptations are integral to the efficacy of strength training, particularly during its early phases when hypertrophic changes remain...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Neural mechanisms of the repeated bout effect: corticospinal, reticulospinal, and motor-unit adaptations to eccentric exercise
Unaccustomed eccentric exercise can induce exercise-induced muscle damage, typically characterised by transient reductions in maximal force,...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Neurological Mapping of Age-Related Motor Pathways (NeuroMAP)
Ageing is associated with a progressive decline in muscle force production, which extends beyond muscle atrophy to encompass neural mechanisms that...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Pathway-Specific Neural Adaptations to Strength Training
Early improvements in muscle strength occur before substantial hypertrophy and are therefore strongly influenced by neural adaptation. Most human...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
Pathway-Specific Neural Adaptations to Strength Training: Effects of Training Modality, Muscle and Age
Neural adaptations underpin early gains in strength training, well before hypertrophy occurs. These adaptations include increased corticospinal and...
Supervisor: Associate Professor Dawson Kidgell
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