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• 2019

  Changes in Achilles tendon stiffness in gout measured by elastography – a preliminary study

  Otter, S., Watt, P., Webborn, N., Payne, C. & Jones, AM., 2 Jun 2019, p. A1464. 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  • Elasticity Imaging Techniques
  • Achilles Tendon
  • Gout
  • Tendons
  • Foot

• Heat tolerance of Fire Service Instructors

  Watkins, E. R., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Richardson, A. J., 16 Mar 2019, In : Journal of Thermal Biology. 82, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Thermotolerance
  • teachers
  • heat tolerance
  • Fires
  • Hot Temperature

• Ingestion of lean meat elevates muscle inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 1 protein content independent of a distinct post-prandial circulating proteome in young adults with obesity

  Barclay, R. D., Beals, J. W., Drnevich, J., Imai, B. S., Yau, P. M., Ulanov, A. V., Tillin, N. A., Villegas-Montes, M., Paluska, S. A., Watt, P., De Lisio, M., Burd, N. A. & Mackenzie, R. W., 31 Oct 2019, In : Metabolism. 102, 153996.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File
• 2018

  A new occupational heat tolerance test: A feasibility study

  Watkins, E. R., Gibbons, J., Dellas, Y., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Richardson, A. J., 5 Sep 2018, In : Journal of Thermal Biology. 78, p. 42-50 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Thermotolerance
  • feasibility studies
  • Feasibility Studies
  • heat tolerance
  • Protective Clothing

• Fire Service Instructors' Working Practices: A UK Survey

  Watkins, E., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Richardson, A., 4 May 2018, In : Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Firefighters
  • Health
  • Guidelines
  • Respiration
  • Hot Temperature

• Physiological and perceptual responses in the elderly to simulated daily living activities in UK summer climatic conditions

  Waldock, K. A. M., Hayes, M., Watt, P. W. & Maxwell, N. S., 18 Jun 2018, In : Public health. 161

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Hot Temperature
  • Elderly
  • Metabolic Equivalent
  • Exercise

• Practical pre-cooling methods for occupational heat exposure

  Watkins, E., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Richardson, A., 14 Feb 2018, In : Applied Ergonomics. 70, p. 26-33 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • cooling
  • phase transition
  • heat
  • ice
  • fire fighters

• Preparation for and recovery from fire exposure and heat illnesses

  Richardson, A., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Watkins, E., 1 Sep 2018, 35 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Shear Wave Elastography Measures of the Achilles Tendon: Influence of Time of Day, Leg Dominance and the Impact of an Acute 30-Minute Bout of Running

  Payne, C., Watt, P., Webborn, N. & Payne, C., 18 Jul 2018, In : Applied Sciences (Switzerland). 8, 7, p. 1170 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Achilles tendon
  • dominance (genetics)
  • shears
  • legs
  • tendons

• Short-term heat acclimation and precooling, independently and combined, improve 5 km running performance in the heat

  James, C. A., Richardson, A. J., Watt, P. W., Willmott, A. G. B., Gibson, O. R. & Maxwell, N. S., 1 May 2018, In : Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 32, 5, p. 1366-1375 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Acclimatization
  • Hot Temperature
  • Performance-Enhancing Substances

• The acute effect of training fire exercises on fire service instructors

  Watkins, E. R., Hayes, M., Watt, P. & Richardson, A. J., 2 Oct 2018, In : Journal of Occupational & Environmental Hygiene.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Exercise
  • Temperature
  • Mean Platelet Volume
  • Monocytes
  • Analysis of Variance

• Tokyo 2020 Heat Resource Pack

  Maxwell, N. (ed.), Hayes, M., Duncan, B., Debney, M., Bliss, A., Norton, B., Richardson, A., Watt, P., Turner, G., Waldock, K., Watkins, E., Relf, R., Gibson, O., Willmott, A., James, C., Lewis, R., Newbery, J., Mackenzie, R., Mee, J., Brickley, G. & 1 others, Webborn, N., 28 Feb 2018, 87 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• 2017

  Cross Adaptation - Heat and Cold Adaptation to Improve Physiological and Cellular Responses to Hypoxia

  Gibson, O., Taylor, L., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 17 Apr 2017, In : Sports Medicine. 47, 9, p. 1751-1768 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • physiological response
  • hypoxia
  • acclimation
  • heat
  • exercise

• High intensity exercise decreases IP6K1 muscle content & improves insulin sensitivity in glucose intolerant individuals

  Naufau, J., Elliott, B., Markiv, A., Dunning-Foreman, P., McGrady, M., Howard, D., Watt, P. & Mackenzie, R. W. A., 29 Dec 2017, In : Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 103, 4, p. 1479–1490

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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• High intensity Interval exercise decreases IP6K1 muscle content & improves insulin sensitivity (S_I²*) in glucose intolerant individuals

  Naufahu, J., Elliott, B., Markiv, A., Dunning-Foreman, P., McGrady, M., Howard, D., Watt, P. & Mackenzie, R. W. A., 29 Dec 2017, In : Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 103, 4, p. 1479–1490

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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• Poor reproducibility of compression elastography in the Achilles tendon: same day and consecutive day measurements

  Payne, C., Webborn, N., Watt, P. & Cercignani, M., 4 Apr 2017, In : Skeletal Radiology. 46, 7, p. 889-895 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Achilles tendon
  • reproducibility
  • repeatability
  • standard deviation
  • methodology

• Reproducibility of shear wave elastography measures of the Achilles tendon

  Payne, C., Watt, P., Cercignani, M. & Webborn, N., 19 Dec 2017, In : Skeletal Radiology. 47, 6, p. 779-784 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Achilles tendon
  • reproducibility
  • shears
  • shear stress
  • operator regions
• 2016

  A molecular and whole body insight of the mechanisms surrounding glucose disposal and insulin resistance with hypoxic treatment in skeletal muscle

  Mackenzie, R. W. A. & Watt, P., 5 May 2016, In : Journal of Diabetes Research. 2016, p. 1-10 10 p., 6934937.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Insulin Resistance
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Hypoxia
  • Glucose
  • Tissue Expansion

• Effective microorganism – X attenuates circulating superoxide dismutase following an acute bout of intermittent running in hot, humid conditions

  Taylor, L., Lee, B. J., Gibson, O., Midgley, A. W., Watt, P., Mauger, A. R. & Castle, P. C., 31 Mar 2016, In : Research in Sports Medicine. 24, 2, p. 130-144 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • beneficial microorganisms
  • superoxide dismutase
  • exercise
  • ergogenic aids
  • placebos

• Hsp72, and Hsp90α mRNA transcription is characterised by large, sustained changes in core temperature during heat acclimation

  Gibson, O., Tuttle, J. A., Watt, P., Maxwell, N. & Taylor, L., 11 Aug 2016, In : Cell Stress & Chaperones. 21, 6, p. 1021-1035 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • heat shock proteins
  • acclimation
  • heat
  • temperature
  • exercise

• Individuals maintain similar rates of protein synthesis over time on the same plane of nutrition under controlled environmental conditions

  McCarthy, I. D., Owen, S. F., Watt, P. & Houlihan, D. F., 28 Mar 2016, In : PLoS ONE. 11, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • feeding level
  • repeatability
  • protein synthesis
  • environmental factors
  • Platichthys flesus

• Ischaemic preconditioning does not alter the determinants of endurance running performance in the heat

  James, C., Willmott, A., Richardson, A., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 12 Jul 2016, In : European Journal of Applied Physiology. 116, 9, p. 1735-1745 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • endurance
  • heat
  • determinants
  • performance
  • Blood glucose

• Leukocyte Hsp72 mRNA transcription does not differ between males and females during heat acclimation

  Mee, J., Gibson, O., Tuttle, J. A., Taylor, L., Watt, P., Doust, J. & Maxwell, N., 27 Jul 2016, In : Temperature. 3, 4, p. 549-556 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • heat shock proteins
  • leukocytes
  • acclimation
  • transcription (genetics)
  • RNA

• Long-term high-effort endurance exercise in older adults: diminishing returns for cognitive and brain aging

  Young, J. C., Dowell, N. G., Watt, P., Tabet, N. & Rusted, J. M., 30 Oct 2016, In : Journal of Aging and Physical Activity. 24, 4, p. 659-675 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Cognitive Aging
  • Brain
  • Sex Factors
  • Sex Education
  • Episodic Memory

• Physiological and psychological responses in Fire Instructors to heat exposures

  Watt, P., Willmott, A., Maxwell, N., Smeeton, N., Watt, E. & Richardson, A., 22 Apr 2016, In : Journal of Thermal Biology. 58, p. 106-114 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Hot Temperature
  • Psychology
  • Education
  • Temperature
  • Firefighters

• Short term heat acclimation improves the determinants of endurance performance and 5,000m running performance in the heat

  James, C., Richardson, A., Watt, P., Willmott, A., Gibson, O. & Maxwell, N., 18 Nov 2016, In : Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 42, 3, p. 285-294 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Acclimatization
  • Exercise Test
  • Hot Temperature
  • Control Groups
  • Lactic Acid

• Short-term heat acclimation prior to a multi-day desert ultra-marathon improves physiological and psychological responses without compromising immune status

  Willmott, A., Hayes, M., Waldock, K., Relf, R., Watkins, E., James, C., Gibson, O., Smeeton, N., Richardson, A., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 9 Dec 2016, In : Journal of Sports Sciences. 35, 22, p. 2249-2256 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • physiological response
  • deserts
  • acclimation
  • athletes
  • heat

• The time course of endogenous erythropoietin, IL-6, and TNFα in response to acute hypoxic exposures

  Turner, G., Gibson, O., Watt, P., Pringle, J. S. M., Richardson, A. & Maxwell, N., 17 May 2016, In : Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 27, 7, p. 714-723 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • erythropoietin
  • interleukin-6
  • tumor necrosis factor-alpha
  • hypoxia
  • sea level
• 2015

  Exercise-induced metabolic fluctuations influence AMPK, p38-MAPK and CaMKII phosphorylation in human skeletal muscle

  Combes, A., Dekerle, J., Webborn, A., Watt, P., Bougault, V. & Daussin, F. N., 9 Sep 2015, In : Physiological Reports. 3, 9, e12462.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • AMP-activated protein kinase
  • mitogen-activated protein kinase
  • calmodulin
  • protein kinases
  • exercise

• Heat acclimation attenuates physiological strain and the Hsp72, but not Hsp90α mRNA response to acute normobaric hypoxia

  Gibson, O., Turner, G., Tuttle, J. A., Taylor, L., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 15 Oct 2015, In : Journal of Applied Physiology. 119, 8, p. 889-899 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Acclimatization
  • Hypoxia
  • Hot Temperature
  • Messenger RNA
  • Heart Rate

• Isothermic and fixed-intensity heat acclimation methods elicit equal increases in Hsp72 mRNA

  Gibson, O., Mee, J., Taylor, L., Tuttle, J. A., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 1 Jan 2015, In : Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 25, 1, p. 259-268 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • heat shock proteins
  • acclimation
  • heat
  • heat shock response
  • methodology

• Isothermic and fixed intensity heat acclimation methods induce similar heat adaptation following short and long-term timescales

  Gibson, O., Mee, J., Tuttle, J. A., Taylor, L., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 1 Apr 2015, In : Journal of Thermal Biology. 49-50, p. 55-65 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • acclimation
  • exercise
  • heat
  • exercise test
  • temperature

• Physiological responses to incremental exercise in the heat following internal and external precooling

  James, C., Richardson, A., Watt, P., Gibson, O. & Maxwell, N., 6 May 2015, In : Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 25, S1, p. 19-199 181 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • precooling
  • physiological response
  • exercise
  • cooling
  • heat

• Prescribing workload administration to optimise isothermic heat acclimation

  Gibson, O., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 14 Sep 2015, In : Extreme Physiology & Medicine. 4, S1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • acclimation
  • heat
  • exercise
  • temperature
  • peak oxygen uptake
• 2014

  Extracellular Hsp72 concentration relates to a minimum endogenous criteria during acute exercise-heat exposure

  Gibson, O., Dennis, A., Parfitt, T., Taylor, L., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 1 May 2014, In : Cell Stress & Chaperones. 19, 3, p. 389-400 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • heat shock proteins
  • exercise
  • heat
  • temperature
  • sweat

• Reliability and validity of skin temperature measurement by telemetry thermistors and a thermal camera during exercise in the heat

  James, C., Richardson, A., Watt, P. & Maxwell, N., 1 Oct 2014, In : Journal of Thermal Biology. 45, p. 141-149 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • thermistors
  • telemetry
  • skin temperature
  • cameras
  • exercise
• 2013

  Peak power output provides the most reliable measure of performance in prolonged intermittent-sprint cycling

  Hayes, M., Smith, D., Castle, P. C., Watt, P., Ross, E. & Maxwell, N., 1 May 2013, In : Journal of Sports Sciences. 31, 5, p. 565-572 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  File

  • Confidence Intervals
  • Exercise Test
  • Athletes
  • Sports
• 2012

  Intermittent exercise with and without hypoxia improves insulin sensitivity in individuals with Type 2 diabetes

  Mackenzie, R. W. A., Maxwell, N., Castle, P., Elliott, B., Brickley, G. & Watt, P., 1 Apr 2012, In : Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97, 4, p. 546-555 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• The effect of hypoxia and work intensity on insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes

  Mackenzie, R. W. A., Elliott, B., Maxwell, N., Brickley, G. & Watt, P., Jan 2012, In : Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 97, 1, p. 155-162 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2011

  Absence of neuropsychological impairment in hyperammonaemia in healthy young adults; possible synergism in development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) symptoms?

  Wilkinson, D., Smeeton, N., Castle, P. C. & Watt, P., 1 Sep 2011, In : Metabolic Brain Disease. 26, 3, p. 203-212 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Acute hypoxia and exercise improve insulin sensitivity (SI2*) in individuals with type 2 diabetes

  Mackenzie, R. W. A., Maxwell, N., Castle, P., Brickley, G. & Watt, P., Jan 2011, In : Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 27, 1, p. 94-101 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Effects of hypoxia on muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and anabolic signaling at rest and in response to acute resistance exercise

  Etheridge, T., Atherton, P. J., Wilkinson, D., Selby, A., Rankin, D., Webborn, A., Smith, K. & Watt, P., 31 Oct 2011, In : AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism. 301, 4, p. 697-702 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Heat acclimation improves intermittent sprinting in the heat but additional pre-cooling offers no further ergogenic effect

  Castle, P., Mackenzie, R. W. A., Maxwell, N., Webborn, A. & Watt, P., Aug 2011, In : Journal of Sports Sciences. 29, 11, p. 1125-1134 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2010

  Ammonia metabolism, the brain and fatigue; revisiting the link

  Wilkinson, D., Smeeton, N. & Watt, P., 4 Jul 2010, In : Progress in Neurobiology. 91, 3, p. 200-219 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Experiences of individuals with chronic low back pain during and after their participation in a spinal stabilisation exercise programme – a pilot qualitative study

  Sokunbi, O., Cross, V., Watt, P. & Moore, A., Apr 2010, In : Manual Therapy. 15, 2, p. 179-184 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Muscle full effect after oral protein: time-dependent concordance and discordance between human muscle protein synthesis and mTORC1 signaling

  Atherton, P. J., Etheridge, T., Watt, P., Wilkinson, D. J., Selby, A., Rankin, D., Smith, K. & Rennie, M. J., Nov 2010, In : American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 92, 5, p. 1080-1088 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article