Dr James Pethick
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872289
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Location
ESA.3.12, Colchester Campus
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Exercise physiology
Neuromuscular fatigue
Neuromuscular complexity
Fractal scaling
Electromyography
Ageing
Musculoskeletal injury
Critical power/torque
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Professional Skills and Development 1 (SE101)
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Anatomy and Physiology (SE105)
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Professional Skills 2 (SE201)
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Exercise Physiology (SE203)
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Research Methods in Sport and Exercise (SE230)
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Research Project (SE309)
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Research Project (SE740)
Publications
Publications (1)
Pethick, J., The effect of lifelong physical (in)activity on knee extensor force control
Journal articles (20)
Mear, E., Gladwell, V. and Pethick, J., (2023). Knee extensor force control as a predictor of dynamic balance in healthy adults. Gait and Posture. 100, 230-235
Clark, NC., Pethick, J. and Falla, D., (2023). Measuring complexity of muscle force control: Theoretical principles and clinical relevance in musculoskeletal research and practice. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 64, 102725-102725
Pethick, J. and Piasecki, M., (2022). Alterations in Muscle Force Control With Aging: Is There a Modulatory Effect of Lifelong Physical Activity?. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 4, 817770-
Clark, NC. and Pethick, J., (2022). Variability and complexity of knee neuromuscular control during an isometric task in uninjured physically active adults: a secondary analysis exploring right/left and dominant/nondominant asymmetry. Applied Sciences. 12 (9), 4762-4762
Pethick, J., Clark, NC. and Liew, B., (2022). Alterations in peripheral joint muscle force control in adults with musculoskeletal disease, injury, surgery, or arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 66, 102696-102696
Pethick, J., Taylor, MJD. and Harridge, SDR., (2022). Aging and skeletal muscle force control: Current perspectives and future directions.. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 32 (10), 1430-1443
Pethick, J. and Tallent, J., (2022). The Neuromuscular Fatigue-Induced Loss of Muscle Force Control. Sports. 10 (11), 184-184
Mear, E., Gladwell, VF. and Pethick, J., (2022). The Effect of Breaking Up Sedentary Time with Calisthenics on Neuromuscular Function: A Preliminary Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19 (21), 14597-14597
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2021). Fatigue-induced changes in knee-extensor torque complexity and muscle metabolic rate are dependent on joint angle. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 121 (11), 3117-3131
Pethick, J., Casselton, C., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2021). Ischemic Preconditioning Blunts Loss of Knee Extensor Torque Complexity with Fatigue.. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 53 (2), 306-315
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2021). Did you know? Using entropy and fractal geometry to quantify fluctuations in physiological outputs. Acta Physiologica. 233 (4), e13670-
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2021). Physiological complexity: influence of ageing, disease and neuromuscular fatigue on muscle force and torque fluctuations.. Experimental Physiology. 106 (10), 2046-2059
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2020). Physiological Evidence that the Critical Torque Is a Phase Transition Not a Threshold. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 52 (11), 2390-2401
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2019). Relationship between muscle metabolic rate and muscle torque complexity during fatiguing intermittent isometric contractions in humans. Physiological Reports. 7 (18), e14240-
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2019). Fatigue reduces the complexity of knee extensor torque during fatiguing sustained isometric contractions. European Journal of Sport Science. 19 (10), 1349-1358
Pethick, J., Whiteaway, K., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2019). Prolonged depression of knee-extensor torque complexity following eccentric exercise. Experimental Physiology. 104 (1), 100-111
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2018). Effects of ipsilateral and contralateral fatigue and muscle blood flow occlusion on the complexity of knee-extensor torque output in humans. Experimental Physiology. 103 (7), 956-967
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2018). Caffeine Ingestion Attenuates Fatigue-induced Loss of Muscle Torque Complexity.. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 50 (2), 236-245
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2016). Loss of knee extensor torque complexity during fatiguing isometric muscle contractions occurs exclusively above the critical torque.. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 310 (11), R1144-R1153
Pethick, J., Winter, SL. and Burnley, M., (2015). Fatigue reduces the complexity of knee extensor torque fluctuations during maximal and submaximal intermittent isometric contractions in man. The Journal of Physiology. 593 (8), 2085-2096
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