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The Effect Of An 8-Week Bilateral Or Unilateral Lower Body Resistance Training Program On 20m Sprint Speed, Brendyn Appleby, Prue Cormie, Stuart Cormack, Robert Newton Nov 2014

The Effect Of An 8-Week Bilateral Or Unilateral Lower Body Resistance Training Program On 20m Sprint Speed, Brendyn Appleby, Prue Cormie, Stuart Cormack, Robert Newton

Prue Cormie

A critical element of effective program design for athletic training is the mechanical specificity of the selected exercises. Traditionally, exercises such as weightlifting, deadlifts and squats are frequently used due to their ability to use substantial external resistance to develop strength, and their performance relationships to jumping and sprinting. However, jumping and sprinting are rarely performed bilaterally in the sporting arena and while unilateral exercises are deemed more sport specific, they have generally remained confined to rehabilitation programs.


Neuromuscular And Endocrine Responses Of Elite Players During An Australian Rules Football Season, Stuart Cormack, Robert Newton, Michael Mcguigan, Prue Cormie Mar 2014

Neuromuscular And Endocrine Responses Of Elite Players During An Australian Rules Football Season, Stuart Cormack, Robert Newton, Michael Mcguigan, Prue Cormie

Prue Cormie

Purpose: To examine variations in neuromuscular and hormonal status and their relationship to performance throughout a season of elite Australian Rules Football (ARF). Methods: Fifteen elite ARF players performed a single jump (CMJ1) and 5 repeated countermovement jumps (CMJ5), and provided saliva samples for the analysis of cortisol (C) and testosterone (T) before the season commenced (Pre) and during the 22-match season. Magnitudes of effects were reported with the effect size (ES) statistic. Correlations were performed to analyze relationships between assessment variables and match time, training load, and performance. Results: CMJ1Flight time:Contraction time was substantially reduced on 60% of measurement …


Vario Health Institute: Exercise As Medicine, Prue Cormie Mar 2014

Vario Health Institute: Exercise As Medicine, Prue Cormie

Prue Cormie

Research findings within the Vario Health Institute and how the Institute puts the research into practice.


The Relationship Between Isometric Force-Time Curve Characteristics And Club Head Speed In Recreational Golfers, Brian K. Leary, Jason Statler, Brent Hopkins, Rachel Fitzwater, Tucker Kesling, Jacob Lyon, Brent Phillips, Randall Bryner, Prue Cormie, Guy Haff Mar 2014

The Relationship Between Isometric Force-Time Curve Characteristics And Club Head Speed In Recreational Golfers, Brian K. Leary, Jason Statler, Brent Hopkins, Rachel Fitzwater, Tucker Kesling, Jacob Lyon, Brent Phillips, Randall Bryner, Prue Cormie, Guy Haff

Prue Cormie

The relationship between isometric force-time curve characteristics and club head speed in recreational golfers. J Strength Cond Res 26(10): 2685-2697, 2012-The primary purpose of the present investigation was to examine the relationships between club head speed, isometric midthigh pull performance, and vertical jump performance in a cohort of recreational golfers. Twelve recreational golfers (age, 20.4 ± 1.0 years; weight, 77.0 ± 9.8 kg; height, 177.8 ± 6.3 cm; body fat, 17.1 ± 7.6%; handicap, 14.5 ± 7.3; experience, 8.9 ± 3.6 years) completed 3 testing sessions: (a) familiarization session and body composition measurements; (b) measurement of forcetime curves in the …


Efficacy And Safety Of A Modular Multi-Modal Exercise Program In Prostate Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Daniel Galvao, Dennis R. Taaffe, Prue Cormie, Nigel Spry, Susan K. Chambers, Carolyn Peddle-Mcintyre, Michael Baker, James Denham, David Joseph, Geoff Groom, Robert Newton Mar 2014

Efficacy And Safety Of A Modular Multi-Modal Exercise Program In Prostate Cancer Patients With Bone Metastases: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Daniel Galvao, Dennis R. Taaffe, Prue Cormie, Nigel Spry, Susan K. Chambers, Carolyn Peddle-Mcintyre, Michael Baker, James Denham, David Joseph, Geoff Groom, Robert Newton

Prue Cormie

Background: The presence of bone metastases has excluded participation of prostate cancer patients in exercise intervention studies to date and is also a relative contraindication to supervised exercise in the community setting because of concerns of fragility fracture. However, this group of patients often have developed significant muscle atrophy and functional impairments from prior and continuing androgen deprivation that is exacerbated by subsequent and more intensive interventions such as chemotherapy. The aim of this study is to determine the efficacy and safety of a modular multi-modal exercise program in prostate cancer patients with bone metastases. Methods/Design: Multi-site randomized controlled trial …


Knee Angle-Specific Emg Normalization: The Use Of Polynomial Based Emg-Angle Relationships., Jacob Earp, Robert Newton, Prue Cormie, Anthony Blazevich Mar 2014

Knee Angle-Specific Emg Normalization: The Use Of Polynomial Based Emg-Angle Relationships., Jacob Earp, Robert Newton, Prue Cormie, Anthony Blazevich

Prue Cormie

The normalization of EMG signals to those recorded during a maximal voluntary contraction provides a valid construct for comparisons of relative muscle activity. However, the length dependence of muscle activation and purported, substantial, muscle translocation and changes in muscle architecture during dynamic movements presents a need for joint angle-dependent normalization processes. The purposes of the present study were to: (1) quantify variations in muscle activity across a large ROM, (2) determine the accuracy with which fitted EMG-joint angle curves accurately characterized these variations, and (3) compare peak (EMG-P) and average (EMG-A) EMG amplitudes obtained during a countermovement leg extension when …


Exercise As Medicine For Cancer, Rob Newton, Daniel Galvao, Prue Cormie, Michael Baker, Carolyn Mcintyre Mar 2014

Exercise As Medicine For Cancer, Rob Newton, Daniel Galvao, Prue Cormie, Michael Baker, Carolyn Mcintyre

Prue Cormie

No abstract provided.


Methodological Concerns For Determining Power Output In The Jump Squat, Prue Cormie, R Deane, Jm Mcbride Mar 2014

Methodological Concerns For Determining Power Output In The Jump Squat, Prue Cormie, R Deane, Jm Mcbride

Prue Cormie

No abstract provided.


Relationship Between Strength, Power And Sprint Performance In Professional Cricketers, Matt Inness, Prue Cormie, Robert Newton Mar 2014

Relationship Between Strength, Power And Sprint Performance In Professional Cricketers, Matt Inness, Prue Cormie, Robert Newton

Prue Cormie

No abstract available.