Northumbria University Neuromuscular Function

Our group member @jandrushko.bsky.social, a co-author on this work, is a member of the ENIGMA Stroke recovery group and this is the latest work from this international collaboration.

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Associations between contralesional neuroplasticity and motor impairment through deep learning-derived MRI regional brain age in chronic stroke (ENIGMA): a multicohort, retrospective, observational st... Our findings reveal that larger stroke lesions are associated with accelerated ageing in the ipsilesional hemisphere and paradoxically decelerated brain ageing in the contralesional hemisphere, sugges...

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In The Lancet Digital Health

"Associations between contralesional neuroplasticity and motor impairment through deep learning-derived MRI regional brain age in chronic stroke (ENIGMA): a multicohort, retrospective, observational study"

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One of our incredible students has done it again! Please check this one out, it's a great study.

Neurophysiology across the menstrual cycle.

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Some exciting new work from one of our excellent PhD students! #AcademicSky #AcademicSkyUK #science

And now the final presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @paul-ansdell.bsky.social presenting his work titled Hormone therapy attenuates menopause related impairments in cortical neuroplasticity at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Penultimate presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @elisanedelec.bsky.social presenting her work on knee extensior neuromuscular function across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @jandrushko.bsky.social presenting work on the contribution of the reticulospinal tract to concentric, Isometric, and eccentric muscle actions at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

At our last meeting @jandrushko.bsky.social & Jason DeFreitas introduced the physiology & physics of #EMG & how to get optimal signals. They stressed the importance of:

* setting up a low-noise lab
* consistent electrode placement
* digital filtering
* amplitude normalisation

A really useful talk!

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is Dr Luca Angius givin a talk titled Non-invasive brain stimulation: Implications for exercise science research and application for physical and mental health at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Our department head from @northumbriauni.bsky.social gave a fantastic presentation at @ecssofficial.bsky.social

Second up from our group from @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @padraig-spillane.bsky.social presenting his work titled Contraction intensity-specific fluctuations in motor unit behaviour across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

First up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is Elisa Pastorio discussing Sex differences in durability during cycling exercise at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

@paul-ansdell.bsky.social and Luca Angius, PI's in our group presenting their work to interested parties at the UK Sensorimotor Conference in Oxford

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@elisanedelec.bsky.social representing @northumbriauni.bsky.social and our research group at the @britishneuro.bsky.social North East networking event at Newcastle University.

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Postdoc @elisanedelec.bsky.social presenting her work at the Women's Sport and Wellbeing Interdisciplinary Research Theme Conference at @northumbriauni.bsky.social

@padraig-spillane.bsky.social presenting his work examining the relationship between simple reaction time and intracortical facilitation across the menstrual cycle at the Women's Sport and Wellbeing Interdisciplinary Research Theme Conference at @NorthumbriaUni.bsky.social

These are open rank postings. At the end of the 3 year fellowship you're roll into your normal academic position at your respective rank/grade.

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Join us at Northumbria University as a Vice Chancellor Fellow!

Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation
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Northumbria Professor appointed as REF sub-panel Deputy Chair Northumbria University’s Professor Glyn Howatson will be playing a key role in the next national assessment of research quality across UK universities, it has been announced today.

Congratulations to Northumbria's Professor Glyn Howatson, who has been appointed as Deputy Chair of sub-panel 24 (Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism) for the 2029 Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment.

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Had a great time at the Women's Nutrition and Physiology symposium at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social today. Some fascinating talks and discussions througout the day. I also enjoyed presenting a poster of some data from my first PhD study on neurophysiology across the menstrual cycle

Yesterday I had the pleasure to speak with several people living with knee osteoarthritis over at the @healthworks.bsky.social charity in Newcastle upon Tyne. This was an incredible discussion that is going to directly impact my future research in this area.

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This was a really challenging study and despite the end result being low n with mostly null findings, we still saw value in getting this out there! Congratulations to JC Carr for leading this effort!

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Poster presentation as part of @tmsmultilab.bsky.social's TMS@40 event. A great consortium working to advance the field of TMS research in Birmingham 🇬🇧.

Our home

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Enjoyed having Dr Emma Cowley and Dr Kelly McNulty present their ‘Invisible Sportswomen’ research at our department seminar today.

I forgot to take a photo, so go and read their latest paper instead!

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Some amazing work from one of our group members being highlighted here!

Two very enjoyable days at #BBEP2024 thank you to the @physoc.bsky.social for putting on a great event!

Here supporting Elisa Pastorio, who presented our collaborative work on sex differences in durability 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️