Research Unpacked

Dr Mathew Cuthbert - Implementing Microdosing In Physical Preparation

Dr Dylan Carmody chats to Dr. Mathew Cuthbert. Matt is a seasoned sports scientist & researcher who currently works for The Football Association where he is a Physical Performance Coach. Matthew is also an honorary research fellow at the University of Salford, Manchester. In this episode Dylan and Matt engage in a comprehensive conversation about Matt's work on  Microdosing in sports training.
 
Topics Discussed 
 
What is Microdosing
How it differs to other programming trends
Residual effects of microdosing
How to periodise Microdosing 
How to prime resistance training
Repeated-bout-effects
 
Where you can find Dr Mathew Cuthbert:
LinkedIn
Research Gate
Twitter
 
 
Sponsors
VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
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HUMAC NORM by CSMI - A solution for measuring and improving human performance in the clinic, athletic training room, and research laboratory. In one machine, you’ll get 22 isolated-joint movement patterns, 4 resistance modes (isokinetic, isotonic, isometric, and passive), and numerous reports to meet the measurement and exercise needs of today’s clinicians and researchers.
 
Sportscientia - An emerging precision tech-layer that harnesses the power of AI and machine learning to seamlessly capture gait analysis in real-world conditions and provide 3D depictions of the foot during both swing and stance phases of the gait cycle. This enables further analysis of running into multi-directional movements including lateral, backwards, turning actions and more.
 
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Dylan Carmody

Dr Stephanie Filbay - Non-Surgical ACL Management with Cross Bracing Protocol

Dr Dylan Carmody chats to Dr Stephanie Filbay. Dr Filbay is a Physiotherapist, NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow, Dame Kate Campbell Fellow and Senior Research Associate in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne. Dr Filbay leads a team aiming to improve outcomes for people with ACL injury across the lifespan. Her team are evaluating non-surgical strategies to facilitate healing of ACL rupture, creating a patient decision aid and training resources to educate clinicians and inform patients about evidence-based ACL injury management options, and developing a novel intervention to improve quality of life and health outcomes for people who develop osteoarthritis after ACL injury. She has presented her research over 80 times to a variety of stakeholders, chairs and serves on national and international committees.
 
Topics Discussed 
 
Can the ACL heal?
What is ACL cross bracing?
How effective is ACL cross bracing?
What really qualifies an ACL coper?
 
Where you can find Dr Stephanie Filbay:
LinkedIn
Research Gate
Twitter
 
Research Discussed: 
Filbay SR, Dowsett M, Chaker Jomaa M, et al Healing of acute anterior cruciate ligament rupture on MRI and outcomes following non-surgical management with the Cross Bracing Protocol British Journal of Sports Medicine Published Online First: 14 June 2023. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023-106931
 
 
 
Sponsors
VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
- 
HUMAC NORM by CSMI - A solution for measuring and improving human performance in the clinic, athletic training room, and research laboratory. In one machine, you’ll get 22 isolated-joint movement patterns, 4 resistance modes (isokinetic, isotonic, isometric, and passive), and numerous reports to meet the measurement and exercise needs of today’s clinicians and researchers.
 
Sportscientia - An emerging precision tech-layer that harnesses the power of AI and machine learning to seamlessly capture gait analysis in real-world conditions and provide 3D depictions of the foot during both swing and stance phases of the gait cycle. This enables further analysis of running into multi-directional movements including lateral, backwards, turning actions and more.
 
Where to Find Us
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
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Our Team
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie
Dylan Carmody

Tyler Yearby - Ecological Dynamics

Dr Dylan Carmody chats to Tyler Yearby. Tyler was a former Running Backs and Strength & Conditioning coach at Northeastern State University and former Strength & Conditioning coach in American football at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Tyler is currently pursuing his doctorate in sport and exercise at the University of Gloucestershire (UK), exploring the perceived impact on the professional work of sports coaches and practitioners after interacting with online coaching education underpinned by an ecological dynamics rationale, with a particular focus on the theory-practice link and understanding the strengths and limitations they perceive in their craft after applying the ideas in practice.
 
Topics Discussed 
 
What is Ecological Dynamics
Are you coach-centred or learning-centred
How to use shared language with athletes
Creating a technical drill based on movement SWOT analysis. 
 
Where you can find Tyler Yearby:
LinkedIn
Instagram
Twitter
Emergence
 
Tylers Research: 
Applying an ecological approach to practice design in American football: some case examples on best practice
 
Being Water: how key ideas from the practice of Bruce Lee align with contemporary theorising in movement skill acquisition
 
(Re)conceptualizing movement behavior in sport as a problem-solving activity
 
 
Sponsors
VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
- 
HUMAC NORM by CSMI - A solution for measuring and improving human performance in the clinic, athletic training room, and research laboratory. In one machine, you’ll get 22 isolated-joint movement patterns, 4 resistance modes (isokinetic, isotonic, isometric, and passive), and numerous reports to meet the measurement and exercise needs of today’s clinicians and researchers.
 
Sportscientia - An emerging precision tech-layer that harnesses the power of AI and machine learning to seamlessly capture gait analysis in real-world conditions and provide 3D depictions of the foot during both swing and stance phases of the gait cycle. This enables further analysis of running into multi-directional movements including lateral, backwards, turning actions and more.
 
Where to Find Us
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
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Twitter
Our Website
 
Our Team
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie
Dylan Carmody

Matthew Buckthorpe PhD - On Field Rehabilitation

Alistair McKenzie chats to Matthew Buckthorpe PhD. Matt is a British Sport Scientist, S&C Coach, University lecturer and Researcher specialising in late-stage and on-field rehabilitation. He completed his PhD at Loughbourgh University looking into the neural determinants of Rate of force development. In this second of three episodes Matt will discuss his paper - 4 Pillars of High-Quality On-field Rehabilitation are Restoring Movement Quality, Physical Conditioning, Restoring Sport-Specific Skills, and Progressively Developing Chronic Training Load.
 
 
 
Topics Discussed:
The 4 Pillar approach to on-field rehabilitation 
 
Restoring movement quality
 
Developing physical conditioning
 
Restoring technical and tactical skills
 
Building chronic training load 
 
 
 
Paper Discussed in Part-Two:
 
 
Buckthorpe et al, (2019) 4 Pillars of High-Quality On-field Rehabilitation are Restoring Movement Quality, Physical Conditioning, Restoring Sport-Specific Skills, and Progressively Developing Chronic Training Load.
 
 
 
 
Where you can find Matt:
 
 
Twitter 
LinkedIn
Research Gate
 
 
 
Sponsor
Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
 
 
 
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
 
Instagram
Twitter
Our Website
 
 
Our Team
 
 
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie

Matthew Buckthorpe PhD - Rate of Force Development

Alistair McKenzie chats to Matthew Buckthorpe PhD. Matt is a British Sport Scientist, S&C Coach, University lecturer and Researcher specialising in late-stage and on-field rehabilitation. He completed his PhD at Loughbourgh University looking into the neural determinants of Rate of force development. In this first of three episodes Matt will begin by discussing his PhD research RFD and its implications for rehab and performance. In parts two and three Matt will discuss his more recent clinical commentary about high-quality on-field rehabilitation which combine with his academic and practical experience through 3 great conversations. 
 
 
 
Papers Discussed in Part-One:
 
 
Buckthorpe & Roi, (2019) The time has come to incorporate a greater focus on rate of force development training in the sports injury rehabilitation process 
 
 
 
Buckthorpe et al., (2014) Central fatigue contributes to the greater reductions in explosive than maximum strength with high intensity fatigue
 
 
Folland et al., (2013) Human capacity for explosive force production: Neural and contractile determinants
 
 
 
Where you can find Matt:
 
 
Twitter 
LinkedIn
Research Gate
 
 
 
Sponsor
Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
 
 
 
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
 
Instagram
Twitter
Our Website
 
 
Our Team
 
 
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie

Nick Cross - Achilles Tendinopathy

Alistair McKenzie chats to Nick Cross. Nick is an Australian sports physiotherapist and exercise physiologist based in Melbourne. Nick has worked in high performance sport across different football codes, athletics and ballet. His key clinical interest is lower limb injuries and rehabilitation that supports optimal performance. Nick is currently undergoing a global research project with la Trobe University to understand how clinicians who work in sport diagnose achilles tendinopathy and in todays episode, Nick shares his clinical insights into his practice. If you are a sports or musculoskeletal physiotherapist you can help by contributing to this global research project. All that is required is to compete a 10-minute survey with the link below. 
 
 
Topics discussed:
 
 
Defining AT
Key subjective indicators relating to the diagnosis of AT
The role of the peritendon in AT
The role of tissue compression in assessment 
Auscultation 
Progressive loading for AT.
 
 
Survey link for research
 
 
 
Where you can find Chris:
 
LinkedIn
Clinic
 
 
 
Sponsor
Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
 
 
 
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
 
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Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie

Tim McGrath - Nordic Dosage & Return-to-Running

Alistair McKenzie chats to Tim McGrath for a Part-3 conversation on Hamstring rehab. Tim is an Australian Sports Physio based in Canberra, with over 15 years experience in professional sport and 20 in clinical practice. He completed his PhD from the Research Institute of Sport & Exercise at the University of Canberra on ACL rehabilitation and return to sport in 2016 and is the clinical & research director of Pitch Ready which focuses on blending clinical insights with data science, squad-based injury prevention and return to sport testing following lower limb injury. In this episode Alistair and Tim hamstring training, nordics and return-to-running. 
 
 
 
 
Topics discussed: 
 
 
 
Nordic Hamstring curls 
 
High speed running exposure
 
Time under Tension vs Break angle
 
Minimal Dose
 
Prioritising strength or speed
 
Returning to running following a hamstring injury
 
 
 
 
Reference
 
 
McGrath, T. M., Hulin, B. T., Pickworth, N., Clarke, A., & Timmins, R. G. (2020). Determinants of hamstring fascicle length in professional rugby league athletes. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 23(5), 524–528. 
 
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31928881/
 
 
 
 
 
Where you can find Tim:
 
 
Twitter 
LinkedIn
Research Gate
 
 
 
Sponsor
Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
 
 
 
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
 
Instagram
Twitter
Our Website
 
 
Our Team
 
 
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie

Tim McGrath - ACL Rehabilitation

Alistair McKenzie chats to Tim McGrath for a part-2 conversation on ACL rehab. Tim is an Australian Sports Physio based in Canberra, with over 15 years experience in professional sport and 20 in clinical practice. He completed his PhD from the Research Institute of Sport & Exercise at the University of Canberra on ACL rehabilitation and return to sport in 2016 and is the clinical & research director of Pitch Ready which focuses on blending clinical insights with data science, squad-based injury prevention and return to sport testing following lower limb injury. In this episode Alistair and Tim continue discussing his insights and work on ACLR Rehab. 
 
 
 
 
Topics discussed: 
 
 
 
Key Functional testing in correlation to return to sport following ACLR
Functional testing at different stages of ACLR rehabilitation
Pillars of ALCR rehabilitation
Pitch-ready.com 
 
 
 
 
Reference
 
McGrath, T. M., Waddington, G., Scarvell, J. M., Ball, N., Creer, R., Woods, K., Smith, D., & Adams, R. (2017). An Ecological Study of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Part 2: Functional Performance Tests Correlate With Return-to-Sport Outcomes. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 5(2)
 
 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5315235/#
 
 
 
 
 
Where you can find Tim:
 
 
Twitter 
LinkedIn
Research Gate
 
 
 
Sponsor
Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
 
 
 
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
 
Instagram
Twitter
Our Website
 
 
Our Team
 
 
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie

Tim McGrath - ACL Rehabilitation

Alistair McKenzie chats to Tim McGrath. Tim is an Australian Sports Physio based in Canberra, with over 15 years experience in professional sport and 20 in clinical practice. He completed his PhD from the Research Institute of Sport & Exercise at the University of Canberra on ACL rehabilitation and return to sport in 2016 and is the clinical & research director of Pitch Ready which focuses on blending clinical insights with data science, squad-based injury prevention and return to sport testing following lower limb injury. In this episode Alistair and Tim discuss his insights and work on ACLR Rehab. 
 
 
 
 
Topics discussed: 
 
 
 
Undergoing a PhD and completing applied research 
Clinical tests used in ACLR rehab and relevance to practise
The Influence graft type has on ACLR recovery 
 
 
 
 
Reference
 
McGrath, T. M., Waddington, G., Scarvell, J. M., Ball, N., Creer, R., Woods, K., Smith, D., & Adams, R. (2016). An Ecological Study of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Part 1: Clinical Tests Do Not Correlate With Return-to-Sport Outcomes. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 4(11)
 
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27900339/
 
 
 
 
 
Where you can find Tim:
 
 
Twitter 
LinkedIn
Research Gate
 
 
 
Sponsor
Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
 
 
 
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
 
Instagram
Twitter
Our Website
 
 
Our Team
 
 
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie

Dr Andras Hegyi, Part 3: Nordic Hamstring Research

Alistair McKenzie chats to Dr Andras Hegyi a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Nantes, France. For part two Alistair and Andras continue discussing his hamstring muscle research on Nordics
 
 
 
Part two topics discussed: 
 
 
Optimal technique of the Nordic Hamstring Exercise
Perspectives one the limitations of the Nordic Hamstring Exercise
The effect of hip angle one joint torque and muscle activity
Contraction dynamics of NHE with different hip angles
Future research 
 
 
Hegyi et al., 2019 'The Impact of Hip Flexion Angle on Unilateral and Bilateral Nordic Hamstring Exercise Torque and High-Density Electromyography’ The journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy, 49(8), 584-592. 
 
 
Research link
 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30913969/
 
 
 
 
Where you can find Andras:
 
Twitter 
LinkedIn
Research Gate
 
 
Sponsor
Inform Performance is sponsored by VALD Performance, makers of the Nordbord, Forceframe, ForeDecks and HumanTrak. VALD Performance systems are built with the high-performance practitioner in mind, translating traditionally lab-based technologies into engaging, quick, easy-to-use tools for daily testing, monitoring and training
 
 
Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following Inform Performance on:
 
Instagram
Twitter
Our Website
 
Our Team
 
Andy McDonald
Ben Ashworth
Alistair McKenzie