
Kate Thomas
@kate_n_thomas
Researcher & Senior Lecturer at the University of @Otago
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Extreme Environments for Health & Performance Lab
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Fresh from Brendon Roxburgh’s PhD: We saw substantial reductions in resting SBP & DBP across 12 weeks of heat therapy (& arm HIIT), and the magnitude of the reduction following an acute exposure persisted across 12 weeks 🛀♨️ Phys Reports HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou University of Otago doi.org/10.14814/phy2.…

New #OpenAccess🔓research in Phys Reports from University of Otago: Roxburgh et al. found that #heat & #HIIT induced potent immediate & adaptive #hypotensive effects. ow.ly/k2oh50OMePW #BloodPressure #Osteoarthritis #HeatTherapy #GlycemicControl


This article from Ana Luiza C. Sayegh, Jui-Lin Fan, Mathew Dawes, Julian F. R. Paton and James P Fisher (Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences UoA) assesses the central and peripheral chemoreflexes in humans with treated hypertension! 📜buff.ly/42LsOQj


Is there an 'Athlete's Vein'? | AJP-Heart and Circ 🦵🫀🏃♂️ doi.org/10.1152/ajphea… A cool perspectives piece on our recent paper: doi.org/10.1152/ajphea…


Research in Focus 🔎 🔬 The athlete’s vein: venous adaptations in the lower limbs of endurance athletes ow.ly/UmOE50PeoVu Kate Thomas University of Otago Ashley Akerman



It’s us on a podcast Joseph Donnelly! “I’m feeling a million bucks”! Haha 🤩

Yes I do have "exercise on the brain" 🤓 We've been busy in the lab (and in the hills!) University of Otago🏔️... An exciting collaboration with Dr Travis Gibbons UBC School Of Health & Exercise Sciences, and fun running with Joseph Donnelly and chatting with Claire Concannon🏃♀️



Upper-limb HIIT ⬆️ VO2peak by 16% and both HIIT and heat therapy ⬆️ anaerobic threshold ~10% in patients with osteoarthritis prior to hip/knee replacement 🦵University of Otago HeartOtago | Manawa Ōtākou Read more about our RCT here: doi.org/10.1002/acr.25…


Bidirectional perforator veins: normal or not? ↔️ Here's what we think University of Otago Phlebology Journal... doi.org/10.1177/026835…




The first paper from our prolonged fasting study! 🤐Changes in plasma cytokines following a 60‐h fast are not influenced by the addition of exercise despite elevated ketones in healthy young adults - Bouck - 2025 - Hashim Islam Dr. Jonathan Little Phys Reports physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814/p…