
Sam Smith
@smith__sam
Lecturer @UniKentSportSci / Exercise physiology / Interested in exercise-induced pain and endurance performance
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07-04-2010 20:30:57
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Good couple of days supporting Ebbsfleet United FC and Gillingham FC pre-season testing with John Dickinson & Alastair Thrush - great experience for our School of Sport and Exercise Sciences students. All the best for the season ahead ⚽️🫡


Our School of Sport and Exercise Sciences team has been hard at work assisting Gillingham FC with preseason testing for their upcoming SkyBet League Two campaign ⚽️ The team recently conducted comprehensive respiratory screenings, checking nasal flow, airway inflammation and lung function to ensure




Our September issue is out now! Featuring content on: A joint editorial with Journal of Physiology📜 Respiratory performance in Duchenne muscular dystrophy🫁 Acute partial sleep restriction and arterial function 💤 Read the full issue here👇 📖buff.ly/4e5XfXr 📸Richard Agbesi


A new Fabio Zambolin PhD study which demonstrated that exercising with a stretched and sore leg (activating mechano-nociceptors) reduces TTF and exacerbates central fatigue in the contralateral limb Another nice demonstration of the fatiguing effect of pain! journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.11…

In this #Review, @Iapyxs (Sport, Exercise & Nutrition Sciences), Samuel A. Smith, Alexis R. Mauger (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences) and Ryan Norbury (St Mary's Faculty of SAHPS) provide considerations for future research focusing on exercise-induced pain within endurance exercise settings! 📜buff.ly/4gyidQE



Recruiting healthy 18-50 year olds for a second wave of this study on pain modulation. You’ll visit the Exeter Pain Lab in the Clinical Research Facility twice (approx. 1 week apart) & run through tests related to pain. If interested, please email Josh: [email protected]


Our latest work just published today "Acute hypoalgesic and neurophysiological responses to lower-limb ischaemic preconditioning" in Experimental Brain Research In short, we didn't observe much other than a bit of a reduction in pain sensitivity with IPC! doi.org/10.1007/s00221…

Our latest paper looking at an alternative method of sleep education for professional female footballers ⚽️ russ clash onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.100…


Title: 7 x Performance Analysis Work Placement Student 📍Place: Southampton FC 🏴 💰Salary: £580 per month 📅Deadline: 17/3/25 ℹ For more details👇 saintsfc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SFC001/j…

🚨Deadline 31 March 🎓Psychology PhD Scholarship at Canterbury Christ Church University 🔬Groundbreaking research projects like understanding the role of Seasonal Affective Disorder in the dynamic interplay of Sleep and Mood with Teresa C. D'Oliveira & colleagues canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/fee…

Our Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation students have spent the weekend providing post-race massage support to TCS London Marathon runners. Over a full six hours, they treated tired legs, feet, backs and shoulders 🏃♂️➡️ The experience was invaluable as students worked together as a

