Publications
"Stay and play“ im Fußball - Die Kunst, den Spieler spielfähig zu halten." Der Unfallchirurg. 2018;121(6):433-440.
"Submaximal markers of fatigue and overreaching; implications for monitoring athletes." Int J Sports Med. 2018;38(9):675-682.
"A warm-up programme to prevent injuries in children’s football: cluster randomised controlled trial. ." Sports Med. 2018;48(6):1493-1504.
"Age-related differences in executive functions within high-level youth soccer players." Brazilian J Motor Behav. 2019;13(2).
" Defensive balance in elite football: exploring the development of goal scoring opportunities." Sports Perf Sci Reports. 2019.
"Differential effects of endurance, interval, and resistance training on telomerase activity and telomere length in a randomized, controlled study." Eur Heart J. 2019;40(1):34-46.
"Effects of Postexercise Sauna Bathing on Recovery of Swim Performance." Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2019.
"Effects of the '11+ Kids' injury prevention programme on severe injuries in children's football: a secondary analysis of data from a multicentre cluster-randomised controlled trial ." Br J Sports Med. 2019;53(22):1418-1423.
"The Footbonaut as a new football-specific skills test: reproducibility and age-related differences in highly trained youth players." Sci Med Football. 2019;3(3).
"High return to competition rate following ACL injury – A 10-year mediabased epidemiological injury study in men’s professional football." Eur J Sport Sci. 2019:1-9.
"Individualized Monitoring of Muscle Recovery in Elite Badminton." Frontiers Physiol. 2019;10.
"Machine learning in men’s professional football: Current applications and future directions for improving attacking play." Int J Sport Sci Coaching. 2019.
"Mental Fatigue in Football: Is it Time to Shift the Goalposts? An Evaluation of the Current Methodology." Sports Med. 2019;49(2):177-183.
"A meta-analysis of the effects of foam rolling on performance and recovery. ." Front Physiol. 2019.
"Plasma FGF23 does not rise during physical exercise as a physiological model of sympathetic activation." Clin Res Cardiol. 2019;108(3):341-343.
"Response to: Jiménez-Pavon et al. and Patanè." Eur Heart J. 2019.
"Resting the Mind – A Novel Topic with Scarce Insights. Considering Potential Mental Recovery Strategies for Short Rest Periods in Sports." Performance Enhancement & Health. 2019;6(3-4):148-155.
"Spring is in the air: seasonal profiles indicate vernal change of miRNA activity." RNA Biol. 2019;16(8):1034-1043.
"Systematic Assessment of Blood-Borne MicroRNAs Highlights Molecular Profiles of Endurance Sport and Carbohydrate Uptake ." Cells. 2019;8(9):1045.
"The Temporal Relationship Between Exercise, Recovery Processes and Changes in Performance." In J Sports Physiol Perform. 2019:1-23.
"Transitioning from club to national teams: training and match load profiles of international footballers." J Sci Med Sports. 2019.
"Acute effects of mental recovery strategies after a mentally fatiguing task." Front Psychol. 2020.
"Analysis of end-spurt behaviour in elite 800-m and 1500-m freestyle swimming ." Eur J Sport Sci. 2020:1-9.
"Blood-borne fatigue markers during major international football tournaments – a retrospective analysis of data from the FIFA World Championships and UEFA European Championships 2006 – 2016. ." Sci Med Football. 2020;4:135-141.
"Elite athletes on regular training show more pronounced induction of vaccine-specific T-cells and antibodies after tetravalent influenza vaccination than controls." Brain Behav Immun. 2020;83:135-145.
" Evaluating the Use of Circulating MicroRNA Profiles for Lung Cancer Detection in Symptomatic Patients ." JAMA Oncol. 2020;6(5).
"Exercise-Based Strategies to Prevent Muscle Injury in Elite Footballers: A Systematic Review and Best Evidence Synthesis ." Sports Med. 2020;50(9):1653-1666.
"FIFA Sudden Death Registry (FIFA-SDR): a prospective, observational study of sudden death in worldwide football from 2014 to 2018 ." Br J Sports Med. 2020.
"The glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper mediates statin-induced muscle damage ." FASEB J. 2020;34(3):4684-4701.
"High return to competition rate following ACL injury – A 10-year media-based epidemiological injury study in men`s professional football." Eur J Sport Sci. 2020;20(5):682-690.
"The incidence and characteristics of purposeful heading in male and female youth football (soccer) within Australia ." J Sport Sci. 2020.
"A Longitudinal Analysis of the Executive Functions in High-Level Soccer Players ." J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2020:1-9.
"Match Situations Leading to Head Injuries in Professional Male Football (Soccer)-A Video-Based Analysis Over 12 Years ." Clin J Sport Med. 2020;30:S47-S52.
"Monitoring training and recovery responses with heart rate measures during standardized warm-up in elite badminton players ." PLoS One. 2020;15(12).
"Portable polysomnography for sleep monitoring in elite youth rowing: An athlete’s gain or the sleep’s thief?" Transl Sports Med. 2020.
"Portable PSG for sleep stage monitoring in sports: Assessment of SOMNOwatch plus EEG." Eur J Sport Sci. 2020;20(6):713-721.
"Reduced Telomere Shortening in Lifelong Trained Male Football Players Compared to Age-Matched Inactive Controls." Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020;63(6):738-749.
"Time before return to play for the most common injuries in professional football. A 16 year follow up of the UEFA Elite Club Injury Study." Br J Sports Med. 2020;54(7):421-426.
"Timing of vaccination after training: immune response and side effects in athletes." Med Sci Sport Exerc. 2020;52(7):1603-1609.
"The UEFA Heading Study: Heading incidence in children's and youth' football (soccer) in eight European countries." Scan J Med Sci Sport. 2020;30(8):1506-1517.
"Understanding the influence of a cognitively demanding task on motor response times and subjective mental fatigue/boredom." Braz J Motor Behav. 2020;14:33-45.
"Understanding the presence of mental fatigue in English academy soccer players ." J Sport Sci. 2020;38(13):1524-1530.
"Assessment of Muscle Volume Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Football Players after Hamstring Injuries. ." Eur J Sport Sci. 2021.
"Attacking Key Performance Indicators in Soccer: Current Practice and Perceptions from the Elite to Youth Academy Level." J Sports Sci Med. 2021;20(1):158-169.
"Construct validity of age at predicted adult height and BAUS skeletal age to assess biological maturity in academy soccer ." Ann Hum Biol. 2021;48(2):101-109.
"Coping With the "Small Sample-Small Relevant Effects" Dilemma in Elite Sport Research ." Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 2021.
"Does Cold-Water Immersion After Strength Training Attenuate Training Adaptation? ." Int J Sport Physiol Perform. 2021;16(2):304-310.
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