Publications
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.
"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.
"Active recovery after high-intensity interval-training does not attenuate training adaptation." Front Physiol. 2018;9.
"Data collection procedures for football injuries in lower leagues: Is there a need for an updated consensus statement?, ." Sci Med Football. 2018:86-88.
"Do head injuries and headers in football lead to future brain damage? A discussion lacking appropriate scientific diligence. ." Sci Med Football. 2018;2(1):1-2.
"Effects of different recovery strategies following a half-marathon on fatigue markers in recreational runners." PLoS One. 2018;13(11).
"Heart Rate Monitoring in Team Sports – A Conceptual Framework for Contextualizing Heart Rate Measures for Training and Recovery Prescription. ." Front Physiol. 2018.
"Match Situations Leading to Head Injuries in Professional Male Football (Soccer)-A Video-based Analysis Over 12 Years." Clin J Sports Med. 2018.
"Mental Fatigue and Soccer: Current Knowledge and Future Directions." Sports Med. 2018;48(7):1522-1532.
"A Multinational Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of '11+ Kids': A Warm-Up Programme to Prevent Injuries in Children's Football." Sports Med. 2018;48(6):1493-1504.
"Relation between training load and recovery-stress state in high performance swimming." Frontiers Physiol. 2018.
"Soccer Injury Movement Screen (SIMS) composite score is not associated with injury among semi-professional soccer players. ." J Orth Sports Phys Ther. 2018:1-29.
""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.
"Acute effects of psychological relaxation techniques between two physical tasks." J Sports Sci. 2017;35:216-223.
"Assessment of fatigue and recovery in male and female athletes following six days of intensified strength training." J Strength Cond Res. 2017;30:3412-3427.
"Can cold water immersion enhance recovery in elite Olympic weightlifters? An individualized perspective." J Strength Cond Res. 2017;31(6):1569-1576.
"Development of two short measures for recovery and stress in sport. ." Eur J Sport Sci. 2017;17(7):894-903.
"The effect of westward travel across five time-zones on sleep and subjective jet-lag ratings in athletes before and during the 2015’s World Rowing Junior Championships." J Sports Sci. 2017;35(22):2240-2248.
"Effects of active recovery on muscle function following high-intensity training sessions in elite Olympic weightlifters. Advances in Skeletal Muscle Function Assessment." Advances in Skeletal Muscle Function Assessment. 2017;1:3-12.
"The effects of menstrual cycle phase on physical performance in female soccer players." PLoS One. 2017;12(3).
"Evaluation of psychological measures for the assessment of recovery and stress during a shock-microcycle in strength and high-intensity interval training." Performance Enhancement & Health. 2017;5(4):147-157.
"Functional Movement Screen (FMS™) score does not predict injury in English Premier League youth academy football players. ." Sci Med Football. 2017.
"How does a short, interrupted recovery break affect performance and how is it assessed? A study on acute effects. ." Int J Sports Physiology Perform. 2017;12(Suppl 2):S2114-S2121.
"How much scientific diagnostics for high-performance football." Sci Med Football. 2017;1(2).
"Impact of a Short-Term Water Abstinence on Airway Hyperresponsiveness in Elite Swimmers." Clin J Sport Med. 2017;27(4):344-348.
"Individual patterns in blood-borne indicators of fatigue - trait or chance." J Strength Cond Res. 2017;31(3):608-619.
"Infektionen des oberen Respirationstraktes bei Leistungssportlern: Risikofaktoren, Prävention und Rückkehr zum Sport." Dtsch Z Sportmed. 2017;68:189-195.
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