Submissions from 2018
A new blood test could detect early stage melanoma in more than 80% of patients, Mel Ziman
Submissions from 2017
Track cycling, Chris Abbiss and Paolo Menaspà
Editorial: Special issue on modeling in endurance sports, Chris Abbiss and Dietmar Saupe
Determinants of neonatal mortality in rural and urban Nigeria: Evidence from a population-based national survey, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi and Yun Zhao
Emerging issues in public health: a perspective on Ghana’s healthcare expenditure, policies and outcomes, Eric Adua, Kwasi Frimpong, Xia Li, and Wei Wang
Profiling of cardio-metabolic risk factors and medication utilisation among Type II diabetes patients in Ghana: A prospective cohort study, Eric Adua, Peter Roberts, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Francis Agyemang Yeboah, Albert Dompreh, Kwasi Frimpong, Enoch Odame Anto, and Wei Wang
Incorporation of suboptimal health status as a potential risk assessment for type II diabetes mellitus: a case-control study in a Ghanaian population, Eric Adua, Peter Roberts, and Wei Wang
Innovation analysis on postgenomic biomarkers: Glycomics for chronic diseases, Eric Adua, Alyce Russell, Peter Roberts, Youxin Wang, Manshu Song, and Wei Wang
A retrospective audit of bacterial culture results of donated human milk in Perth, Western Australia, Yahya Almutawif, Benjamin Hartmann, Megan Lloyd, Wendy Erber, and Donna Geddes
Telomere length and accelerated biological aging in the China suboptimal health cohort: A case-control study, Mohamed Ali Alzain, Collins Otieno Asweto, Jie Zhang, Honghong Fang, Zhongyao Zhao, Xiuhua Guo, Manshu Song, Yong Zhou, Naibai Chang, Youxin Wang, and Wei Wang
PSA testing for men at average risk of prostate cancer, Bruce Armstrong, Michael J. Barry, Mark Frydenberg, Robert Gardiner, Ian Haines, and Stacy M. Carterm
Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): A screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians, Elizabeth Armstrong, Natalie Ciccone, Deborah J. Hersh, Judith Katzenellebogen, Juli Coffin, Sandra Thompson, Leon Flicker, Colleen Hayward, Deborah Woods, and Meaghan McAllister
Assessment and treatment of aphasia in Aboriginal Australians: Linguistic considerations and broader implications for cross-cultural practice, Elizabeth Armstrong, Graham McKay, and Deborah J. Hersh
Multiple mechanisms linking type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease: Testosterone as a modifier, Prita Asih, Michelle L. Tegg, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Malcolm Carruthers, Samuel Gandy, Farid Saad, Giuseppe Verdile, Lars Ittner, and Ralph Martins
Does the degree of endocrine dyscrasia post-reproduction dictate post-reproductive lifespan? Lessons from semelparous and iteroparous species, Craig S. Atwood, Kentaro Hayashi, Sivan V. Meethal, Tina K. Gonzales, and Richard L. Bowen
Health-care workers’ occupational exposures to body fluids in 21 countries in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Asa Auta, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi, Amom Tor-Anyiin, David Aziz, Esther Ogbole, Brian O. Ogbonna, and Davies Adeloye
Isolation and detection of circulating tumour cells from metastatic melanoma patients using a slanted spiral microfluidic device, Carlos A. Aya-Bonilla, Gabriela Marsavela, James B. Freeman, Chris Lomma, Markus Frank, Muhammad Khattak, Tarek Meniawy, Michael Millward, Majid Warkiani, Elin S. Gray, and Mel Ziman
Infant nutrition and maternal obesity influence the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents, Oyekoya T. Ayonrinde, Wendy H. Oddy, Leon A. Adams, Trevor Mori, Lawrence J. Beilin, Nicholas de Klerk, and John K. Olynyk
Using an accelerometer to improve weight room coaching, Daniel G. Baker
Development of the MEAL framework: A multiliteracies approach to engaging adolescents in nutrition education, Samantha Lee Baker
Genetic variation in the retinal vasculature of the collaborative cross, Lois A. Balmer, L. Y. Weerasekera, and G. Morahan
Reliability and validity of the load-velocity relationship to predict the 1RM back squat, Henry Banyard, Kazunori Nosaka, and Greg Haff
Validity of various methods for determining velocity, force, and power in the back squat, Henry Banyard, Ken Nosaka, Kimitake Sato, and Gregory Haff
Repeat effort performance is reduced 24 hours after acute dehydration in mixed martial arts athletes, Oliver R. Barley, Fiona K. Iredale, Dale Chapman, Amanda Hopper, and Chris Abbiss
Serum high-density lipoprotein is associated with better cognitive function in a cross-sectional study of aging women, Kristyn Bates, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Stephanie Rainey-Smith, M Weinborn, Romola S. Bucks, Mark Rodrigues, John Beilby, Matthew Howard, Kevin Taddei, Georgia Martins, Athena Paton, Tejal Shah, Satvinder S. Dhaliwal, Johnathon K. Foster, Ian J. Martins, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, Frank L. Mastaglia, Samuel E. Gandy, and Ralph Martins
Genetic markers in circulating tumour cells as a measure of the metastatic propensity of uveal melanoma, Aaron Beasley
Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) position statement on exercise prescription for the prevention and management of osteoporosis, Belinda R. Beck, Robin M. Daly, Maria A. Fiatarone Singh, and Dennis R. Taaffe
Designing programmes of assessment: A participatory approach, Janica Bell, Gemma Jenkins, Shelley Beatty, and Claire Palermo
Erdheim-Chester disease associated with a novel, complex BRAF p.Thr599-Val600delinsArgGlu mutation, Jacqueline M. Bentel, Marc A. Thomas, Jamie J. Rodgers, Mahreen Arooj, Elin S. Gray, Richard J. Allcock, Soraya Fermoyle, Ricardo L. Mancera, Paul Cannell, and Jeremy Parry
Early rehabilitation after stroke, Julie Bernhardt, Erin Godecke, Liam Johnson, and Langhorne Peter
The link between type 2 diabetes and neurodegeneration: Roles for amyloid-B, amylin, and tau proteins, Prashant Bharadwaj, Nadeeja Wijesekara, Milindu Liyanapathirana, Philip Newsholme, Lars Fraser, and Guiseppe Verdile
Improving case ascertainment of congenital anomalies: Findings from a prospective birth cohort with detailed primary care record linkage, Chrissy Bishop, Neil Small, Dan Mason, Peter Corry, Roger C. Parslow, Alan H. Bittles, and Eamonn Sheridan
Association of dietary nitrate with atherosclerotic vascular disease mortality: a prospective cohort study of older adult women, Lauren Blekkenhorst, Catherine P. Bondonno, Joshua Lewis, Amanda Devine, Richard Woodman, Kevin Croft, Wai Lim, Germaine Wong, Lawrence Beilin, Richard Prince, and Jonathan M. Hodgson
Cruciferous and allium vegetable intakes are inversely associated with 15‐year atherosclerotic vascular disease deaths in older adult women, Lauren Blekkenhorst, Catherine P. Bondonno, Joshua Lewis, Amanda Devine, Kun Zhu, Wai Lim, Richard Woodman, Lawrence Beilin, Richard Prince, and Jonathan M. Hodgson
Vegetable and fruit intake and fracture-related hospitalisations: A prospective study of older women, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Jonathan M. Hodgson, Joshua R. Lewis, Amanda Devine, Richard J. Woodman, Wai H. Lim, Germaine Wong, Kun Zhu, Catherine P. Bondonno, Natalie C. Ward, and Richard L. Prince
Development of a reference database for assessing dietary nitrate in vegetables, Lauren Blekkenhorst, Richard Prince, Natalie Ward, Kevin Croft, Joshua Lewis, Amanda Devine, Sujata Shinde, Richard Woodman, Jonathan M. Hodgson, and Catherine P. Bondonno
Effect of a neuromuscular electrical stimulation muscle strength training intervention on muscle force and mass, physical health and quality of life in people with spinal cord injury, Vanesa Bochkezanian
Effect of tendon vibration during wide-pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) on the decline and recovery of muscle force, Vanesa Bochkezanian, Robert Newton, Gabriel S. Trajano, Amilton Vieira, Timothy S. Pulverenti, and Anthony J. Blazevich
Investigating the relationship between environmental factors and respiratory health outcomes in school children using the forced oscillation technique, Jonathon Boeyen, Anna C. Callan, David Blake, Amanda J. Wheeler, Peter Franklin, Graham L. Hall, Claire Shackleton, Peter D. Sly, and Andrea Hinwood
Response by Bondonno et al to letter regarding article, “Association of vegetable nitrate intake with carotid atherosclerosis and ischemic cerebrovascular disease in older women”, Catherine P. Bondonno, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, and Jonathan M. Hodgson
Vegetable-derived bioactive nitrate and cardiovascular health, Catherine P. Bondonno, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Alex H. Liu, Nicola P. Bondonno, Natalie C. Ward, Kevin D. Croft, and Jonathan M. Hodgson
Association of vegetable nitrate intake with carotid atherosclerosis and ischemic cerebrovascular disease in older women, Catherine P. Bondonno, Lauren Blekkenhorst, Richard Prince, Kerry Ivey, Joshua Lewis, Amanda Devine, Richard Woodman, Jon Lundberg, Kevin Croft, Peter Thompson, and Jonathan M. Hodgson
The cardiovascular health benefits of apples: Whole fruit vs. isolated compounds, Nicola P. Bondonno, Catherine P. Bondonno, Natalie C. Ward, Jonathan M. Hodgson, and Kevin D. Croft
Dietary inflammatory index in relation to sub-clinical atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic vascular disease mortality in older women, Nicola P. Bondonno, Joshua R. Lewis, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Nitin Shivappa, Richard J. Woodman, Catherine P. Bondonno, Nathalie C. Ward, James R. Hebert, Peter L. Thompson, Richard L. prince, and Jonathan M. Hodgson
The acute effect of coffee on endothelial function and glucose metabolism following a glucose load in healthy human volunteers, Evan A. Boon, Kevin D. Croft, Sujata Shinde, Jonathan M. Hodgson, and Natalie C. Ward
Effects of a six-week strength training programme on change of direction performance in youth team sport athletes, Frank A. Bourgeois, Paul Gamble, Nic D. Gill, and Mike R. McGuigan
Is mixing drinks actually bad?, Stephen Bright
Weekly Dose: ayahuasca, a cautionary tale for tourists eager to try this shamanic brew, Stephen Bright and David Caldicott
Evaluation of Australia’s first older adult-specific early intervention for reducing alcohol-related harm, Stephen J. Bright and Cylie M. Williams
What is ‘success’ in drug rehab? Programs need more than just anecdotes to prove they work, Stephen Bright and Nicole Lee
Alcohol leads to more violence than other drugs, but you’d never know from the headlines, Stephen Bright and Martin Williams
Cold-water immersion following sprint interval training does not alter endurance signaling pathways or training adaptations in human skeletal muscle, James R. Broatch, Aaron Petersen, and David J. Bishop
Study protocol of the intense physical activity and cognition study: The effect of high-intensity exercise training on cognitive function in older adults, Belinda M. Brown, Stephanie Rainey-Smith, Natalie Castalanelli, Nicole Gordon, Shaun Markovic, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Michael Weinborn, Simon Laws, James Doecke, Kaikai Shen, Ralph Martins, and Jeremiah J. Peiffer
Habitual exercise levels are associated with cerebral amyloid load in presymptomatic autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease, Belinda M. Brown, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Kevin Taddei, Samantha Gardener, Stephanie Rainey-Smith, Jeremiah J. Peiffer, Chengjie Xiong, Anne M. Fagan, Tammie Benzinger, Virginia Buckles, Kirk I. Erickson, Roger Clarnette, Tejal Shah, Colin L. Masters, Michael Weiner, Nigel Cairns, Martin Rossor, Neill R. Graff-Radford, Stephen Salloway, Jonathan Vöglein, Christoph Laske, James Noble, Peter R. Schofield, Randall J. Bateman, John C. Morris, and Ralph Martins
Infants' attraction for water: A dangerous play, Carolina Burnay, Rita Cordovil, Chris Button, and James Croft
Sports science needs more interdisciplinary, constraints-led research programmes: The case of water safety in New Zealand, Chris Button and James L. Croft
SIRT1 activation mediates heat-induced survival of UVB damaged Keratinocytes, Leslie Calapre, Elin S. Gray, Sandrine Kurdykowski, Anthony David, Pascal Descargues, and Mel R. Ziman Dr
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) as a liquid biopsy for melanoma, Leslie Calapre, Lydia Warburton, Michael Milward, Mel R. Ziman Dr, and Elin S. Gray
Effects of exercise on type 2 diabetes mellitus-related cognitive impairment and dementia, Michele Callisaya and Kazunori Nosaka
Selenium levels in serum, red blood cells, and cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease patients: A report from the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle flagship study of ageing (AIBL), Barbara R. Cardoso, Dominic J. Hare, Ashley I. Bush, Qiao-Xin Li, Christopher J. Fowler, Colin L. Masters, Ralph Martins, Katherine Ganio, Amber Lothian, Soumya Mukherjee, Eugene A. Kapp, Blaine R. Roberts, and The AIBL research group
The APOE ϵ4 allele is associated with lower selenium levels in the brain: implications for Alzheimer's disease, Bárbara R. Cardoso, Dominic J. Hare, Monica Lind, Claire A. McLean, Irene Volitakis, Simon M. Laws, Colin L. Masters, Ashley I. Bush, and Blaine R. Roberts
Short-term preoperative exercise training: Should we expect long-term benefits without postoperative exercise stimulus?, Vinicius Cavalheri, Catherin L. Granger, Louis B. Irving, and Daniel A. Galvao
Associations of neighborhood environment with brain imaging outcomes in the Australian imaging, biomarkers and lifestyle cohort, Ester Cerin, Stephanie Rainey-Smith, David Ames, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, S. Lance Macaulay, Joanne S. Robertson, Christopher C. Rowe, Paul Maruff, Ralph Martins, Colin L. Masters, and Kathryn A. Ellis
New challenges in psycho-oncology research III: A systematic review of psychological interventions for prostate cancer survivors and their partners: Clinical and research implications, Suzanne K. Chambers, Melissa K. Hyde, David P. Smith, Suzanne Hughes, Susan Yuill, Sam Egger, Dianne L. O'Connell, Kevin Stein, Mark Frydenberg, Gary Wittert, and Jeff Dunn
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in advanced prostate cancer: a randomized controlled trial, Suzanne K. Chambers, Stefano Occhipinti, Elizabeth Foley, Samantha Clutton, Melissa Legg, Martin Berry, Martin R. Stockler, Mark Frydenberg, Robert Gardiner, Stephen J. Lepore, Ian D. Davis, and David P. Smith
A study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of an interactive web-based intervention: CancerCope, Suzanne K. Chambers, Lee Ritterband, Frances Thorndike, Lisa Nielsen, Joanne Aitken, Samantha Clutton, Paul Scuffham, Philippa Youl, Bronwyn Morris, Peter Baade, and Jeffrey Dunn
Eccentric cycling: A promising modality for patients with chronic heart failure, Lauren C. Chasland, Daniel J. Green, Andrew J. Maiorana, Kazunori Nosaka, Andrew Haynes, Lawrence G. Dembo, and Louise H. Naylor
A balancing act: A pilot study exploring fall incident rates and the potential role of functional balance screening tools and balance programs in reducing fall incidents rates in older workers in the steel manufacturing industry, Michelle Chatfield, Sue Reed, and Gregory Ho
Effects of descending stair walking on health and fitness of elderly obese women, Trevor C. Chen, Chung-Chan Hsieh, Kuo-Wei Tseng, Chih-Chiao Ho, and Kazunori Nosaka
Superior effects of eccentric to concentric knee extensor resistance training on physical fitness, insulin sensitivity and lipid profiles of elderly men, Trevor Chung-Ching Chen, Wei-Chin Tseng, Guan-Ling Huang, Hsin-Lian Chen, Kuo-Wei Tseng, and Kazunori Nosaka
Clostridium difficile infection in the Lao People's Democratic Republic: First isolation and review of the literature, Elaine Cheong, Tamalee Roberts, Sayaphet Rattanavong, Thomas V. Riley, Paul N. Newton, and David A.B. Dance
PTPN11 induces endoplasmic stress and apoptosis in SH-SY5Y cells, Nitin Chitranshi, Yogita Dheer, Veer Gupta, Mojdeh Abbasi, Mehdi Mirzaei, Yuyi You, Roger Chung, Stuart L. Graham, and Vivek Gupta
Computational analysis unravels novel destructive single nucleotide polymorphisms in the non-synonymous region of human caveolin gene, Nitin Chitranshi, Yogita Dheer, Roshana V. Wall, Veer B. Gupta, Mojdeh Abbasi, Stuart L. Graham, and Vivek K. Gupta
Ergogenic effects of precooling with cold water immersion and ice ingestion: A meta-analysis, Hui C. Choo, Kazunori Nosaka, Jeremiah J. Peiffer, Mohammad Ihsan, and Chris R. Abbiss
Reliability of laser Doppler, near-infrared spectroscopy and Doppler ultrasound for peripheral blood flow measurements during and after exercise in the heat, Hui C. Choo, Kazunori Nosaka, Jeremiah J. Peiffer, Mohammed Ihsan, Chow Chea Yeo, and Chris Abbiss
The countermovement jump to monitor neuromuscular status: A meta-analysis, Joao Gustavo Claudino, John B. Cronin, Bruno Mezencio, Daniel Travis McMaster, Michael McGuigan, Valmor Tricoli, Alberto Carlos Amadio, and Julio Cerca Serrao
Predictors of pneumococcal carriage and the effect of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the Western Australian Aboriginal population, Deirdre A. Collins, Anke Hoskins, Thomas Snelling, Kalpani Senasinghe, Jacinta Bowman, Natalie A. Stemberger, Amanda J. Leach, and Deborah Lehmann
Prevalence and molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Indonesia, Deirdre Collins, M. H. Gasem, T. H. Habibie, I. G. Arinton, P. Hendriyanto, A. P. Hartana, and T. V. Riley
Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection in emergency department patients in Western Australia, Deirdre Collins, Linda Selvey, Antonio Celenza, and Thomas Riley
Past, present, and future of informed consent in pain and genomics research: Challenges facing global medical community, Christian Compagnone, Michael E. Schatman, Richard L. Rauck, Jan Van Zundert, Monika Kraus, Dragan Primorac, Frances Williams, Massimo Allegri, Gloria Saccani Jordi, Guido Fanelli, A. Skelin, D. Perovic, K. Houra, D. Granec, C. Minella, M. DeGregori, Jason Hong, M. Baciarello, M. Marchesini, P. Vandelderen, S. Kovacic, K. Rotim, C. Gieger, Y. Aulchenko, I. K. Pemberton, J. MacDougal, and Michael Black
Effects of a six-week hip thrust versus front squat resistance training program on performance in adolescent males: A randomized-controlled trial, Bret Contreras, Andrew D. Vigotsky, Brad J. Schoenfeld, Chris Beardsley, Daniel T. McMaster, Jan H.T. Reyneke, and John B. Cronin
The Impact of Exercise on Cancer Mortality, Recurrence, and Treatment-Related Adverse Effects, Prue Cormie, Eva Zopf, Xiaochen Zhang, and Kathryn H. Schmitz
Acidosis, but not alkalosis, affects anaerobic metabolism and performance in a 4-km time trial, Carlos Correia-Oliveira, João Lopes-Silva, Romulo Bertuzzi, Glenn McConell, David Bishop, Adriano Lima-Silva, and Maria Kiss
Improved grasp function with transcranial direct current stimulation in chronic spinal cord injury, Mar L. Cortés, Ana H. Medeiros, Aasta Gandhi, Peter Lee, Hermano I. Krebs, Gary W. Thickbroom, and Dylan Edwards
Netnography: Range of practices, misperceptions, and missed opportunities, Leesa N. Costello, Marie-Louise McDermott, and Ruth M. Wallace
Maximal strength training improves surfboard sprint and endurance paddling performance in competitive and recreational surfers, Joseph O.C. Coyne, Tai T. Tran, Josh Secomb, Lina Lundgren, Oliver R. Farley, Robert Newton, and Jeremy Sheppard
Affordance boundaries are defined by dynamic capabilities of Parkour athletes in dropping from various heights, James L. Croft and John E.A. Bertram
The goal of locomotion: Separating the fundamental task from the mechanisms that accomplish it, James L. Croft, Ryan Schroeder, and John Bertram
A brief review of handgrip strength and sport performance, John Cronin, Trent Lawton, Nigel Harris, Andrew Kilding, and Daniel T. McMaster
Validation of standard operating procedures in a multicenter retrospective study to identify-omics biomarkers for chronic low back pain, Concetta Dagostino, Manuela De Gregori, Christian Gieger, Judith Manz, Ivan Gudelj, Gordon Lauc, Laura Divizia, Wei Wang, Moira Sim, Iain K. Pemberton, Jane MacDougall, Frances Williams, Jan Vn Zundeert, Dragan Primorac, Yurii Aulchenko, Leonardo Kapural, and Massimo Allegri
Community pharmacists require additional support to develop capacity in delivering alcohol-related health information to older adults, Julie Dare, Celia Wilkinson, Michael Garlepp, Johnny Lo, and Steve Allsop
Older Australians can achieve high adherence to the Mediterranean diet during a 6 month randomised intervention; results from the Medley study, Courtney Davis, Jonathan M. Hodgson, Janet Bryan, Manohar Garg, Richard Woodman, and Karen Murphy
A Mediterranean diet lowers blood pressure and improves endothelial function: Results from the MedLey randomized intervention trial, Courtney Davis,; Jonathan M. Hodgson; Richard Woodman,; Janet Bryan; Carlene Wilson; and Karen Murphy
A Mediterranean diet reduces F2-Isoprostanes and triglycerides among older Australian men and women after 6 months, Courtney R. Davis, Janet Bryan, Jonathan M. Hodgson, Richard Woodman, and Karen Murphy
The validity and reliability of using ultrasound elastography to measure cutaneous stiffness, a systematic review, Helen M. DeJong, Steven Abbott, Marilyn Zelesco, Brendan F. Kennedy, Mel R. Ziman, and Fiona M. Wood
Patient opinion of scarring is multidimensional: An investigation of the POSAS with confirmatory factor analysis, Helen M. DeJong, Michael Phillips, Dale W. Edgar, and Fiona M. Wood
Response to Letter to the Editor: 'Patient opinion of scarring is multidimensional: An investigation of the POSAS with confirmatory factor analysis', Helen M. DeJong, Michael Phillips, Dale W. Edgar, and Fiona M. Wood
Comparison in muscle activity between the back squat, Romanian deadlift and barbell hip thrust during hip extension, Jose Delgado