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Sam Smith

@Smith__Sam

Lecturer @UniKentSportSci / Exercise physiology / Interested in exercise-induced pain and endurance performance

Joined April 2010
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📖 New in J Neurophysiol Our new paper by Gabi Elder and supervised by @RyNorbury explores how acute quadriceps muscle pain affects motor performance, neuromuscular function and corticospinal excitability/inhibition @LexMauger @UniKent @YourStMarys journals.physiology.org/doi/…
Hypertonic saline-evoked muscle pain in the quadriceps reduces neuromuscular performance and alters...

Hypertonic saline-evoked muscle pain in the quadriceps reduces neuromuscular performance and alters...

Muscle pain can alter corticospinal function, but the specific excitatory/inhibitory effects on the quadriceps across different levels of corticospinal neuron recruitment remain unclear. Furthermore,...

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@fablagi et al. conducted this study on the role of descending drive and group III/IV #muscle afferent feedback in modulating #corticomotoneuronal excitability during knee-extensor exercise 🏃 🦵 📜 Read the #Research: buff.ly/nsNbS75
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Our latest led by @RimaElSayed1 Individual differences in conditioned pain modulation are... : PAIN journals.lww.com/pain/fullte…
PAIN

PAIN

Explore PAIN, featuring peer‑reviewed articles, clinical studies, and the latest medical research.

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🧨 Delighted to share our latest 💥experimental pain💥 study is now openly available in SJMSS! We applied occlusions and measured MEP, SICI, and LICI during cycling strokes, and saw inhibition ⬆️ w/ contralateral pain but ⬇️ w/ ipsilateral pain. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Investigating the Modulation of Corticomotor and Neuromuscular Function by Contralateral and...

Investigating the Modulation of Corticomotor and Neuromuscular Function by Contralateral and...

Pain can impair exercise performance, but its influence on motor control, in particular the effect of robust experimental pain on the timecourse of corticomotor responses throughout prolonged,...

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Title: Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology 📍Place: ⁦@UniKent⁩ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💰Salary: £39,355 - £44,128 a year 
📅Deadline: 31/8/25 ℹ For more details👇 jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx…
Jobs at the University of Kent

Jobs at the University of Kent

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Title: Strength and Conditioning Coach 📍Place: ⁦@UniKent⁩ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💰Salary: £26.38 per hour

📅Deadline: 21/7/25 ℹ For more details👇 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx…
Jobs at the University of Kent

Jobs at the University of Kent

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University of Kent scientists are recruiting elite cyclists to help in trials which could lead to two prescription painkillers being added to the sport's banned list. Tap below to read more: bbc.in/4jyEoY1

University of Kent seeks elite cyclists for drugs study

Scientists are testing the effects of two prescription painkillers on cyclists' performances.

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Our Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation students have spent the weekend providing post-race massage support to @LondonMarathon runners. Over a full six hours, they treated tired legs, feet, backs and shoulders 🏃‍♂️‍➡️ The experience was invaluable as students worked together as a team to speak to runners who have pushed their bodies to the limit and worked to help them on the way to recovery 💪 We are very proud to support the event that helped raise £4 million for vital research and rehabilitation work by @CwC_UK. Well done everyone! 👏 #LondonMarathon
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🚨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 @TCDOliveira & colleagues canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/…
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Title: 7 x Performance Analysis Work Placement Student 📍Place: ⁦@SouthamptonFC⁩ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💰Salary: £580 per month 
📅Deadline: 17/3/25 ℹ For more details👇 saintsfc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.c…
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Our latest paper looking at an alternative method of sleep education for professional female footballers ⚽️ @russclash onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Our latest work just published today "Acute hypoalgesic and neurophysiological responses to lower-limb ischaemic preconditioning" in @ExpBrainRes In short, we didn't observe much other than a bit of a reduction in pain sensitivity with IPC! doi.org/10.1007/s00221-024-0…
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Good luck to Team Row4Cancer as they take on the World’s Toughest Row! 🌊 The team set off earlier this morning and will row 4,800km from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua & Barbuda — braving 20ft waves and burning 5,000 calories a day. We're delighted to have supported the team with their preparations over the last two years, with our incredible School of Sport and Exercise Sciences supporting them with top-tier fitness assessments and a rigorous training regime. We'll be cheering them on every stroke of the way! 💪 worldstoughestrow.com
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🛴Taking part in a slightly different @UniKentSportSci study supported by @FutureHumanUoK and @GRCKent 👨‍🎓Data collection is being completed by two undergraduate interns who are doing a great job in running the project (1/2)
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🛴 Some nice news to start the week - this project, led by @UniKentSportSci PhD student Chris Payne and supported by interns Ashleen & Rushil, has now been accepted for publication in The Journal of Transport & Health A great first study for Chris’ PhD thesis! @KatrinaTaylor24
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Paper now available online: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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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]
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Participants needed: Recruiting healthy 18-50 year old for a study on pain modulation. You’ll visit the Exeter Pain Lab in the Clinical Research Facility four times & run through a series of tests related to pain processing. If interested, please email Josh: [email protected]
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@wada_ama23 Oct 2024
We are pleased to publish the list of 14 scientific research projects provisionally approved to receive a total of USD 1.4 million in funding through the first cycle of our 2024 Scientific Research Grant Program. ✅ These projects were selected following a thorough review process by our Science & Medicine management team and external experts. Read more here: bit.ly/3NE5rDc #CleanSport #AntiDoping
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In this #Review, @Iapyxs (@ExeterSENS), Samuel A. Smith, Alexis R. Mauger (@UniKentSportSci) and @RyNorbury (@StMarysSAHPS) provide considerations for future research focusing on exercise-induced pain within endurance exercise settings! 📜buff.ly/4gyidQE
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A new @FabioZambolin 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/…
Activation of skeletal muscle mechanoreceptors and nociceptors reduces the exercise performance of...

Activation of skeletal muscle mechanoreceptors and nociceptors reduces the exercise performance of...

Increasing evidence suggests that activation of muscle nerve afferents may inhibit central motor drive, affecting contractile performance of remote exercising muscles. Although these effects are well...

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