List of works - Rob S James

A review of the thermal sensitivity of the mechanics of vertebrate skeletal muscle.

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

An exercise-induced improvement in isolated skeletal muscle contractility does not affect the performance-enhancing benefit of 70 µmol l-1 caffeine treatment

scientific article published on 05 November 2018

Assessment of the ergogenic effect of caffeine supplementation on mood, anticipation timing, and muscular strength in older adults

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Can Fundamental Movement Skill Mastery Be Increased via a Six Week Physical Activity Intervention to Have Positive Effects on Physical Activity and Physical Self-Perception?

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Changes in kinematics and arm-leg coordination during a 100-m breaststroke swim.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Costs and benefits of increased weapon size differ between sexes of the slender crayfish, Cherax dispar

scientific article published in March 2009

Cross Acclimation between Heat and Hypoxia: Heat Acclimation Improves Cellular Tolerance and Exercise Performance in Acute Normobaric Hypoxia

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Daily torpor reduces mass and changes stress and power output of soleus and EDL muscles in the Djungarian hamster, Phodopus sungorus ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Do muscle contractile properties drive differences in locomotor performance in invasive populations of Xenopus laevis in France?

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Does Dietary-Induced Obesity in Old Age Impair the Contractile Performance of Isolated Mouse Soleus, Extensor Digitorum Longus and Diaphragm Skeletal Muscles?

scientific article published on 27 February 2019

Does a physiological concentration of taurine increase acute muscle power output, time to fatigue, and recovery in isolated mouse soleus (slow) muscle with or without the presence of caffeine?

scientific article

Early effects of ageing on the mechanical performance of isolated locomotory (EDL) and respiratory (diaphragm) skeletal muscle using the work-loop technique.

scientific article published on 2 July 2014

Effect of stimulation frequency on force, net power output, and fatigue in mouse soleus muscle in vitro

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Effects of aestivation on skeletal muscle performance

scientific article published on January 2010

Effects of caffeine on mouse skeletal muscle power output during recovery from fatigue.

scientific article published on 23 September 2003

Explosive jumping: extreme morphological and physiological specializations of Australian rocket frogs (Litoria nasuta).

scientific article

Fight versus flight: physiological basis for temperature-dependent behavioral shifts in lizards

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Getting the jump on skeletal muscle disuse atrophy: preservation of contractile performance in aestivating Cyclorana alboguttata (Gunther 1867)

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

How important are skeletal muscle mechanics in setting limits on jumping performance?

scientific article published on March 2007

How well do muscle biomechanics predict whole-animal locomotor performance? The role of Ca2+ handling

scientific article published in June 2012

Human monocyte heat shock protein 72 responses to acute hypoxic exercise after 3 days of exercise heat acclimation.

scientific article

Interindividual differences in leg muscle mass and pyruvate kinase activity correlate with interindividual differences in jumping performance of Hyla multilineata.

scientific article published on 28 July 2005

Interindividual variation of isolated muscle performance and fibre-type composition in the toad Bufo viridus

scientific article published on 08 June 2004

Investigation into the cardiotoxic effects of doxorubicin on contractile function and the protection afforded by cyclosporin A using the work-loop assay.

scientific article published on 7 February 2014

Is the Ergogenicity of Caffeine Affected by Increasing Age? The Direct Effect of a Physiological Concentration of Caffeine on the Power Output of Maximally Stimulated EDL and Diaphragm Muscle Isolated from the Mouse.

scientific article published on January 2017

Is the whole more than the sum of its parts? Evolutionary trade-offs between burst and sustained locomotion in lacertid lizards.

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Isometric and isotonic muscle properties as determinants of work loop power output.

scientific article published in September 1996

Larger lacertid lizard species produce higher than expected iliotibialis muscle power output: the evolution of muscle contractile mechanics with body size

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

Morphological and physiological specialization for digging in amphisbaenians, an ancient lineage of fossorial vertebrates.

scientific article

Morphological differences between habitats are associated with physiological and behavioural trade-offs in stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

scientific article

Multivariate analyses of individual variation in soccer skill as a tool for talent identification and development: utilising evolutionary theory in sports science

scientific article published on 26 February 2016

Next Day Subjective and Objective Recovery Indices Following Acute Low and High Training Loads in Academy Rugby Union Players.

scientific article published on 15 June 2018

Perceptions of well-being and physical performance in English elite youth footballers across a season.

scientific article

Plasticity of muscle function in a thermoregulating ectotherm (Crocodylus porosus): biomechanics and metabolism

scientific article

Prediction of habitual physical activity level and weight status from fundamental movement skill level

scientific article published on 19 May 2014

Regional thermal specialisation in a mammal: temperature affects power output of core muscle more than that of peripheral muscle in adult mice (Mus musculus)

article

Relationships Between Measures of Physical Fitness Change When Age-Dependent Bias is Removed in a Group of Young Male Soccer Players.

scientific article

Scaling of contractile properties of catfish feeding muscles.

scientific article published in April 2007

Sexual dimorphism of extensor carpi radialis muscle size, isometric force, relaxation rate and stamina during the breeding season of the frog Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758.

scientific article published in February 2007

Skeletal muscle contractile function predicts activity and behaviour in zebrafish.

scientific article published in December 2015

The acute effect of a caffeine-containing energy drink on mood state, readiness to invest effort, and resistance exercise to failure

scientific article published in October 2012

The cardiac work-loop technique: An in vitro model for identifying and profiling drug-induced changes in inotropy using rat papillary muscles

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

The cost of muscle power production: muscle oxygen consumption per unit work increases at low temperatures in Xenopus laevis

article

The effect of a physiological concentration of caffeine on the endurance of maximally and submaximally stimulated mouse soleus muscle

scientific article published on 06 January 2013

The effect of obesity on the contractile performance of isolated mouse soleus, EDL, and diaphragm muscles.

scientific article

The effect of physiological concentrations of caffeine on the power output of maximally and submaximally stimulated mouse EDL (fast) and soleus (slow) muscle ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 October 2011

The effects of 8 weeks voluntary wheel running on the contractile performance of isolated locomotory (soleus) and respiratory (diaphragm) skeletal muscle during early ageing.

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

The effects of elevated levels of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) on the acute power output and time to fatigue of maximally stimulated mouse soleus and EDL muscles

article

The effects of hibernation on the contractile and biochemical properties of skeletal muscles in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

The effects of obesity on skeletal muscle contractile function

scientific article published on 06 July 2018

The effects of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) ingestion on high intensity cycling capacity

scientific article published on 16 January 2013

The impact of submaximal exercise during heat and/or hypoxia on the cardiovascular and monocyte HSP72 responses to subsequent (post 24 h) exercise in hypoxia

scientific article

The likely effects of thermal climate change on vertebrate skeletal muscle mechanics with possible consequences for animal movement and behaviour

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Thyroid hormone influences muscle mechanics in carp (Cyprinus carpio) independently from SERCA activity

scientific article published on 8 July 2016

Variation in expression of calcium-handling proteins is associated with inter-individual differences in mechanical performance of rat (Rattus norvegicus) skeletal muscle.

scientific article

Warmer is better: thermal sensitivity of both maximal and sustained power output in the iliotibialis muscle isolated from adult Xenopus tropicalis

scientific article published on February 2012

What can isolated skeletal muscle experiments tell us about the effects of caffeine on exercise performance?

scientific article

mRNA levels are buffered upon knockdown of RNA decay and translation factors via adjustment of transcription rates in human HepG2 cells

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

List of works by Rob S James

A review of the thermal sensitivity of the mechanics of vertebrate skeletal muscle.

An exercise-induced improvement in isolated skeletal muscle contractility does not affect the performance-enhancing benefit of 70 µmol l-1 caffeine treatment

Assessment of the ergogenic effect of caffeine supplementation on mood, anticipation timing, and muscular strength in older adults

Can Fundamental Movement Skill Mastery Be Increased via a Six Week Physical Activity Intervention to Have Positive Effects on Physical Activity and Physical Self-Perception?

Changes in kinematics and arm-leg coordination during a 100-m breaststroke swim.

Costs and benefits of increased weapon size differ between sexes of the slender crayfish, Cherax dispar

Cross Acclimation between Heat and Hypoxia: Heat Acclimation Improves Cellular Tolerance and Exercise Performance in Acute Normobaric Hypoxia

Daily torpor reduces mass and changes stress and power output of soleus and EDL muscles in the Djungarian hamster, Phodopus sungorus ⬇️

Do muscle contractile properties drive differences in locomotor performance in invasive populations of Xenopus laevis in France?

Does Dietary-Induced Obesity in Old Age Impair the Contractile Performance of Isolated Mouse Soleus, Extensor Digitorum Longus and Diaphragm Skeletal Muscles?

Does a physiological concentration of taurine increase acute muscle power output, time to fatigue, and recovery in isolated mouse soleus (slow) muscle with or without the presence of caffeine?

Early effects of ageing on the mechanical performance of isolated locomotory (EDL) and respiratory (diaphragm) skeletal muscle using the work-loop technique.

Effect of stimulation frequency on force, net power output, and fatigue in mouse soleus muscle in vitro

Effects of aestivation on skeletal muscle performance

Effects of caffeine on mouse skeletal muscle power output during recovery from fatigue.

Explosive jumping: extreme morphological and physiological specializations of Australian rocket frogs (Litoria nasuta).

Fight versus flight: physiological basis for temperature-dependent behavioral shifts in lizards

Getting the jump on skeletal muscle disuse atrophy: preservation of contractile performance in aestivating Cyclorana alboguttata (Gunther 1867)

How important are skeletal muscle mechanics in setting limits on jumping performance?

How well do muscle biomechanics predict whole-animal locomotor performance? The role of Ca2+ handling

Human monocyte heat shock protein 72 responses to acute hypoxic exercise after 3 days of exercise heat acclimation.

Interindividual differences in leg muscle mass and pyruvate kinase activity correlate with interindividual differences in jumping performance of Hyla multilineata.

Interindividual variation of isolated muscle performance and fibre-type composition in the toad Bufo viridus

Investigation into the cardiotoxic effects of doxorubicin on contractile function and the protection afforded by cyclosporin A using the work-loop assay.

Is the Ergogenicity of Caffeine Affected by Increasing Age? The Direct Effect of a Physiological Concentration of Caffeine on the Power Output of Maximally Stimulated EDL and Diaphragm Muscle Isolated from the Mouse.

Is the whole more than the sum of its parts? Evolutionary trade-offs between burst and sustained locomotion in lacertid lizards.

Isometric and isotonic muscle properties as determinants of work loop power output.

Larger lacertid lizard species produce higher than expected iliotibialis muscle power output: the evolution of muscle contractile mechanics with body size

Morphological and physiological specialization for digging in amphisbaenians, an ancient lineage of fossorial vertebrates.

Morphological differences between habitats are associated with physiological and behavioural trade-offs in stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Multivariate analyses of individual variation in soccer skill as a tool for talent identification and development: utilising evolutionary theory in sports science

Next Day Subjective and Objective Recovery Indices Following Acute Low and High Training Loads in Academy Rugby Union Players.

Perceptions of well-being and physical performance in English elite youth footballers across a season.

Plasticity of muscle function in a thermoregulating ectotherm (Crocodylus porosus): biomechanics and metabolism

Prediction of habitual physical activity level and weight status from fundamental movement skill level

Regional thermal specialisation in a mammal: temperature affects power output of core muscle more than that of peripheral muscle in adult mice (Mus musculus)

Relationships Between Measures of Physical Fitness Change When Age-Dependent Bias is Removed in a Group of Young Male Soccer Players.

Scaling of contractile properties of catfish feeding muscles.

Sexual dimorphism of extensor carpi radialis muscle size, isometric force, relaxation rate and stamina during the breeding season of the frog Rana temporaria Linnaeus 1758.

Skeletal muscle contractile function predicts activity and behaviour in zebrafish.

The acute effect of a caffeine-containing energy drink on mood state, readiness to invest effort, and resistance exercise to failure

The cardiac work-loop technique: An in vitro model for identifying and profiling drug-induced changes in inotropy using rat papillary muscles

The cost of muscle power production: muscle oxygen consumption per unit work increases at low temperatures in Xenopus laevis

The effect of a physiological concentration of caffeine on the endurance of maximally and submaximally stimulated mouse soleus muscle

The effect of obesity on the contractile performance of isolated mouse soleus, EDL, and diaphragm muscles.

The effect of physiological concentrations of caffeine on the power output of maximally and submaximally stimulated mouse EDL (fast) and soleus (slow) muscle ⬇️

The effects of 8 weeks voluntary wheel running on the contractile performance of isolated locomotory (soleus) and respiratory (diaphragm) skeletal muscle during early ageing.

The effects of elevated levels of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) on the acute power output and time to fatigue of maximally stimulated mouse soleus and EDL muscles

The effects of hibernation on the contractile and biochemical properties of skeletal muscles in the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

The effects of obesity on skeletal muscle contractile function

The effects of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) ingestion on high intensity cycling capacity

The impact of submaximal exercise during heat and/or hypoxia on the cardiovascular and monocyte HSP72 responses to subsequent (post 24 h) exercise in hypoxia

The likely effects of thermal climate change on vertebrate skeletal muscle mechanics with possible consequences for animal movement and behaviour

Thyroid hormone influences muscle mechanics in carp (Cyprinus carpio) independently from SERCA activity

Variation in expression of calcium-handling proteins is associated with inter-individual differences in mechanical performance of rat (Rattus norvegicus) skeletal muscle.

Warmer is better: thermal sensitivity of both maximal and sustained power output in the iliotibialis muscle isolated from adult Xenopus tropicalis

What can isolated skeletal muscle experiments tell us about the effects of caffeine on exercise performance?

mRNA levels are buffered upon knockdown of RNA decay and translation factors via adjustment of transcription rates in human HepG2 cells