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Murtagh, CF, Hall, EC, Brownlee, TE, Drust, B, Williams, AG and Erskine, RM (2023) The genetic association with athlete status, physical performance and injury risk in soccer. International Journal of Sports Medicine. ISSN 0172-4622

Datson, N, Weston, M, Drust, B, Atkinson, G, Lolli, L and Gregson, W (2022) Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players. Science and Medicine in Football, 6 (5). pp. 589-596. ISSN 2473-4446

Rice, J, Brownlee, TE, McRobert, AP, Ade, J, Drust, B and Malone, JJ (2022) The association between training load and physical development in professional male youth soccer players: a systematic review. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 17 (6). pp. 1488-1505. ISSN 1747-9541

Hall, ECR, Larruskain, J, Gil, SM, Lekue, JA, Baumert, P, Rienzi, E, Moreno, S, Tannure, M, Murtagh, CF, Ade, JD, Squires, P, Orme, P, Anderson, L, Whitworth-Turner, CM, Morton, JP, Drust, B, Williams, AG and Erskine, RM (2022) Injury risk is greater in physically mature versus biologically younger male soccer players from academies in different countries. Physical Therapy in Sport, 55. pp. 111-118. ISSN 1466-853X

Baumert, P, Cocks, MS, Strauss, JA, Shepherd, SO, Drust, B, Lake, MJ, Stewart, CE and Erskine, RM (2022) Polygenic Mechanisms Underpinning the Response to Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Humans: in vivo and in vitro Evidence. Journal of Cellular Physiology. ISSN 0021-9541

Anderson, L, Drust, B, Close, GL and Morton, JP (2022) Physical loading in professional soccer players: Implications for contemporary guidelines to encompass carbohydrate periodization. Journal of Sports Sciences, 40 (9). pp. 1000-1019. ISSN 0264-0414

Hall, ECR, Larruskain, J, Gil, SM, Lekue, JA, Baumert, P, Rienzi, E, Moreno, S, Tannure, M, Murtagh, CF, Ade, JD, Squires, P, Orme, P, Anderson, L, Whitworth-Turner, CM, Morton, JP, Drust, B, William, AG and Erskine, RM (2022) Playing Position is Associated with Injury Incidence Rate in Male Academy Soccer Players. Journal of Athletic Training, 57 (7). pp. 696-703. ISSN 1062-6050

Hall, ECR, Baumert, P, Larruskain, J, Gil, SM, Lekue, JA, Rienzi, E, Moreno, S, Tannure, M, Murtagh, CF, Ade, JD, Squires, P, Orme, P, Anderson, L, Brownlee, TE, Whitworth‐Turner, CM, Morton, JP, Drust, B, Williams, AG and Erskine, RM (2021) The genetic association with injury risk in male academy soccer players depends on maturity status. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. ISSN 0905-7188

Morgan, OJ, Drust, B, Ade, JD and Robinson, MA (2021) Change of direction frequency off the ball: new perspectives in elite youth soccer. Science and Medicine in Football. ISSN 2473-3938

Datson, N, Lolli, L, Drust, B, Atkinson, G, Weston, M and Gregson, W (2021) Inter-methodological quantification of the target change for performance test outcomes relevant to elite female soccer players. Science and Medicine in Football. ISSN 2473-3938

Baumert, P, Temple, S, Stanley, JM, Cocks, MS, Strauss, JA, Shepherd, SO, Drust, B, Lake, MJ, Stewart, CE and Erskine, RM (2021) Neuromuscular fatigue and recovery after strenuous exercise depends on skeletal muscle size and stem cell characteristics. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

Hannon, MP, Coleman, NM, Parker, LJF, McKeown, J, Unnithan, VB, Close, GL, Drust, B and Morton, JP (2021) Seasonal training and match load and micro-cycle periodization in male Premier League academy soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414

Maasar, M-F, Turner, DC, Gorski, PP, Seaborne, RA, Strauss, JA, Shepherd, SO, Cocks, MS, Pillon, NJ, Zierath, JR, Hulton, AT, Drust, B and Sharples, AP (2021) The Comparative Methylome and Transcriptome After Change of Direction Compared to Straight Line Running Exercise in Human Skeletal Muscle. Frontiers in Physiology, 12. ISSN 1664-042X

Turner, DC, Gorski, PP, Maasar, MF, Seaborne, RA, Baumert, P, Brown, AD, Kitchen, MO, Erskine, RM, Dos-Remedios, I, Voisin, S, Eynon, N, Sultanov, RI, Borisov, OV, Larin, AK, Semenova, EA, Popov, DV, Generozov, EV, Stewart, CE, Drust, B, Owens, DJ et al, Ahmetov, II and Sharples, AP (2020) DNA methylation across the genome in aged human skeletal muscle tissue and muscle-derived cells: the role of HOX genes and physical activity. Scientific Reports, 10 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

Allan, R, Morton, JP, Close, GL, Drust, B, Gregson, W and Sharples, AP (2020) PGC-1 alpha alternative promoter (Exon 1b) controls augmentation of total PGC-1 alpha gene expression in response to cold water immersion and low glycogen availability. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 120 (11). pp. 2487-2493. ISSN 1439-6319

Hannon, MP, Parker, LJF, Carney, DJ, McKeown, J, Speakman, JR, Hambly, C, Drust, B, Unnithan, VB, Close, GL and Morton, JP (2020) Energy Requirements of Male Academy Soccer Players from the English Premier League. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. ISSN 0195-9131

Murtagh, CF, Brownlee, T, Rienzi, E, Roquero, S, Moreno, S, Huertas, G, Lugioratto, G, Baumert, P, Turner, DC, Lee, D, Dickinson, P, Lyon, KA, Sheikhsaraf, B, Biyik, B, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Massey, A, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2020) The genetic profile of elite youth soccer players and its association with power and speed depends on maturity status. PLoS One. ISSN 1932-6203

Nosek, P, Brownlee, T, Drust, B and Andrew, M (2020) Feedback of GPS training data within professional English soccer: A comparison of decision making and perceptions between coaches, players and performance staff. Science and Medicine in Football. ISSN 2473-3938

Hall, ECR, Larruskain, J, Gil, SM, Lekue, JA, Baumert, P, Rienzi, E, Moreno, S, Tannure, M, Murtagh, CF, Ade, JD, Squires, P, Orme, P, Anderson, L, Whitworth-Turner, CM, Morton, JP, Drust, B, Williams, AG and Erskine, RM (2020) An injury audit in high-level male youth soccer players from English, Spanish, Uruguayan and Brazilian academies. Physical Therapy in Sport, 44. pp. 53-60. ISSN 1873-1600

Hannon, MP, Carney, DJ, Floyd, S, Parker, LJF, McKeown, J, Drust, B, Unnithan, VB, Close, GL and Morton, JP (2020) Cross-sectional comparison of body composition and resting metabolic rate in Premier League academy soccer players: Implications for growth and maturation. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414

Datson, N, Weston, M, Drust, B, Gregson, W and Lolli, L (2019) High-intensity endurance capacity assessment as a tool for talent identification in elite youth female soccer. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 1466-447X

Allan, R, Sharples, AP, Cocks, MS, Drust, B, Dutton, J, Dugdale, HF, Mawhinney, C, Clucas, A, Hawkins, W, Morton, JP and Gregson, W (2019) Low pre-exercise muscle glycogen availability offsets the effect of post exercise cold water immersion in augmenting PGC-1α gene expression. Physiological Reports. ISSN 2051-817X

Murtagh, CF, Naughton, R, McRobert, AP, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2019) A coding system to quantify powerful actions in soccer match play: a pilot study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. ISSN 0270-1367

Nedergaard, NJ, Verheul, J, Drust, B, Etchells, T, Lisboa, P, Robinson, MA and Vanrenterghem, J (2018) The feasibility of predicting ground reaction forces during running from a trunk accelerometry driven mass-spring-damper model. PeerJ. ISSN 2167-8359

Anderson, L, Close, GL, Morgans, R, Hambly, C, Speakman, JR, Drust, B and Morton, JP (2018) Case Study: Assessment of Energy Expenditure of a Professional Goalkeeper From the English Premier League Using the Doubly Labeled Water Method. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. ISSN 1555-0273

Baumert, P, G-REX Consortium, , Stewart, CE, Lake, MJ, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2018) Variations of Collagen-Encoding Genes are Associated with Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage. Physiological Genomics, 50 (9). pp. 691-693. ISSN 1094-8341

Murtagh, CF, Stubbs, M, Vanrenterghem, J, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2018) Patellar tendon properties distinguish elite from non-elite soccer players and are related to peak horizontal but not vertical power. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 118. pp. 1737-1749. ISSN 1439-6319

Tang, R, Murtagh, C, Warrington, G, Cable, T, Morgan, O, O'Boyle, A, Burgess, D, Morgans, R and Drust, B (2018) Directional Change Mediates the Physiological Response to High-Intensity Shuttle Running in Professional Soccer Players. Sports, 6 (2). ISSN 2075-4663

Baumert, P, Lake, MJ, Drust, B, Stewart, CE and Erskine, RM (2018) TRIM63 (MuRF-1) Gene Polymorphism is Associated with Biomarkers of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage. Physiological Genomics, 50 (3). pp. 142-143. ISSN 1094-8341

Beato, M, Bianchi, M, Coratella, G, Merlini, M and Drust, B (2018) Effects of Plyometric and Directional Training on Speed and Jump Performance in Elite Youth Soccer Players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 32 (2). pp. 289-296. ISSN 1533-4287

Brownlee, T, Murtagh, C, Naughton, R, Whitworth-Turner, C, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Morton, JP, Erskine, RM and Drust, B (2018) Isometric maximal voluntary force evaluated using an isometric mid-thigh pull differentiates English Premier League youth soccer players from a maturity-matched control group. Science and Medicine in Football. ISSN 2473-3938

Brownlee, T, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Morton, JP, Erskine, RM and Drust, B (2018) Training duration may not be a predisposing factor in potential maladaptations in talent development programmes that promote early specialisation in elite youth soccer. International journal of Sports Science and Coaching. ISSN 1747-9541

Murtagh, C, Nulty, C, Vanrenterghem, J, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2017) The neuromuscular determinants of unilateral jump performance in soccer players are direction-specific. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. ISSN 1555-0265

Enright, KJ, Morton, JP, Iga, J, Lothian, D, Roberts, SJ and Drust, B (2017) Reliability of ‘in-season’ fitness assessments in youth elite soccer players: a working model for practitioners and coaches. Science and Medicine in Football. ISSN 2473-3938

Ward, PA, Ramsden, S, Coutts, AJ, Hulton, AT and Drust, B (2017) Positional Differences in Running and Non-Running Activities During Elite American Football Training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. ISSN 1533-4287

Murtagh, CF, Brownlee, T, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2017) The Importance of Speed and Power in Elite Youth Soccer Depends on Maturation Status. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. ISSN 1064-8011

Allan, R, Sharples, AP, Close, GL, Drust, B, Shepherd, SO, Dutton, J, Morton, JP and Gregson, W (2017) Postexercise cold water immersion modulates skeletal muscle PGC-1 alpha mRNA expression in immersed and nonimmersed limbs: evidence of systemic regulation. Journal of Applied Physiology, 123 (2). pp. 451-459. ISSN 8750-7587

Whitworth-Turner, C, Di Michele, R, Muir, I, Gregson, W and Drust, B (2017) A shower before bedtime may improve the sleep onset latency of youth soccer players. European Journal of Sport Science, 17 (9). pp. 1119-1128. ISSN 1536-7290

Anderson, L, Naughton, RJ, Close, GL, Di Michele, R, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Morton, JP (2017) Daily Distribution of Macronutrient Intakes of Professional Soccer Players From the English Premier League. International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism. ISSN 1543-2742

Morgans, R, Di Michele, R and Drust, B (2017) Soccer Match-Play Represents an Important Component of the Power Training Stimulus in Premier League Players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. ISSN 1555-0273

Thorpe, RT, Strudwick, AJ, Buchheit, M, Atkinson, G, Drust, B and Gregson, W (2017) The Influence of Changes in Acute Training Load on Daily Sensitivity of Morning-measured Fatigue Variables in Elite Soccer Players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12 (2). ISSN 1555-0273

Thorpe, RT, Atkinson, G, Drust, B and Gregson, W (2017) Monitoring Fatigue Status in Elite Team Sport Athletes: Implications for Practice. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12 (2). ISSN 1555-0273

Murtagh, CF, Vanrenterghem, J, O’Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2017) Unilateral jumps in different directions: a novel assessment of soccer-associated power? Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. ISSN 1440-2440

Robinson, MA, Vanrenterghem, J, Drust, B and Nedergaard, NJ (2017) Training load monitoring in team sports: A novel framework separating physiological and biomechanical load-adaptation pathways. Sports Medicine, 47 (11). pp. 2135-2142. ISSN 0112-1642

Enright, KJ, Morton, JP, Iga, J and Drust, B (2017) Hormonal responses during two different concurrent-training trials in youth elite soccer players: does changing the organisation of training impact the hormonal response to concurrent exercise? Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. ISSN 0022-4707

Naughton, RJ, Drust, B, O'Boyle, A, Abayomi, JC, Mahon, EA, Morton, JP and Davies, IG (2017) Free-sugar, total-sugar, fibre and micronutrient intake within elite youth British soccer players: a nutritional transition from schoolboy to fulltime soccer player. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism. ISSN 1715-5312

Anderson, L, Orme, P, Naughton, RJ, Close, GL, Milsom, J, Rydings, D, O'Boyle, A, Di Michele, R, Louis, J, Hambley, C, Speakman, JR, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Morton, JP (2017) Energy Intake and Expenditure of Professional Soccer Players of the English Premier League: Evidence of Carbohydrate Periodization. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. ISSN 1526-484X

Enright, KJ, Morton, JP, iga, J and Drust, B (2017) Implementing concurrent-training and nutritional strategies in professional football: a complex challenge for coaches and practitioners. Science and Medicine in Football, 1 (1). pp. 65-73. ISSN 2473-3938

Joo, CH, Allan, R, Drust, B, Close, GL, Jeong, TS, Bartlett, JD, Mawhinney, C, Louhelainen, J, Morton, JP and Gregson, W (2016) Passive and post-exercise cold-water immersion augments PGC-1α and VEGF expression in human skeletal muscle. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 116 (11-12). pp. 2315-2326. ISSN 1439-6327

Naughton, R, Drust, B, O'Boyle, A, Morgans, R, Abayomi, JC, Davies, IG, Morton, JP and Mahon, EA (2016) Daily distribution of carbohydrate, protein and fat intake in elite youth academy soccer players over a 7-day training period. International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism, 26 (5). pp. 473-480. ISSN 1543-2742

Barreira, P, Robinson, MA, Drust, B, Nedergaard, NJ, Raja Azidin, RM and Vanrenterghem, J (2016) Mechanical Player Load™ using trunk-mounted accelerometry in football: Is it a reliable, task- and player-specific observation? Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 1466-447X

Datson, N, Drust, B, Weston, M, Jarman, I, Lisboa, P and Gregson, W (2016) Match physical performance of elite female soccer players during international competition. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. ISSN 1533-4287

Baumert, P, Lake, MJ, Stewart, CE, Drust, B and Erskine, RM (2016) Genetic variation and exercise-induced muscle damage: implications for athletic performance, injury and ageing. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY. ISSN 1439-6319

Curran, KM, Drust, B, Murphy, R, Pringle, A and Richardson, D (2016) The challenge and impact of engaging hard-toreach populations in regular physical activity and health behaviours: an examination of an English Premier League 'Football in the Community' men's health programme. PUBLIC HEALTH, 135. pp. 14-22. ISSN 0033-3506

Nedergaard, NJ, Robinson, MA, Eusterwiemann, E, Drust, B, Lisboa, P and Vanrenterghem, J (2016) The relationship between whole-body external loading and body-worn accelerometry during team sports movements. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. ISSN 1555-0273

Anderson, L, Orme, P, Di Michele, R, Close, GL, Milsom, J, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Morton, JP (2016) Quantification of Seasonal Long Physical Load in Soccer Players With Different Starting Status From the English Premier League: Implications for Maintaining Squad Physical Fitness. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. ISSN 1555-0273

Kelly, DM, Strudwick, AJ, Atkinson, G, Drust, B and Gregson, W (2016) The within-participant correlation between perception of effort and heart rate-based estimations of training load in elite soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 1466-447X

Thorpe, RT, Strudwick, AJ, Buchheit, M, Atkinson, G, Drust, B and Gregson, W (2016) The Tracking of Morning Fatigue Status Across In-Season Training Weeks in Elite Soccer Players. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. ISSN 1555-0273

Anderson, L, Orme, P, Di Michele, R, Close, GL, Morgans, R, Drust, B and Morton, JP (2015) Quantification of training load during one-, two- and three-game week schedules in professional soccer players from the English Premier League: implications for carbohydrate periodisation. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 1466-447X

Hulton, AT, Murphy, RC, Richardson, DJ, Drust, B, Flower, D and Curran, KM (2015) Effectiveness of a community football programme on improving physiological markers of health in a hard-to-reach male population: the role of exercise intensity. Soccer and Society, 17 (2). pp. 196-208. ISSN 1466-0970

Jeong, T-S, Bartlett, JD, Joo, C-H, Louhelainen, J, Close, GL, Morton, JP and Drust, B (2015) Acute simulated soccer-specific training increases PGC-1 alpha mRNA expression in human skeletal muscle. JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES, 33 (14). pp. 1493-1503. ISSN 0264-0414

Enright, K, Morton, JP, Iga, J and Drust, B (2015) The effect of concurrent training organisation in youth elite soccer players. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 115 (11). pp. 2367-2381. ISSN 1439-6319

Rennie, DJ, Vanrenterghem, J, Littlewood, MA and Drust, B (2015) Can the natural turf pitch be viewed as a risk factor for injury within Association Football? Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. ISSN 1878-1861

Barreira, P, Drust, B, Robinson, MA and Vanrenterghem, J (2015) Asymmetry after Hamstring Injury in English Premier League: Issue Resolved, Or Perhaps Not? INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE, 36 (6). pp. 455-459. ISSN 0172-4622

Malone, JJ, Di Michele, R, Morgans, R, Burgess, D, Morton, JP and Drust, B (2015) Seasonal Training-Load Quantification in Elite English Premier League Soccer Players. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS PHYSIOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE, 10 (4). pp. 489-497. ISSN 1555-0265

Malone, JJ, Murtagh, CF, Morgans, R, Burgess, DJ, Morton, JP and Drust, B (2015) COUNTERMOVEMENT JUMP PERFORMANCE IS NOT AFFECTED DURING AN IN-SEASON TRAINING MICROCYCLE IN ELITE YOUTH SOCCER PLAYERS. JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH, 29 (3). pp. 752-757. ISSN 1064-8011

Raja Azidin, RM, Sankey, S, Drust, B, Robinson, MA and Vanrenterghem, J (2015) Effects of treadmill versus overground soccer match simulations on biomechanical markers of anterior cruciate ligament injury risk in side cutting. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 1466-447X

Morgans, R, Orme, P, Anderson, L and Drust, B (2014) Principles and practices of training for soccer. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 3 (4). pp. 251-257. ISSN 2095-2546

Morgans, R, Orme, P, Anderson, L, Drust, B and Morton, JP (2014) An Intensive Winter Fixture Schedule Induces a Transient Fall in Salivary IgA in English Premier League Soccer Players. RESEARCH IN SPORTS MEDICINE, 22 (4). pp. 346-354. ISSN 1543-8627

Curran, KM, Drust, B and Richardson, DJ (2014) ’I just want to watch the match’: a practitioner’s reflective account of men’s health themed match day events at an English Premier League football club. Soccer and Society, 15 (6). pp. 919-933. ISSN 1466-0970

McGlory, C, White, A, Treins, C, Drust, B, Close, GL, MacLaren, DPM, Campbell, IT, Philp, A, Schenk, S, Morton, JP and Hamilton, DL (2014) Application of the [gamma-P-32] ATP kinase assay to study anabolic signaling in human skeletal muscle. Journal of Applied Physiology, 116 (5). pp. 504-513. ISSN 0021-8987

Conference or Workshop Item

Brownlee, T, Skidmore, N, Drust, B and Lowe, D (2019) A SEASON-LONG COMPARISON OF SOCCER REFEREE MATCH DEMANDS BETWEEN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONSHIP. In: World Congress of Science and Football, 04 June 2019 - 07 June 2019, Melbourne, Australia.

Thesis

Drust, B (1997) Metabolic responses to soccer-specific intermittent exercise. Doctoral thesis, Liverpool John Moores University.