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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

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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

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

Heffernan, SM, Kilduff, LP, Erskine, RM, Day, SH, Stebbings, GK, Cook, CJ, Raleigh, SM, Bennett, MA, Wang, G, Collins, M, Pitsiladis, YP and Williams, AG (2017) COL5A1 gene variants previously associated with reduced soft tissue injury risk are associated with elite athlete status in rugby. BMC Genomics, 18 (Suppl). ISSN 1471-2164

Stebbings, GK, Williams, AG, Herbert, AJ, Lockey, SJ, Heffernan, SM, Erskine, RM, Morse, CI and Day, SH (2017) TTN genotype is associated with fascicle length and marathon running performance. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. ISSN 1600-0838

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

Heffernan, SM, Stebbings, GK, Kilduff, LP, Erskine, RM, Day, SH, Morse, CI, McPhee, JS, Cook, CJ, Vance, B, Ribbans, WJ, Raleigh, SM, Roberts, C, Bennett, MA, Wang, G, Collins, M, Pitsiladis, YP and Williams, AG (2017) Fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene influences skeletal muscle phenotypes in non-resistance trained males and elite rugby playing position. BMC Genetics, 18 (4). ISSN 1471-2156

Erskine, RM, Tomlinson, DJ, Morse, CI, Winwood, K, Hampson, P, Lord, JM and Onambélé, GL (2016) The individual and combined effects of obesity- and ageing-induced systemic inflammation on human skeletal muscle properties. International Journal of Obesity. ISSN 0307-0565

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

Pitsiladis, YP, Tanaka, M, Eynon, N, Bouchard, C, North, KN, Williams, AG, Collins, M, Moran, CN, Britton, SL, Fuku, N, Ashley, EA, Klissouras, V, Lucia, A, Ahmetov, II, de Geus, E, Alsayrafi, M, Athlome Project Consortium, and Erskine, RM (2016) Athlome Project Consortium: a concerted effort to discover genomic and other "omic" markers of athletic performance. Physiological Genomics, 48 (3). pp. 183-190. ISSN 1531-2267

Heffernan, SM, Kilduff, LP, Erskine, RM, Day, SH, McPhee, JS, McMahon, GE, Stebbings, GK, Neale, JP, Lockey, SJ, Ribbans, WJ, Cook, CJ, Vance, B, Raleigh, SM, Roberts, C, Bennett, MA, Wang, G, Collins, M, Pitsiladis, YP and Williams, AG (2016) Association of ACTN3 R577X but not ACE I/D gene variants with elite rugby union player status and playing position. Physiological Genomics. ISSN 1531-2267

Tomlinson, DJ, Erskine, RM, Morse, CI, Winwood, K and Onambélé-Pearson, G (2015) The impact of obesity on skeletal muscle strength and structure through adolescence to old age. Biogerontology. ISSN 1573-6768

Buckthorpe, M, Erskine, RM, Fletcher, G and Folland, JP (2015) Task-specific neural adaptations to isoinertial resistance training. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS, 25 (5). pp. 640-649. ISSN 0905-7188

Tomlinson, DJ, Erskine, RM, Winwood, K, Morse, CI and Onambélé, GL (2014) The impact of obesity on skeletal muscle architecture in untrained young vs. old women. Journal of Anatomy, 225 (6). pp. 675-684. ISSN 1469-7580

Erskine, RM, Williams, AG, Jones, DA, Stewart, CE and Degens, H (2014) The individual and combined influence of ACE and ACTN3 genotypes on muscle phenotypes before and after strength training. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS, 24 (4). pp. 642-648. ISSN 0905-7188

Williams, AG, Day, SH, Lockey, SJ, Heffernan, SM and Erskine, RM (2014) Genomics as a practical tool in sport - have we reached the starting line? Cellular and Molecular Exercise Physiology, 3 (1). ISSN 2049-419X

Tomlinson, DJ, Erskine, RM, Morse, CI, Winwood, K and Onambélé-Pearson, GL (2014) Combined effects of body composition and ageing on joint torque, muscle activation and co-contraction in sedentary women. Age, 36 (3). ISSN 0161-9152

Tomlinson, DJ, Erskine, RM, Winwood, K, Morse, CI and Onambélé, GL (2014) Obesity decreases both whole muscle and fascicle strength in young females but only exacerbates the aging-related whole muscle level asthenia. Physiological Reports, 2 (6). e12030-e12030. ISSN 2051-817X

Erskine, RM, Fletcher, G and Folland, JP (2014) The contribution of muscle hypertrophy to strength changes following resistance training. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY, 114 (6). pp. 1239-1249. ISSN 1439-6319

Erskine, RM, Morse, CI, Day, SH, Williams, AG and Onambele-Pearson, GL (2014) The human patellar tendon moment arm assessed in vivo using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Journal of Biomechanics, 47 (6). pp. 1294-1298. ISSN 0021-9290

Li, R, Narici, MV, Erskine, RM, Seynnes, OR, Rittweger, J, Pisot, R, Simunic, B and Flueck, M (2013) Costamere remodeling with muscle loading and unloading in healthy young men. JOURNAL OF ANATOMY, 223 (5). pp. 525-536. ISSN 0021-8782

Erskine, RM, Fletcher, G, Hanson, B and Folland, JP (2012) Whey protein does not enhance the adaptations to elbow flexor resistance training. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 44 (9). pp. 1791-1800. ISSN 1530-0315

Erskine, RM, Williams, AG, Jones, DA, Stewart, CE and Degens, H (2012) Do PTK2 gene polymorphisms contribute to the interindividual variability in muscle strength and the response to resistance training? A preliminary report. Journal of Applied Physiology, 112 (8). pp. 1329-1334. ISSN 0021-8987

Degens, H, Erskine, RM and Morse, CI (2009) Disproportionate changes in skeletal muscle strength and size with resistance training and ageing. Journal of Musculoskeletal & Neuronal Interactions, 9 (3). pp. 123-129. ISSN 1108-7161