Dr Kevin Thomas

Associate Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Kevin graduated from Northumbria University in 2004 with a B.A. Sport Studies degree, completed his M.Sc. in Sport and Exercise Science at Sheffield Hallam University in 2006, and completed his doctorate at Northumbria University in 2013. Kevin is accredited with the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences (BASES), the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA), and the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA). Kevin contributes to the teaching of exercise physiology, biomechanics, and strength and conditioning on the Department of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Campus Address

Northumberland Building

Email Kevin

@kthms

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Kevin’s research focusses on the neuromuscular responses to exercise interventions across a range of populations, including men and women, athletic and sedentary, young and old, and diseased and healthy. This includes examining how the neuromuscular system responds and adapts to interventions that include fatiguing exercise (single limb, multi-joint, and locomotor exercise), resistance training, and muscle damaging exercise.

Kevin is also an accredited strength and conditioning coach, and an active football coach, and consequently has particular interest in the application of research to athletic populations (ranging from community sport to elite athletes), with a speciifc focus on association football.

Key Publications

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B-Mode Ultrasonography Is a Reliable and Valid Alternative to Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Measuring Patellar Tendon Cross-Sectional Area, Marshall, S., Hicks, K., Howatson, G., Cox, L., Thomas, K. 1 Feb 2023, In: Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Does the reticulospinal tract mediate adaptation to resistance training in humans?, Atkinson, E., Skarabot, J., Ansdell, P., Goodall, S., Howatson, G., Thomas, K. 1 Sep 2022, In: Journal of Applied Physiology
Etiology and Recovery of Neuromuscular Function Following Academy Soccer Training: Neuromuscular Function in Academy Soccer, Deely, C., Tallent, J., Bennett, R., Woodhead, A., Goodall, S., Thomas, K., Howatson, G. 13 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Physiology
Greater decrements in neuromuscular function following interval compared to continuous eccentric cycling, Green, D., Thomas, K., Howatson, G. 1 Feb 2022, In: European Journal of Sport Science
Neuromuscular responses to fatiguing locomotor exercise, Brownstein, C., Millet, G., Thomas, K. Feb 2021, In: Acta Physiologica
Reliability and characterisation of the 20-maximum trampoline jump test, Dyas, N., Green, D., Thomas, K., Howatson, G. 8 Apr 2021, In: Isokinetics and Exercise Science
The relationship between neuromuscular function and the W’ in elite cyclists, Kordi, M., Parker-Simpson, L., Thomas, K., Goodall, S., Madden-Wilkinson, T., Menzies, C., Howatson, G. 1 Nov 2021, In: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
Cycling-specific isometric resistance training improves peak power output in elite sprint cyclists: Isometric training improves PPO in elite cyclists, Kordi, M., Folland, J., Goodall, S., Menzies, C., Patel, T., Evans, M., Thomas, K., Howatson, G. 1 Sep 2020, In: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
Four weeks of augmented eccentric loading using a novel leg press device improved leg strength in well-trained athletes and professional sprint track cyclists, Harden, M., Wolf, A., Evans, M., Hicks, K., Thomas, K., Howatson, G. 29 Jul 2020, In: PLoS One
Physiological sex differences affect the integrative response to exercise: Acute and chronic implications, Ansdell, P., Thomas, K., Hicks, K., Hunter, S., Howatson, G., Goodall, S. 1 Dec 2020, In: Experimental Physiology

Professional Activity

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Other: BBC Radio Newcastle 2022
Oral presentation: Muscle damage and recovery in women 2021
Oral presentation: Etiology and recovery of fatigue after heavy resistance, jump and sprint training 2018

PGR Supervision

Steven Marshall Determinants of Exercise-induced Muscle Damage and the Repeated Bout Effect in Men and Women Start Date: 01/08/2016 End Date: 21/01/2021
Callum Brownstein Fatigue and recovery of central nervous system function following intermittent-sprint exercise Start Date: 01/10/2015 End Date: 10/04/2019
Elliott Atkinson The effect of resistance training on reticulospinal tract function in humans Start Date: 01/10/2019
Jake Kemp Start Date: 01/10/2017

Further Information

For a full list of research outputs visit https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LkwplXWakDQC&hl=en

Qualifications

Law LLM June 30 2008
Sports Science MSc November 30 2006
Sports Science PhD May 06 2002
Sports Studies BA (Hons) September 01 2001
Educational Development PGDip June 01 1993
Business and Administration PhD September 01 1992
Chartered Scientist (CSci) Science Council 2014
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
Affiliate Member Physiological Society 2014
Member European College of Sport Science (ECSS) 2014
Accredited Member British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) 2009

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