Acute and chronic effects of resistance training muscle length and contraction mode on hamstrings architecture, morphology and neuromuscular function

These scholarships will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance) and will provide a £900 per annum research training support grant (RTSG) to help support the PhD researcher.

Applicants who already hold a doctoral degree or who have been registered on a programme of research leading to the award of a doctoral degree on a full-time basis for more than one year (or part-time equivalent) are NOT eligible to apply for an award.

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The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £19,000 (tbc) per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance).

This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.

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Timmins, R.G., Shield, A.J., Williams, M.D., Lorenzen, C. and Opar, D.A., 2016a. Architectural adaptations of muscle to training and injury: a narrative review outlining the contributions by fascicle length, pennation angle and muscle thickness. British journal of sports medicine, 50(23), pp.1467-1472.

Timmins, R.G., Bourne, M.N., Shield, A.J., Williams, M.D., Lorenzen, C. and Opar, D.A., 2016b. Short biceps femoris fascicles and eccentric knee flexor weakness increase the risk of hamstring injury in elite football (soccer): a prospective cohort study. British journal of sports medicine, 50(24), pp.1524-1535.

Marušič, J., Vatovec, R., Marković, G. and Šarabon, N., 2020. Effects of eccentric training at long‐muscle length on architectural and functional characteristics of the hamstrings. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 30(11), pp.2130-2142.

Maeo, S., Huang, M., Wu, Y., Sakurai, H., Kusagawa, Y., Sugiyama, T., Kanehisa, H. and Isaka, T., 2021. Greater hamstrings muscle hypertrophy but similar damage protection after training at long versus short muscle lengths. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 53(4), p.825.

Miyazaki, T. and Fujii, N., 2022. Effects of changes in optimal muscle fibre length in the biceps femoris long head on muscle force during the late swing phase of maximal speed sprinting: a simulation study. Sports Biomechanics, pp.1-16.