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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Anodal tDCS improves neuromuscular adaptations to short-term resistance training of the knee extensors in healthy individuals, Angius, L., Ansdell, P., Škarabot, J., Goodall, S., Thomas, K., Cowper, G., Santarnecchi, E., Kidgell, D., Howatson, G. 30 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Neurophysiology
Changes in motor unit behaviour across repeated bouts of eccentric exercise, Hayman, O., Ansdell, P., Angius, L., Thomas, K., Horsbrough, L., Howatson, G., Kidgell, D., Škarabot, J., Goodall, S. 1 Nov 2024, In: Experimental Physiology
Supraspinal, spinal, and motor unit adjustments to fatiguing isometric contractions of the knee extensors at low and high submaximal intensities in males, Angius, L., Del Vecchio, A., Goodall, S., Thomas, K., Ansdell, P., Atkinson, E., Farina, D., Howatson, G. 14 Jun 2024, In: Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
The Symptoms Experienced by Naturally Menstruating Women and Oral Contraceptive Pill Users and Their Perceived Effects on Exercise Performance and Recovery Time Posttraining, McNulty, K., Ansdell, P., Goodall, S., Thomas, K., Elliott-Sale, K., Howatson, G., Hicks, K. 1 Jan 2024, In: Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal
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
Magnetic stimulation and the control of electromagnetic fields at work act (2016): an update, Goodall, S., Ansdell, P., Thomas, K., Howatson, G. 1 Jul 2023, In: Brain Stimulation
The physical determinants of maximal jumping time of flight in elite trampolining, Dyas, N., Green, D., Thomas, K., Matthew, E., Howatson, G. 2 Dec 2023, In: European Journal of Sport Science
Does the reticulospinal tract mediate adaptation to resistance training in humans?, Atkinson, E., Škarabot, 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

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

Thomas Keeney Optimising preparation, performance, and recovery in elite women’s football Start Date: 01/09/2023
Jake Kemp Start Date: 01/10/2017
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

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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