Land Based Resistance Training and Youth Swimming Performance
Journal Article
Grant, M. C., & Kavaliauskas, M. (2017)
Land Based Resistance Training and Youth Swimming Performance. International Journal of Sports and Exercise Medicine, 3(4), https://doi.org/10.23937/2469-5718/1510064
Resistance training has been shown to have both performance-enhancing and injury-reducing benefits in youth athletes. The benefits are somewhat overlooked by many swimming coa...
Cardiorespiratory fitness and aerobic performance adaptations to a 4-week sprint interval training in young healthy untrained females
Journal Article
Kavaliauskas, M., Steer, T. P., & Babraj, J. A. (2016)
Cardiorespiratory fitness and aerobic performance adaptations to a 4-week sprint interval training in young healthy untrained females. Sport Sciences for Health, 13(1), 17-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-016-0313-x
Purpose
The aim of this study was to test the effects of sprint interval training (SIT) on cardiorespiratory fitness and aerobic performance measures in young females.
Metho...
Reliability and sensitivity of the 6 and 30 second Wingate tests in physically active males and females
Journal Article
Kavaliauskas, M., & Phillips, S. M. (2016)
Reliability and sensitivity of the 6 and 30 second Wingate tests in physically active males and females. Isokinetics and Exercise Science, 24(3), 277-284. https://doi.org/10.3233/ies-160632
BACKGROUND: Despite widespread use of 6 and 30 second Wingate anaerobic tests (WAnT), performance reliability of these protocols over repeated trials in active males and femal...
Effects of in-season uphill sprinting on physical characteristics in semi-professional soccer players
Journal Article
Kavaliauskas, M., Kilvington, R., & Babraj, J. (2017)
Effects of in-season uphill sprinting on physical characteristics in semi-professional soccer players. Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, 57(3), 165-170. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0022-4707.16.06066-7
AIM: Soccer performance is determined by a number of physiological adaptations that can be altered by high intensity training. However, the effectiveness of using an uphill sp...
High-Intensity Cycling Training: The Effect of Work-to-Rest Intervals on Running Performance Measures
Journal Article
Kavaliauskas, M., Aspe, R. R., & Babraj, J. (2015)
High-Intensity Cycling Training: The Effect of Work-to-Rest Intervals on Running Performance Measures. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 29(8), 2229-2236. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000000868
The work-to-rest ratio during cycling-based high-intensity interval training (HIT) could be important in regulating physiological and performance adaptations. We sought to det...
Test-retest reliability of the Wingate 6 and 30 second tests in males and females
Presentation / Conference
Kavaliauskas, M., & Phillips, S. (2015, June)
Test-retest reliability of the Wingate 6 and 30 second tests in males and females. Poster presented at 20th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
Introduction:
To accurately quantify the influence of an intervention, it is important to know the typical variance in test performance. Current data on the performance relia...
The Influence of Serial Carbohydrate Mouth Rinsing on Power Output during a Cycle Sprint
Journal Article
Phillips, S. M., Findlay, S., Kavaliauskas, M., & Grant, M. C. (2014)
The Influence of Serial Carbohydrate Mouth Rinsing on Power Output during a Cycle Sprint. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 13, 252-258
The objective of the study was to investigate the influence of serial administration of a carbohydrate (CHO) mouth rinse on performance, metabolic and perceptual responses dur...
Preliminary Analysis of Pacing Strategies in Professional Basketball
Presentation / Conference
Kavaliauskas, M. (2012, July)
Preliminary Analysis of Pacing Strategies in Professional Basketball. Poster presented at 17th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science
Introduction:
Pacing is the distribution of muscular work rate during exercise (Foster et al., 2004). Although pacing has been studied extensively in individual endurance spor...
Relationships between Muscular Performance and Markers of Well-Being in Elite Rugby Union Players
Journal Article
Kavaliauskas, M. (2010)
Relationships between Muscular Performance and Markers of Well-Being in Elite Rugby Union Players. Sport Science Review, XIX(3-4), https://doi.org/10.2478/v10237-011-0016-9
Regular testing can be used to track athletes' changes in performance over time. However, testing should not be limited to physiological characteristics alone, but also encomp...
The Effects of Sprint Interval Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Other
Hall, A., Aspe, R., Craig, T., Kavaliauskas, M., Babraj, J., & Swinton, P. The Effects of Sprint Interval Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis)
Hall, A., Aspe, R., Craig, T., Kavaliauskas, M., Babraj, J., & Swinton, P. The Effects of Sprint Interval Training on Physical Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Sprint interval training (SIT) performed on a cycle ergometer is a common mode of training and has become increasingly studied as an exercise intervention to impro...