Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

A list of our peer reviewed journal articles are provided in chronological order below, further details can be accessed by clicking on the title.

2011

Blacker SD, Horner FL, Brown PI, Linnane DM, Wilkinson DM, Wright A, Bluck LJ, Rayson MP. Health, Fitness and Responses to Military Training of Officer Cadets in a Gulf Cooperation Council Country. Military Medicine, 176(12), Dec 2011, pp1376-1381.

Wilkinson DM, Blacker SD, Richmond VL, Horner FE, Rayson MP, Spiess A and Knapik JJ (2011). Injuries and Injury Risk Factors Among British Army Infantry Soldiers During Pre-Deployment Training. Injury Prevention, 17, 381-387.

Horner FE, Rayson MP, and Bilzon JLJ (2011). Reliability and validity of the 3DNX accelerometer during mechanical and human treadmill exercise testing International. International Journal of Obesity, 35, S88-S97

2010

Brown PI, McLellan TM, Linnane DM, Wilkinson DM, Richmond VL, Horner FE, Blacker SD and Rayson MP. (2010) Influence of hydration volume and ambient temperature on physiological responses while wearing CBRN protective clothing. Ergonomics 53(12), 1484-1499.

Brown PI, Sharpe GR, Johnson MA (2010) Loading of trained inspiratory muscles speeds lactate recovery kinetics. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 42(6), 1103-1112.

Blacker SD, Wilkinson DM, Rayson MP (2009) Gender differences in the physical demands of British Army recruit training. Mil Med, 174(8), 811-6

2008

Wilkinson DM, Rayson MP, and Bilzon JLJ (2008) A physical demands analysis of the 24-week British Army Parachute Regiment recruit training syllabus. Ergonomics, 51, 649-662

Richmond VL, Rayson MP, Wilkinson DM, Carter JM and Blacker SD (2008) Physical demands of firefighter search and rescue in ambient environment conditions. Ergonomics, 51 (7), 1023-1031

Richmond VL, Rayson MP, Wilkinson DM, Carter JM, Blacker SD, Nevill A, Du Ross J, Moore S (2008) Development of an operational fitness test for the Royal Air Force. Ergonomics, 51(6), 935-946

Blacker SD, Wilkinson DM, Bilzon JLJ, Rayson MP (2008)Risk factors for training injuries among British Army Recruits. Mil Med, 173(3), 278-286

Wilkinson DM, Carter JM, Richmond VL, Blacker SD, Rayson MP (2008) The effect of cool water ingestion on gastrointestinal pill temperature. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 40 (5), 523-528

Carter JM, Wilkinson DM, Blacker SD, Rayson MP, Bilzon JLJ, Izard RM, Coward A, Wright A, Nevill A, Rennie K, McCaffrey T and Livingston B (2008) An investigation of a novel three dimensional accelerometer to predict free-living energy expenditure. J Sports Sci, 26(6), 553-561

2007

Carter JM, Rayson MP, Wilkinson DM, Richmond VL, Blacker SD (2007) Strategies to combat heat strain during and after firefighting. J of Thermal Bio, 32(2) p. 109-116.

Richmond VL, Wilkinson DM, Carter JM, Blacker SD, Rayson MP (2007) Validity of the 3dNX triaxial accelerometer for predicting oxygen uptake. Contemporary Ergonomicsp.531 – 536.

2006

Williams AG and Rayson MP (2006), Can simple anthropometric and physical performance tests track training-induced changes in load-carriage ability? Mil. Med. 2006 Aug; 171(8): 742-8.

Williams AG and Rayson MP (2006), Can simple anthropometric and physical performance tests track training-induced changes in maximal box-lifting ability? Ergonomics 2006 Jun 10; 49(7): 661-70.

2004

Achten J, Halson S, Moseley L, Rayson M, Casey A and Jeukendrup AE (2004). The effect of dietary carbohydrate on running performance during a period of intensified training. J Appl Physiol; 96(4):1331-1340.

Williams AG, Rayson MP, and Jones DA (2004). Training Diagnosis for a Load Carriage Task. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 30-34.

2003

Achten J , Halson S, Moseley L, Rayson MP, Casey AC, Jones DA and Jeukendrup AE (2003). Effect of diet on symptoms of overreaching in runners during a period of intensified training. Med Sci Sports Exerc; 35:S211.

Achten J., Halson S.L., Moseley L., Rayson M.P., Casey A. & Jeukendrup A.E. (2003) Higher dietary carbohydrate content during intensified running training results in better maintenance of performance and mood state. J. Appl. Physiol.

Birtles D.B., Rayson M.P., Casey A., Jones D.D. & Newham D.J. (2003) Venous obstruction in healthy limbs: a model for chronic compartment syndrome? Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 35(10): 1638-1644.

Bridge M.W., Weller A.S., Rayson M.P. & Jones D.A. (2003) Ambient temperature and the pituitary hormone responses to exercise in humans. Exp. Physiol. 88(5):627-635.

Bridge M.W., Weller A.S., Rayson M. & Jones D.A. (2003). Responses to exercise in the heat related to measures of hypothalamic serotonergic and dopaminergic function. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 89(5): 451-459.

2002

Birtles D.B., Minden D., Wickes S.J., Puxley K.P., Llewellyn M.G., Casey A. Rayson M.P., Jones D.A. & Newham D.J. (2002) Chronic exertional compartment syndrome: muscle changes with isometric exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 34(12): 1900-1906.

Birtles D.B., Rayson M.P., Jones D.A., Padhiar N., Casey A. & Newham D.J. (2002). Effect of eccentric exercise on patients with chronic exertional compartment syndrome. Eur. J, Appl. Physiol. 88(6): 565-571.

Williams A.G., Rayson M. P & Jones D.A. (2002). Resistance training and the enhancement of the gains in material-handling ability and physical fitness of British Army recruits during basic training. Ergonomics. 45(4): 267-279.

Woods D.R., World M., Rayson M.P., Williams A.G., Jubb M., Jamshidi Y., Hayward M., Mary D. A., Humphries S.E. & Montgomery H.E. (2002). Endurance enhancement related to the human angiotensin 1-converting enzyme I-D polymorphism is not due to differences in the cardiorespiratory response to training. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 86(3): 240-244.

2001

Bilzon J.L., Scarpello E.G., Smith C.V., Ravenhill N.A. & Rayson M.P. (2001) Characterisation of the metabolic demands of simulated shipboard Royal Navy fire-fighting tasks. Ergonomics. 44(8): 766-780.

2000

Rayson MP (2000). Job Analysis. In State of the Art Report on The Process of Physical Fitness Standards Development. Eds S Constable & B Palmer. Human Systems IAC SOAR, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA.

Rayson MP (2000). Fitness for work: the need for conducting a job analysis. Occup Med (Lond) Aug 50:6 434-6.

Rayson MP (2000). Are your workers productive and safe? West Surrey Director, June/July 2000, p8-9.

Williams AG, Rayson MP, Jubb M, World M, Woods DR, Hayward M, Martin J, Humphries SE and Montgomery HE (2000). The ACE gene and muscle performance. Nature 2000 Feb 10 403:6770 614.

Rayson MP, Pynn H, Rothwell A, and Nevill A (2000). Validation of Job-related Fitness Tests. Abstract 506. MSSE, 32:5 Supplement, S126.

Rayson MP, Holliman D and Belyavin A (2000). Development of physical selection procedures for the British Army. Phase 2: Relationship between physical performance tests and criterion tasks. Ergonomics 2000 Jan 43:1 73-105.

Rayson MP, Pynn H, Rothwell A, and Nevill A (2000). The Development of Physical Selection Procedures For The British Army. Phase 3: Validation. Contemporary Ergonomics, Ed. PT McCabe, MA Hanson & SA Robertson, Taylor and Francis, London, 140-144.

Pinder ADJ, Rayson MP, Grieve DW (2000). Comparison of three methods of measuring dynamic lifting strength. Contemporary Ergonomics, Ed. PT McCabe, MA Hanson & SA Robertson, Taylor and Francis, London, 250-254.

1999

Harwood GE, Rayson MP and Nevill AM (1999). Fitness, performance and risk of injury in British Army officer cadets. Military Medicine, June, 164 (6), 428-434.

Montgomery H, Clarkson P, Barnard M, Bell J, Brynes A, Dollery C, Hajnal J, Hemingway H, Mercer D, Jarman P, Marshall R, Prasad K, Rayson M, Saeed N, Talmud P, Thomas L, Jubb M, World M, Humphries S (1999). Angiotensin-converting-enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism and response to physical training. Lancet. 1999 Feb 13; 353 (9152): 541-5.

Harwood GE, Rayson MP, Gleeson M, Blannin AK and Nevill AN (1999). The effects of sports drinks on march performance under field conditions. Journal of Sports Sciences, January 1999.

Williams AG, Rayson MP and Jones DA (1999). The effects of basic training on material handling ability and physical fitness of British Army recruits. Ergonomics. 1999 Aug;42(8):1114-24.

Williams AG, Rayson MP and Jones DA (1999). The sensitivity of isometric and dynamic tests of strength in monitoring training-induced changes in box lifting performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 17, 23.

Williams AG, Rayson MP and Jones DA (1999). Resistance training in the military enhances gains in performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 17, 22.

Williams AG, Rayson MP and Jones DA (1999). Is training diagnosis for a load carriage task possible from simple pre-training tests? Journal of Sports Sciences, 17, 21-22.

1998

Rayson MP (1998). The development of physical selection procedures. Phase 1: job analysis. Contemporary Ergonomics, Ed. MA Hanson, Taylor and Francis, London, 393-397.

Montgomery HE, Marshall R, Hemingway H, Myerson S, Clarkson P, Dollery C, Hayward M, Holliman DE, Jubb M, World M, Thomas EL, Brynes AE, Saeed N, Barnard M, Bell JD, Prasad K, Rayson M, Talmud PJ, Humphries SE (1998) Human gene for physical performance. Nature. 1998 May 21; 393 (6682): 221-2.

1997

Nevill, AM, Holder, RL, Fentem, PH, Rayson, MP, Marshall, T, Cooke, CB and Tuxworth, W (1997). Modelling the associations of BMI, physical activity and diet with arterial blood pressure: some results from the Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey. Annals of Human Biology, 24, 3, 229-247.

1996

Rayson MP, Holliman DE and Birch CL (1996). Body composition and military performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, S28, 5.

Rayson MP (1996). Are gender-free physical selection criteria valid predictors of maximum box lifting? Contemporary Ergonomics, Taylor and Francis.