Sport and Exercise Science
Dr Matt Dicks
Lecturer
Academic Registry
Spinnaker Building, Cambridge Road, Portsmouth PO1 2ER
Profile
Background
Dr Martin Barwood has been a member of the department for 7 years. Following completion of his PhD in 2005, Martin underwent two years as a research assistant leading and publishing research on methods of reducing heat strain in military recruits, effective post-exercise cooling interventions for athletes, mechanisms of cumulative fatigue in endurance events and studies of the efficacy of sea-survival suits during long-term exposure to cold water. Martin?s position at the University has been cemented by the development of World Class facilities for environmental physiology and the opportunity to work solving thermal problems for athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics.
Teaching Responsibilities
Martin currently teaches environmental physiology and related subjects on our undergraduate and postgraduate degree pathways. He is unit coordinator for MSc unit entitled Environmental Factors Affecting Sports Performance and also teaches on the Thermal Physiology unit in year 3 as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and research projects. Martin currently joint supervises three PhD student.
Research Interests
Martin's research focus is on factors influencing exercise fatigue in the heat, cold water safety and acclimatisation and post-exercise cooling techniques.
Recent Publications
- Acute anxiety increases the magnitude of the cold shock response before and after habituation
Barwood, Martin, Corbett, Jo, Green, R., Smith, T., Tomlin, P., Weir-Blankenstein, L. and Tipton, Mike (2012) Acute anxiety increases the magnitude of the cold shock response before and after habituation. European Journal of Applied Physiology. ISSN 1439-6319 10.1007/s00421-012-2473-y
- Influence of competition on performance and pacing during cycling exercise
Corbett, Jo, Barwood, Martin, Ouzounoglou, A., Thelwell, Richard and Dicks, M. (2011) Influence of competition on performance and pacing during cycling exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (MSSE). ISSN 0195-9131 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31823378b1
- Cycling cadence affects heart rate variability
Lunt, Heather, Corbett, Jo, Barwood, Martin and Tipton, Mike (2011) Cycling cadence affects heart rate variability. Physiological Measurement, 32 (8). pp. 1133-1145. ISSN 0967-3334 10.1088/0967-3334/32/8/009
- “Float First”: trapped air between clothing layers significantly improves buoyancy on water immersion in adults, adolescents and children
Barwood, Martin, Bates, V., Long, G. and Tipton, Mike (2011) “Float First”: trapped air between clothing layers significantly improves buoyancy on water immersion in adults, adolescents and children. International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education, 5 (2). pp. 147-163. ISSN 1932-9997
- Water immersion as a recovery aid from intermittent shuttle running exercise
Corbett, Jo, Barwood, Martin, Lunt, Heather, Milner, A. and Tipton, Mike (2011) Water immersion as a recovery aid from intermittent shuttle running exercise. European Journal of Sport Science. ISSN 1746-1391 10.1080/17461391.2011.570380