Executive Assistant, Catherine Offler; Catherine.Offler@unisa.edu.au
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Executive Officer, Emily Adcock; emily.adcock@unisa.edu.au
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Executive Dean: UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance; Previous leadership roles include: Pro Vice Chancellor, UniSA Division of Health Sciences; Head: UniSA School of Health Sciences 2011-2018; Head: School of Sport and Health Sciences (Bangor University 1999 - 2004 and Exeter University 2005 - 2010).
Positioned among leading sport and exercise scientists. Awarded National Citation/Teaching Fellowship in 2010 (UK Higher Education Academy) for contribution to sport and exercise science. Author and editor of Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology 4th Ed ; Research includes perceived exertion, exercise and muscle damage, body composition, assessment of activity, children and exercise science and... Read more
About me
Executive Dean: UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance; Previous leadership roles include: Pro Vice Chancellor, UniSA Division of Health Sciences; Head: UniSA School of Health Sciences 2011-2018; Head: School of Sport and Health Sciences (Bangor University 1999 - 2004 and Exeter University 2005 - 2010).
Positioned among leading sport and exercise scientists. Awarded National Citation/Teaching Fellowship in 2010 (UK Higher Education Academy) for contribution to sport and exercise science. Author and editor of Kinanthropometry and Exercise Physiology 4th Ed ; Research includes perceived exertion, exercise and muscle damage, body composition, assessment of activity, children and exercise science and training for elite sport.
Roger serves on the South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service Medical Panel; Honorary member of the Golden Key International Honour Society; Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences; Honorary Professor of Exeter University; Honorary Research Fellow of Hong Kong Baptist University. Former consultant physiologist with the British Figure Skating Team and England Rugby Football Union's Young Player Development Pathway Working Group. ; Academic Advisor: Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University; Editorial Boards: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance; former member of Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness; Journal of Sports Sciences, and Pediatric Exercise Science editorial boards; Former member of the MRC College of Experts and Health Research Board; Former member of Executive Group of Australia's Council of Heads of Exercise, Sport and Movement Sciences (CHESMS) and the ESSA Exercise Science Implementation Group.
About me
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Basketball SA Inc Scholarship, Basketball SA Inc, 01/03/2019 - 21/08/2022
Lung Function testing, South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service, 01/01/2019 - 28/02/2021
Know your Numbers 2014-2018, Aged Care & Housing Group Incorporated, 22/02/2016 - 31/12/2020
High performance sports research to increase athlete availability, South Australian Sports Institute, 01/08/2018 - 31/07/2019
The interactive effects of training loads of elite athletes and biomarkers of muscle damage, inflammation, soreness and metabolism (anabolism and catabolism)., Port Adelaide Football Club, 01/01/2016 - 31/07/2018
Monitoring the relationship between training load, recovery and performance in elite Australian Rules Football players, Port Adelaide Football Club, 26/03/2012 - 31/12/2015
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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Norton, K & Eston, R 2019, Kinanthropometry and exercise physiology, Routledge, US.
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2019 |
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2019 |
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4
3
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2018 |
15
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19
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2018 |
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1
1
21
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12
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6
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1
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5
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14
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Articles
Fraysse, F., Post, D., Eston, R., Kasai, D., Rowlands, A., Parfitt, G. (2020) Physical activity intensity cut-points for wrist-worn GENEActiv in older adults. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. Open Access.
Chapters
Eston, R.G. and Parfitt, G. (2014) Effort. In: Encyclopaedia of Sport and Exercise Psychology. (Eds. Eklund, R. and Tenenbaum, G.) , Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. pp 237-240
Editorial
Coquart, J. and Eston, R. (2015) Use of ratings of perceived exertion in rehabilitation services: past and present research. Jacobs Journal of Physiotherapy and Exercise, 1(1): 003. Open Access.
Conferences
Mitchell, B., Davison, K., Parfitt, G., Spedding, S., Eston, R. (2018) Predicting VO2max from a perceptually-regulated exercise test (PRET): effect of sympathetic blockade. ESSA Conference, Brisbane, Australia
Mitchell, B., Davison, K., Parfitt, G., Spedding, S., Eston, R. (2017) Associations between perceptual and ventilatory responses to exercise: effect of sympathetic blockade. ACSM Annual Conference, Colorado, USA
Letters
Eston, R., Esterman, A. (2017) Statistical model ignores ‘age’, products of peak Q and a–vO2 difference greatly exceed V̇O2max and different ergometers confound validity. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 117(5):1053-1054
Selig, S.E., Borg, G.A.V., Runciman, W. La Gerche, A. Davison, K. Coquart, J. Eston, R.G. (2017) Safety Concerns regarding article: Reliability and Validity of a Self-paced Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in Post-MI Patients. L. A. Jenkins, A. Mauger, J. Fisher, J. Hopker. Int J Sports Med 2017; 38: 300-306. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 38, 644-645
Eston, R.G., Lamb, K., Coquart, J. and Parfitt, G. (2015) Misperception: No evidence to dismiss RPE as regulator of moderate intensity exercise. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(12):2676
Coquart, J.B., Tabben, M., Tourny, C., Chamari, K. Eston. R.G. (2016) Author's reply to Will G Hopkins: Submaximal, perceptually regulated exercise testing predicts maximal oxygen uptake: a meta-analysis study. Sports Medicine, 46 (8), 1197-8.
Eston, R., Bennett, H. Parfitt, G., Davison, K. (2016) Author's reply to Sabour and Ghassemi: Submaximal step tests to estimate maximal oxygen uptake in healthy adults: methodological issues about validity and reliability. Sports Medicine, 46, 1383-4
Research
Head of UniSA's Invictus Pathways Program® including ADF-UniSA Adaptive Sports Partnership , and UniSA's sponsorship and support of the Australian Invictus Cycling Squad at the 2018 AND 2020 Invictus Games.
Watch INVICTUS PATHWAYS PROGRAM VIDEO showing our allied health, sport and exercise science students working with this remarkable and inspirational group of service men and women.
Industry first Firefighter fitness scholarship
Director of UniSA's High Performance Sports Centre created in 2018, with exciting community engagement, student placement and research opportunities, such as Thoroughbred Racing SA; Limestone Coast Regional Sporting Academy, Adelaide United, SA Athletics; Adelaide Bite; and others
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Activinsights | UNITED KINGDOM |
Aspetar Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Hospital | QATAR |
Australian Catholic University | AUSTRALIA |
Austrian Institute of Sports Medicine | AUSTRIA |
Bath University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Baystate Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
Brunel University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Germon and Gauthier Hospital | FRANCE |
Hong Kong Baptist University | HONG KONG |
Islamic Azad University | IRAN |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
Keele University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Liaoning Normal University | CHINA |
Liverpool John Moores University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Loughborough University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Macao Polytechnic Institute | MACAU (SAR OF CHINA) |
Margaret Rehabilitation Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Massey University | NEW ZEALAND |
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery | UNITED KINGDOM |
Newcastle University, United Kingdom | UNITED KINGDOM |
Nottingham Trent University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Oxford Brookes University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Port Adelaide Football Club | AUSTRALIA |
Queen Margaret University | UNITED KINGDOM |
RJAH Orthopaedic Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Shahid Beheshti University | IRAN |
Shandong University | CHINA |
Tomsk State University | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Unilever Clinicals | UNITED KINGDOM |
Unilever Discover | UNITED KINGDOM |
Universitat Wien | AUSTRIA |
University Lille Nord de France | FRANCE |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of British Columbia | CANADA |
University of Calgary | CANADA |
University of Cape Town | SOUTH AFRICA |
University of Chester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Exeter | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Guilan | IRAN |
University of Hertfordshire | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Jordan | JORDAN |
University of Leicester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University Of Lille | FRANCE |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Otago | NEW ZEALAND |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Rouen | FRANCE |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southampton | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Vienna | AUSTRIA |
University of Winchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
University of Zanjan | IRAN |
West Chester University | UNITED STATES |
Wolfson Centre for Inherited Neuromuscular Disease | UNITED KINGDOM |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance |
2018 |
Board MemberSouth Australian Metropolitan Fire Service Medical Board |
2017 |
Board Member, Departmental Academic Advisor: Physical EducationHong Kong Baptist University |
2017 |
Departmental Academic Advisor: Physical EducationHong Kong Baptist University |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberJournal of Exercise Science and Fitness |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberPediatric Exercise Science |
2017 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2017 |
Honorary ProfessorExeter University |
2017 |
Honorary Research FellowHong Kong Baptist University |
2017 |
MemberPhysiological Society |
2017 |
MemberAmerican College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) |
2017 |
MemberNorth American Society of Paediatric Exercise Medicine (NASPEM) |
2017 |
MemberInternational Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry |
2017 |
MemberExercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) |
2017 |
MemberSports Medicine Australia (SMA) |
2017 |
MemberSociety of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness (SCSEPF) |
2017 |
Member, Executive GroupAustralia Council of Heads of Exercise, Sport and Movement Sciences (CHESMS) |
2017 |
Member, Exercise Science Implementation GroupExercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) |
2017 |
National Teaching FellowHigher Education Academy, United Kingdom |
2017 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2016 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2015 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2014 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2013 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2012 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2011 |
FellowBritish Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (FBASES) |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Effort perception in exercise testing and prescription: implications for the cardiac patient | Current |
Application of a mathematical variable dose-response model to professional Australian football training and performance data | Completed |
Load and fatigue monitoring in elite male Australian rules football players | Completed |
Measuring athletic movement competency in Australian rules football players: the validity of the athletic ability assessment | Completed |
Short-term heat acclimation and the lactate threshold | Completed |
The development, pilot testing and evaluation of a need supportive physical activity intervention in frontline aged care workers: the activity for wellbeing project | Completed |
The use of near infrared spectroscopy to examine the neural basis of affective responses during exercise at different intensities | Completed |
Use of perceived exertion for exercise testing and prescription | Completed |
Using a submaximal run test to assess neuromuscular fatigue in high-performance Australian rules football | Completed |