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Overview

Constantinos N. Maganaris is affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics within these fields, including:

  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Sports Performance and Training

Maganaris has contributed papers to several prominent publication venues such as:

  • Sensors
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • European Journal of Applied Physiology
  • PLoS ONE

Recent notable papers include:

  • Impact of sedentarism due to the COVID-19 home confinement on neuromuscular, cardiovascular and metabolic health: Physiological and pathophysiological implications and recommendations for physical and nutritional countermeasures (2020), European Journal of Sport Science
  • Muscle and tendon adaptations to moderate load eccentric vs. concentric resistance exercise in young and older males (2021), GeroScience
  • Gastrocnemius Medialis and Vastus Lateralis in vivo muscle-tendon behavior during running at increasing speeds (2020), Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
  • Ankle Motion Is Associated With Soft Tissue Displacement in the Dorsal Thigh: An in vivo Investigation Suggesting Myofascial Force Transmission Across the Knee Joint (2020), Frontiers in Physiology
  • Recovery From a Forward Falling Slip: Measurement of Dynamic Stability and Strength Requirements Using a Split-Belt Instrumented Treadmill (2020), Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Thomas D. O'Brien
  • Vasilios Baltzopoulos
  • Mark A. Hollands
  • Richard J. Foster
  • Carla Harkness-Armstrong

Best Publications

  • In vivo behaviour of human muscle tendon during walking

    Tetsuo Fukunaga;Keitaro Kubo;Yasuo Kawakami;Senshi Fukashiro

  • Effect of aging on human muscle architecture.

    Marco V. Narici;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Neil D. Reeves;Paolo Capodaglio

  • In vivo human tendon mechanical properties.

    Constantinos N. Maganaris;John P. Paul

  • Effect of strength training on human patella tendon mechanical properties of older individuals

    Neil D. Reeves;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Marco V. Narici

  • Ultrasonographic assessment of human skeletal muscle size.

    Neil D. Reeves;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Marco V. Narici

  • The acute effect of stretching on the passive stiffness of the human gastrocnemius muscle tendon unit.

    Christopher I. Morse;Hans Degens;Olivier Roger Seynnes;Constantinos N. Maganaris

  • In vivo measurements of the triceps surae complex architecture in man: implications for muscle function

    Constantinos N. Maganaris;Vasilios Baltzopoulos;Anthony J. Sargeant

  • Calf muscle-tendon properties and postural balance in old age

    Gladys L. Onambele;Marco V. Narici;Constantinos N. Maganaris

  • Impact of sedentarism due to the COVID-19 home confinement on neuromuscular, cardiovascular and metabolic health: Physiological and pathophysiological implications and recommendations for physical and nutritional countermeasures.

    Marco Narici;Giuseppe De Vito;Martino Franchi;Antonio Paoli

  • Tensile properties of the in vivo human gastrocnemius tendon.

    Constantinos N Maganaris;John P Paul

  • Human tendon behaviour and adaptation, in vivo.

    S. Peter Magnusson;Marco V. Narici;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Michael Kjaer

  • Force–length characteristics of in vivo human skeletal muscle

    Constantinos N. Maganaris

  • Human postural sway results from frequent, ballistic bias impulses by soleus and gastrocnemius

    Ian D. Loram;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Martin Lakie

  • Effect of resistance training on skeletal muscle-specific force in elderly humans

    Neil D. Reeves;Marco V. Narici;Constantinos N. Maganaris

  • The temporal responses of protein synthesis, gene expression and cell signalling in human quadriceps muscle and patellar tendon to disuse.

    Maarten Daan de Boer;Anna Selby;Philip Atherton;Kenneth Smith

  • Differential adaptations to eccentric versus conventional resistance training in older humans.

    Neil D. Reeves;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Stefano Longo;Marco V. Narici

  • Force-length characteristics of the in vivo human gastrocnemius muscle

    Constantinos N. Maganaris

  • Time course of muscular, neural and tendinous adaptations to 23 day unilateral lower-limb suspension in young men

    Maarten Daan de Boer;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Olivier Roger Seynnes;Michael J. Rennie

  • Training-induced changes in structural and mechanical properties of the patellar tendon are related to muscle hypertrophy but not to strength gains.

    Olivier R. Seynnes;Robert M. Erskine;Constantinos Nicolaos Maganaris;Stefano Longo

  • Influence of 90-day simulated microgravity on human tendon mechanical properties and the effect of resistive countermeasures.

    Neil D. Reeves;Constantinos N. Maganaris;Gianluigi Ferretti;Marco V. Narici

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco V. Narici
Marco V. Narici University of Padua
David Jones
David Jones Newcastle University
Andrew J.M. Boulton
Andrew J.M. Boulton University of Manchester
Nicola Maffulli
Nicola Maffulli Queen Mary University of London
Tetsuo Fukunaga
Tetsuo Fukunaga National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya
Henning Boecker
Henning Boecker University of Bonn
Paulo J. G. Lisboa
Paulo J. G. Lisboa Liverpool John Moores University
Walter Herzog
Walter Herzog University of Calgary
Stephen A Roberts
Stephen A Roberts University of Manchester
Mark G. Carpenter
Mark G. Carpenter University of British Columbia

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