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Keith George is affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a substantial emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The scientist has contributed to multiple subfields including complementary and alternative medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, orthopedics and sports medicine, and physiology.

Their work addresses a variety of topics related to cardiovascular health and exercise. Key research areas include:

  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Sports Injuries and Prevention
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Sports Performance and Training

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Keith George cover significant insights into cardiac physiology and exercise science. These include:

  • "Exercise-Induced Cardiac Troponin Elevations: From Underlying Mechanisms to Clinical Relevance," 2021, Circulation
  • "Exercise-induced release of troponin," 2020, Clinical Cardiology
  • "The athlete's heart: insights from echocardiography," 2023, Echo Research and Practice
  • "Charter to establish clinical exercise physiology as a recognised allied health profession in the UK: a call to action," 2021, BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • "Effects of endurance exercise training on left ventricular structure in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis," 2023, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Keith George frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • David Oxborough
  • Nicholas Sculthorpe
  • Robert Cooper
  • Helen Jones
  • Dick H. J. Thijssen

The scientist often publishes in specialized venues related to cardiovascular and exercise medicine. These venues include:

  • Echo Research and Practice
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
  • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • European Journal of Applied Physiology

Best Publications

  • Exercise-Induced Cardiac Troponin Elevation: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Implications

    Rob Shave;Aaron Baggish;Keith George;Malissa Wood

  • Elevation in cerebral blood flow velocity with aerobic fitness throughout healthy human ageing.

    Philip N. Ainslie;James D. Cotter;Keith P. George;Sam Lucas

  • The effect of cryotherapy on nerve conduction velocity, pain threshold and pain tolerance

    Amin A Algafly;Keith P George

  • Diverse patterns of myocardial fibrosis in lifelong, veteran endurance athletes

    Mathew G. Wilson;Rory O'Hanlon;Rory O'Hanlon;Sanjay Prasad;Amanda Deighan

  • Exercise-induced cardiac troponin T release: a meta-analysis

    Robert Shave;Keith P George;Greg Atkinson;Emma Hart

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of training mode, imaging modality and body size influences on the morphology and function of the male athlete's heart

    Victor Utomi;David Oxborough;Greg P Whyte;John Somauroo

  • Lifestyle factors and colorectal cancer risk (1): systematic review and meta‐analysis of associations with body mass index

    D J Harriss;G Atkinson;K George;N Tim Cable

  • A prospective randomised longitudinal MRI study of left ventricular adaptation to endurance and resistance exercise training in humans

    Angela L. Spence;Louise H. Naylor;Howard H. Carter;Christopher L. Buck

  • Lifestyle factors and colorectal cancer risk (2): a systematic review and meta-analysis of associations with leisure-time physical activity.

    D. J. Harriss;G. Atkinson;A. Batterham;K. George

  • A survey of flexibility training protocols and hamstring strains in professional football clubs in England

    B Dadebo;J White;K P George

  • The Athlete's Heart : A Contemporary Appraisal of the 'Morganroth Hypothesis'

    Louise H. Naylor;Keith George;Gerry O’Driscoll;Daniel J. Green;Daniel J. Green

  • Exercise-associated increases in cardiac biomarkers.

    Jürgen Scharhag;Keith George;Robert Shave;Axel Urhausen

  • Cardiac troponin T release is stimulated by endurance exercise in healthy humans.

    Natalie Middleton;Keith George;Greg Whyte;David Gaze

  • Cardiac fatigue following prolonged endurance exercise of differing distances.

    Gregory P. Whyte;Keith George;Sanjay Sharma;Steven Lumley

  • The right ventricle of the endurance athlete: the relationship between morphology and deformation

    David Oxborough;Sanjay Sharma;Robert Shave;Robert Shave;Greg Whyte

  • Dilatation and dysfunction of the right ventricle immediately after ultraendurance exercise: exploratory insights from conventional two-dimensional and speckle tracking echocardiography.

    David Oxborough;Robert Shave;Darren Warburton;Karen Williams

  • Reliability in evidence-based clinical practice: a primer for allied health professionals☆

    Alan M Batterham;Keith P George

  • Left ventricular function immediately following prolonged exercise: A meta-analysis.

    Natalie Middleton;Rob Shave;Keith George;Gregory Whyte

  • Changes in vascular and cardiac function after prolonged strenuous exercise in humans

    Ellen Adele Dawson;Greg P. Whyte;Mark A. Black;Helen Jones

  • Myocardial Fibrosis in Athletes

    Freek R. van de Schoor;Vincent L. Aengevaeren;Maria T.E. Hopman;David L. Oxborough

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Green
Daniel J. Green University of Western Australia
Dick H. J. Thijssen
Dick H. J. Thijssen Radboud University
Sanjay Sharma
Sanjay Sharma St George's, University of London
Greg Atkinson
Greg Atkinson Teesside University
Sanjay K. Prasad
Sanjay K. Prasad National Institutes of Health
Dudley J. Pennell
Dudley J. Pennell National Institutes of Health
Euan A. Ashley
Euan A. Ashley Stanford University
Thomas Reilly
Thomas Reilly Liverpool John Moores University
William J. McKenna
William J. McKenna University College London
Stuart J. Fairclough
Stuart J. Fairclough Edge Hill University

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