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Australia
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
141
Citations
72495
World Ranking
1631
National Ranking
45

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Robert U. Newton is affiliated with Edith Cowan University in Australia, with a research focus predominantly situated within the field of Medicine. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Oncology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Physiology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's research addresses significant topics such as:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Robert U. Newton has contributed scholarly articles primarily published in several key venues, including:

  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
  • Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases
  • Research Square

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Newton include:

  • Resistance Training Load Effects on Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Gain: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis (2020) published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Resistance training effectiveness on body composition and body weight outcomes in individuals with overweight and obesity across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) published in Obesity Reviews
  • Exercise-induced myokines and their effect on prostate cancer (2021) published in Nature Reviews Urology
  • Obesity and prostate cancer: A narrative review (2021) published in Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
  • Implementation barriers to integrating exercise as medicine in oncology: an ecological scoping review (2021) published in Journal of Cancer Survivorship

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers including Daniel A. Galvão, Dennis R. Taaffe, Pedro López, Nigel Spry, and Nicolas H. Hart, reflecting an extensive network of research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • American College of Sports Medicine Position Stand. Progression Models in Resistance Training for Healthy Adults

    Kraemer Wj;Adams K;Cafarelli E;Dudley Ga

  • Developing maximal neuromuscular power: Part 1--biological basis of maximal power production.

    Prue Cormie;Michael R. McGuigan;Robert U. Newton

  • Compatibility of high-intensity strength and endurance training on hormonal and skeletal muscle adaptations.

    W. J. Kraemer;J. F. Patton;S. E. Gordon;E. A. Harman

  • The optimal training load for the development of dynamic athletic performance

    Greg J. Wilson;Robert U. Newton;Aron J. Murphy;Brendan J. Humphries

  • Changes in agonist-antagonist EMG, muscle CSA, and force during strength training in middle-aged and older people

    K. Häkkinen;M. Kallinen;M. Izquierdo;K. Jokelainen

  • KSHV antibodies among Americans, Italians and Ugandans with and without Kaposi's sarcoma.

    Shou-Jiang Gao;Lawrence Kingsley;Ming Li;Wei Zheng

  • The effect of heavy- vs. light-load jump squats on the development of strength, power, and speed.

    Jeffrey M. Mcbride;Travis Triplett-Mcbride;Allan Davie;Robert U. Newton

  • Highly active antiretroviral therapy and incidence of cancer in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults.

    P. Appleby;V. Beral;R. Newton;G. Reeves

  • Effects of heavy-resistance training on hormonal response patterns in younger vs. older men.

    William J. Kraemer;Keijo Häkkinen;Robert U. Newton;Bradley C. Nindl

  • Review of Exercise Intervention Studies in Cancer Patients

    Daniel A. Galvão;Robert U. Newton

  • Developing Explosive Muscular Power: Implications for a Mixed Methods Training Strategy

    Robert U. Newton;William J. Kraemer

  • Developing maximal neuromuscular power: part 2 - training considerations for improving maximal power production.

    Prue Cormie;Michael R. McGuigan;Robert U. Newton

  • Burkitt's lymphoma

    Elizabeth M Molyneux;Rosemary Rochford;Beverly Griffin;Robert Newton

  • Reliability of measures obtained during single and repeated countermovement jumps

    Stuart J Cormack;Robert U Newton;Michael R McGuigan;Tim L A Doyle

  • Effects and moderators of exercise on quality of life and physical function in patients with cancer : An individual patient data meta-analysis of 34 RCTs

    Laurien M. Buffart;Joeri Kalter;Maike G. Sweegers;Kerry S. Courneya

  • Neuromuscular adaptation during prolonged strength training, detraining and re-strength-training in middle-aged and elderly people.

    K. Häkkinen;M. Alen;M. Kallinen;R. U. Newton

  • Changes in Muscle Morphology, Electromyographic Activity, and Force Production Characteristics During Progressive Strength Training in Young and Older Men

    Keijo Häkkinen;Robert U. Newton;Scott E. Gordon;Matthew McCormick

  • Adaptations in athletic performance after ballistic power versus strength training.

    Prue Cormie;Michael R McGuigan;Robert U Newton

  • Combined Resistance and Aerobic Exercise Program Reverses Muscle Loss in Men Undergoing Androgen Suppression Therapy for Prostate Cancer Without Bone Metastases: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Daniel A. Galvão;Dennis R. Taaffe;Nigel Spry;David Joseph

  • Changes in electromyographic activity, muscle fibre and force production characteristics during heavy resistance/power strength training in middle-aged and older men and women.

    K. Häkkinen;W. J. Kraemer;R. U. Newton;M. Alen

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis R. Taaffe
Dennis R. Taaffe Edith Cowan University
William J. Kraemer
William J. Kraemer The Ohio State University
Keijo Häkkinen
Keijo Häkkinen University of Jyväskylä
Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Janet Seeley
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jeff S. Volek
Jeff S. Volek The Ohio State University
Simone Pettigrew
Simone Pettigrew George Institute for Global Health
Valerie Beral
Valerie Beral University of Oxford
Nicholas A. Ratamess
Nicholas A. Ratamess College of New Jersey
Ben Jackson
Ben Jackson University of Western Australia

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