Dr Ceri Nicholas

Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology

Qualifications

BA (Hons), PGCE, MSc, PhD

Overview

Ceri joined the Department in April 2006 from the University of Essex where she lectured in the Centre for Sport and Exercise Science for three years. Prior to this, she was a Research Fellow at Loughborough University. Ceri is the Department's Research Development Officer, Programme Leader for MSc Exercise and Nutrition Science and Joint Programme Leader for MSc Sports Science.

Teaching

Her specialist area is exercise physiology and Ceri teaches on the following undergraduate and postgraduate modules:

Introduction to Exercise Physiology (Year 1)
Measurement and Evaluation Issues in Sport and Exercise Physiology (Year 2)
Sports Nutrition and Performance (Year 3)
Research Methods (MSc)
Contemporary Issues in Sport Physiology (MSc)
Optimising Performance (MSc)
Applied Sports Physiology (MSc)

Ceri also supervises dissertation students at undergraduate and masters level specialising in Exercise Physiology.

PhD Supervision

Dean Burt - The effects of exercise-induced muscle damage on endurance performance
Christine Foster - The physiological demands of rugby league specific small-sided games.
Jamie Highton - The effect of carbohydrate and protein ingestion on exercise-induced muscle damage and the recovery of dynamic muscle function and performance following intermittent high intensity exercise
Dave Sykes - An analysis of the movement demands of rugby league and subsequent impact on player recovery

PhD Examination

Hannah MacLeod (2009) The effect of dehydration on hockey performance. Nottingham Trent University. Ph.D.

Research

Research interests

Fluid ingestion and performance
Recovery of performance
Physiology of intermittent, high intensity exercise
Nutrition and metabolism and the aetiology of fatigue

Published work

Refereed Articles (recent selection)
Sykes, D., Twist, C., Hall, S., Nicholas, C.W, and Lamb, K. (2009). Semi-automated time-motion analysis of senior elite rugby league, International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 9, 47-59.

Ali, A., Williams, C., Nicholas, C.W. and Foskett, A. (2007). The influence of carbohydrate-electrolyte ingestion on soccer skill performance, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 39, 1969-1976.

Leiper, J.B., Nicholas, C.W., Ali, A., Williams, C. and Maughan, R.J. (2005). The effect of intermittent high-intensity running exercise on the rate of gastric emptying in man, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 37: 240-247.

Wu, Ching-Lin, Nicholas, C.W, Williams, C., Took, A. and L.Hardy (2003). The influence of high-carbohydrate meals with different glycaemic indices on substrate utilisation during subsequent exercise, British Journal of Nutrition 90: 1049-1056.

Tsintzas, O-K, Williams, C., Boobis, L., Symington, S., Moorehouse, J., Garcia-Roves, P. and Nicholas, C.W (2003). Effect of carbohydrate feeding during recovery from prolonged running on muscle glycogen metabolism during subsequent exercise, International Journal of Sports Medicine 24: 452-8.

Bishop. N.C., Gleeson, M., Nicholas, C.W. and Ali, A. (2002). Influence of carbohydrate supplementation on plasma cytokine and neutrophil degranulation responses to high intensity intermittent exercise, International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism 12: 145-156.

Thompson, D., Williams, C., McGregor, S.J.., Nicholas, C.W., McArdle, F., Jackson, M.J. and Powell, J.R. (2001). Prolonged Vitamin C supplementation and recovery from demanding exercise, International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism 11: 466-481.

Thompson, D., Williams, C., Kingsley, M., Nicholas, C.W, Lakomy, H.K.A., McArdle, F. and Jackson, M.J. (2001). Muscle soreness and damage parameters after prolonged intermittent shuttle-running following acute Vitamin C supplementation, International Journal of Sports Medicine 22: 68-75.

Nicholas, C.W., Nuttall, F.E. and Williams, C. (2000). The Loughborough Intermittent Shuttle Test: A field test that simulates the activity pattern of soccer, Journal of Sports Sciences 18: 97-104.

Thompson, D., Nicholas, C.W, Williams (1999). Delayed onset muscular soreness after prolonged, intermittent shuttle running, Journal of Sports Sciences 17; 387-395.

Nicholas, C.W., Tsintzas, K., Boobis, L. and Williams, C. (1999). Carbohydrate-electrolyte ingestion during intermittent high-intensity running, Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 31(9): 1280-1286.

McGregor, S.J., Nicholas, C.W., Lakomy, H.K.A. and Williams, C. (1999). The influence of intermittent high-intensity shuttle running and fluid ingestion on the performance of a soccer skill, Journal of Sports Sciences 17; 895-903.

Morris, J.G., Nevill, M.E., Lakomy, H.K.A, Nicholas, C.W. and Williams, C. (1998). Effect of a hot environment on performance of prolonged intermittent high intensity shuttle running, Journal of Sports Sciences, 16; 677-686.

Nicholas, C.W, Green, P.A., Hawkins, R.D., and Williams, C. (1997) Carbohydrate intake and recovery of intermittent running capacity, International Journal of Sport Nutrition 7 (4); 251-260.

Nicholas, C.W. (1997). Anthropometrical and physiological characteristics of rugby union players, Sports Medicine 23; 375-396.

Nicholas, C.W., Williams, C., Phillips, G., Lakomy, H.K.A. and Nowitz, A. (1995) Influence of ingesting a carbohydrate-electrolyte solution on endurance capacity during intermittent high intensity shuttle running, Journal of Sports Sciences 13; 283-290.

Chapters

Nicholas, C.W (2008) Legal nutritional supplements during a sporting event. In C.E. Cooper & R. Beneke (Eds), Essays in Biochemistry. Drugs and Ergogenic Aids to Improve Sport Performance. London: Portland Press.

Nicholas, C.W. (2000). Nutrition and Sprinting. In R.J. Maughan (Ed) Nutrition in Sport, the Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine VII. Blackwell Science, London.

Recent Conference Papers

Sykes, D., Twist, C., Nicholas, C.W, Lamb, K., & Hall, S. Semi-automated time-motion analysis of senior elite rugby league. Present Research and Future Directions in Rugby Football League, Invited Symposium, British Association of Sport and Exercise Science Annual Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, 1st-3rd September 2009.

Highton, J., Lamb, K., Twist, C., Nicholas, C. Reliability and concurrent validity of maximal sprint performance measurements attained on a non-motorised treadmill. (2009). 14th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Oslo, 24th - 27th June 2009.

Foster, C., Twist, C., Lamb, K.L., & Nicholas, C. The technical demands of attacking and defending in coached and uncoached rugby league small-sided games. 14th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Oslo, 24th - 27th June 2009.

Sykes, D., Twist, C., Lamb, K., and Nicholas, C. Reduction in high intensity activity during senior elite rugby league matches. 14th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Oslo, 24th - 27th June 2009.