Kate Thomas
@Kate_N_Thomas
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Researcher & Senior Lecturer at the University of @Otago 🔥❄️💦🏃🏽♀️🏔❤️💉 Extreme Environments for Health & Performance Lab
Dunedin, New Zealand
Joined August 2015
Fasting for 20 h does not affect exercise-induced increases in circulating BDNF in humans 🧠 @otago @UBC_HES @JPhysiol
https://t.co/aRmnNEF6EP A 🧵:
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The first paper from our prolonged fasting study! 🤐Changes in plasma cytokines following a 60‐h fast are not influenced by the addition of exercise despite elevated ketones in healthy young adults - Bouck - 2025 - @hashim90i @DrJonLittle @PhysRep
https://t.co/PKOSRa0BH9
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Immunometabolic processes maintain physiological homeostasis and are implicated in various chronic diseases. Fasting and exercise independently alter metabolic and immunological processes; their...
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♨️ Both hot- and thermoneutral-water immersion reduce 24-h blood pressure in people with hypertension: A randomized crossover study
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The objective of this study was to characterize the 24-h blood pressure response following an acute hot-water immersion exposure, specifically examining the effect of immersion duration and water ...
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Intense exercise at high altitude causes platelet loss across the brain in humans - Gibbons - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/iuo9IBT2tI
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Well that’s a wrap on the 2023 Cardiovascular Ultrasound Workshop and the UniSC Research Masterclass on Cardiovascular Health, Exercise and Ageing. Thanks to our invited speakers and attendees for making the events a huge success!
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Bidirectional perforator veins: normal or not? ↔️ Here's what we think @otago @PhlebologyJourn... https://t.co/1jHSB8bbeb
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Final announcement - Cardiovascular Ultrasound Workshop - Sunshine Coast (Nov 28-30). Hands-on workshop covering advanced methods including flow mediated dilatation (FMD), carotid intima thickness, and transcranial Doppler (TCD). Only a few places left > https://t.co/A44rqs1NWM
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Upper-limb HIIT ⬆️ VO2peak by 16% and both HIIT and heat therapy ⬆️ anaerobic threshold ~10% in patients with osteoarthritis prior to hip/knee replacement 🦵@otago @heartotago Read more about our RCT here: https://t.co/W1Am2sk30o
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Come join us on the Sunshine Coast (Nov 28-30) for an ultrasound workshop! 🌊☀️ Learn some tricks of the trade 🧚🏻♀️ and get amongst a great programme of talks in the Research Masterclass (1 Dec) 🤓
Join us for the Cardiovascular Ultrasound Workshop (Nov 28-30). As a bonus we’re also hosting a Research Masterclass (Dec 1) on “Cardiovascular Health, Exercise and Ageing” with a great line-up of national and international invited speakers. More info here https://t.co/A44rqs1NWM
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Still over here talking about exercise and veins (to anyone that will listen!)🦵See our latest commentary in @EJVES_ESVS, with some athletic legs to illustrate: https://t.co/UguCJXU1YE
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Yes I do have "exercise on the brain" 🤓 We've been busy in the lab (and in the hills!) @otago🏔️... An exciting collaboration with Dr Travis Gibbons @UBC_HES, and fun running with @joseph_aotearoa and chatting with @cconcannonsci🏃♀️
🔊 Listen now! We've got exercise on the brain... as do @Kate_N_Thomas & @joseph_aotearoa, exercise physiologists & keen mountain runners who research how exercise affects the brain & body @cconcannonsci finds out more at the Mt Difficulty Ascent ⛰️ https://t.co/7R7kppXsKr
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It’s us on a podcast @joseph_aotearoa! “I’m feeling a million bucks”! Haha 🤩
Coming up this week, @cconcannonsci meets 2 physiologists investigating what exercise does to the brain – putting themselves through the paces of a gruelling mountain race ⛰️🏃♀️ Tune in on Thursday 🎧
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Are you a Vascular Sonographer interested in a year working and exploring in New Zealand? 🗺️ Come and work in Dunedin (@otago) with a great team (April 2024 - March 2025) ✨Apply or enquire here: https://t.co/I8iNF1bLOa
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Excited to announce that the popular Cardiovascular Ultrasound Workshop is coming to the Sunshine Coast – PLUS we’re hosting a Research Masterclass on “Cardiovascular Health, Exercise and Ageing” | More info> https://t.co/A44rqs1NWM
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Research in Focus 🔎 🔬 The athlete’s vein: venous adaptations in the lower limbs of endurance athletes https://t.co/Gr8ooot1CC
@Kate_N_Thomas @otago @AshleyAkerman
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Is there an 'Athlete's Vein'? | @ajpheartcirc 🦵🫀🏃♂️ https://t.co/HW5o08QYDS A cool perspectives piece on our recent paper:
journals.physiology.org
Endurance exercise induces cardiovascular adaptations; the athletic phenotypes of the heart and arteries are well characterized, but few studies have investigated the effects of chronic exercise on...
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This article from Ana Luiza C. Sayegh, Jui-Lin Fan, Mathew Dawes, Julian F. R. Paton and @DrJamesPFisher (@FMHS_UoA) assesses the central and peripheral chemoreflexes in humans with treated hypertension! 📜 https://t.co/5GB2KCujTj
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New #OpenAccess🔓research in @PhysRep from @otago: Roxburgh et al. found that #heat & #HIIT induced potent immediate & adaptive #hypotensive effects. https://t.co/Jja2UAuyvm
#BloodPressure #Osteoarthritis #HeatTherapy #GlycemicControl
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Fresh from Brendon Roxburgh’s PhD: We saw substantial reductions in resting SBP & DBP across 12 weeks of heat therapy (& arm HIIT), and the magnitude of the reduction following an acute exposure persisted across 12 weeks 🛀♨️ @PhysRep @HeartOtago @otago
https://t.co/hz5ZiY7BBy
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Exercise is painful and difficult to perform for patients with severe lower-limb osteoarthritis; consequently, reduced physical activity contributes to increased cardiometabolic disease risk. The...
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