Tess Flood
@TessFlood
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🥵👩🏼🔬🩸 | Postdoc in female physiology @McrInstSport 🩸 🏃🏽♀️ | PhD in exercise and environmental physiology @OPRG_UniChi @ChiUniSport |
Manchester, England
Joined December 2011
Yesterday I officially became Dr Flood, PhD! Hugely grateful to my supervisors @Sam_Blacker @steviemye @Physio_Ben @ella_walker , @ChiUniSport , and everyone else that has supported me throughout my #PhD ! Now for new adventures! 👩🏼🔬 🥵
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Editorial by Burden et al! 🩸 We need to measure, not to guess! 🩸 Raise the quality, practical implications, application and integrity of future studies investigating the effect of menstrual cycle phases on a given outcome! Find the full-text: https://t.co/whUUyNSNRI
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Racing or pacing at @wser this weekend? Tell us how you prepared by completing the survey. This for the first study in my PhD aimed at optimising heat mitigation strategies for ultra-running #westernstates @AshWillmott @FreyaBayne
https://t.co/gMjNg3ga2C
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I love this so much.
When an Olympic legend joins the mom race… Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 🇯🇲 didn’t hold back at her son’s school sports day!
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Hugely proud to be part of the author group on this paper and my first Sports Medicine paper! 📝 If you are interested in developing high quality research on ovarian hormones in women read below 👇 https://t.co/V89xc9oaY5
If you are truly interested in developing women’s sport through research then this one is for you. Thanks to an all star cast for articulating the importance of taking a high quality approach to produce findings we have confidence in.
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If you are truly interested in developing women’s sport through research then this one is for you. Thanks to an all star cast for articulating the importance of taking a high quality approach to produce findings we have confidence in.
link.springer.com
Sports Medicine - The increased growth, popularity, and media interest in women’s sport has led to calls for greater prioritisation of female-specific research and innovation. In response,...
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🆕 publication: 🎯 The authors developed a user-friendly tool for the categorisation of ovarian hormone profiles (OHP) that is acceptable and reliable. This OHP classification tool provides the first step in a two-step process for determining the OHPs of female athletes using a
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🚨Classifying and monitoring ovarian hormone profiles can be challenging. We have developed this tool to increase understanding and improve support to female athletes. An outstanding team of authors too! 👇 https://t.co/SZYL3YRrbv
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Super excited to see this published! Lots of hard work with an awesome group of researchers! 🚨💪 Ovarian Hormone Tool - https://t.co/CdPEdKz9XS Open Access Paper - https://t.co/TViGfj3NUs Infographic - https://t.co/55B901TqFX Operational Document -
bmjopensem.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to develop a reliable, comprehensive and fit-for-purpose tool for classifying ovarian hormone profiles (OHPs) (step one of a two-step process) in postmenarcheal to perime...
🚨Very proud of this paper for three reasons: 1. lots of early career researchers as co-authors 2. this tool is designed to be used in practice to benefit female athletes 3. it pulls together over 20 years of experience in one resource! ➕ its OPEN ACCESS!
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🚨Very proud of this paper for three reasons: 1. lots of early career researchers as co-authors 2. this tool is designed to be used in practice to benefit female athletes 3. it pulls together over 20 years of experience in one resource! ➕ its OPEN ACCESS!
bmjopensem.bmj.com
Objective This study aimed to develop a reliable, comprehensive and fit-for-purpose tool for classifying ovarian hormone profiles (OHPs) (step one of a two-step process) in postmenarcheal to perime...
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Menstrual cycle phase does not influence muscle protein synthesis or whole‐body myofibrillar proteolysis in response to resistance exercise. Great work from @drlaurencs1 @james_mckendry @ChanghyunLim1 and our friends at Derby! https://t.co/N2qrcpIZoR
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Abstract figure legend In this study, we used best-practice methodology to establish menstrual cycle phases of women. We used stable isotope methodologies to assess muscle protein synthesis (MPS) in...
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VERY excited to share this paper!🩸🚴🏼♀️ We used a remote protocol with athletes competing in e-cycling races across their MC. There was no relationship between oestrogen/progesterone and race time, BUT negative symptoms linked with poorer performance. https://t.co/cBXErkFAqn
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When implementing a novel, virtual cycling race, fluctuations in ovarian hormone concentrations across the MC do not appear to affect real-world cycling performance among trained cyclists, whereas...
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Today in our #PeekBehindStudy series ❄️ Physiological and perceptual responses of wearing a dryrobe for rewarming after passive cold-water immersion in men ✍️ @DaleRead4, @tessflood, @AmyHarwood91, @TomDosSantos91, @JonathonWeakle1 et al BLOG ➡️ https://t.co/Qumo659xIn FULL
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If you have a few moments to listen to this interview as a parent with your child. Possible one of the best post race interviews I have ever watched #PlayOn
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Our new #editorial discussing the integration of updated terminology describing abnormal uterine bleeding in female athletes into sports medicine was published today in @BJSM_BMJ . Check it out here: https://t.co/0WEPABziUz
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Thanks to @Emily_Paines for hand delivering to Manchester and the department for funding @McrInstSport + 🐶 had to get involved… Find our paper here 🚴🏼♀️🩸 - https://t.co/CjjX4wVha7
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Hormonal contraceptive (HC) users have a different ovarian hormonal profile compared to eumenorrheic women. Due to the prevalence of HC use amongst sportswomen, there has been increased research ef...
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Thrilled to have won best ECR presentation at @wiseconf a few weeks ago for our recently published audit! ✨ As always a team effort with a fab set of co-authors @emmaclausen04 @ElliottSale @ella__smith_ @MckayAlannah @megankuikmanRD @LouiseMBurke 💪🏼
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How are coaches and practitioners supporting female athletes around the menstrual cycle? 🧐🩸 Help us find out by completing the questionnaire below 😁 https://t.co/29I6FKYlRQ Open to any coaches and practitioners currently working with female athletes!
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A great few days at @wiseconf presenting our recent audit paper, chatting all things female physiology and representing @McrInstSport #movingwomenshapingvictories
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💥 New #editorial Measure do not guess: a call to action to end assumed and estimated #menstrual #cycle #phases in research ♀️ By @rich_burden et al. https://t.co/cPmlxxToRd
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