Professor Warren Gregson

Datson, N., Weston, M., Drust, B., Gregson, W., Lolli, L. (2023) 'High-intensity endurance capacity assessment as a tool for talent identification in elite youth female soccer.' In Williams, A.M. (ed.) Science and Football: identifying and developing talent. London: Routledge, pp. 117-123.

Ford, P.R., Bordonau, J.L.D., Bonanno, D., Tavares, J., Groenendijk, C., Fink, C., Gualtieri, D., Gregson, W., Varley, M.C., Weston, M., Lolli, L., Platt, D., Di Salvo, V. (2023) 'A survey of talent identification and development processes in the youth academies of professional soccer clubs from around the world.' Science and Football. Routledge, pp. 73-82.

Gregson, W., Dupont, G., Abaidia, A.E., Thorpe, R. (2023) 'Recovery strategies.' Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers. pp. 90-108.

Green, M., Gregson, W., Drust, B. (2013) 'The physiological effects of soccer training in elite youth soccer players.' Science and Football VII: The Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football. pp. 83-88.

Gregson, W., Drust, B. (2013) 'Environmental Stress.' Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers. pp. 82-101.

Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2013) 'Fitness testing.' Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers, Third Edition. pp. 43-64.

Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2013) 'Fitness Testing.' Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers. pp. 43-64.

Gregson, W., Drust, B. (2013) 'Environmental stress.' Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers, Third Edition. pp. 82-101.

Boyd, C., Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (2013) 'Disabled players.' Science and Soccer: Developing Elite Performers, Third Edition. pp. 259-270.

Reilly, T., Gregson, W. (2006) 'Special populations: The referee and assistant referee.' Nutrition and Football: The FIFA/FMARC Consensus on Sports Nutrition. pp. 207-218.

Lundqvist, C., Gregson, W., Bonanno, D., Lolli, L., Di Salvo, V. (2024) 'A worldwide survey of perspectives on demands, resources, and barriers influencing the youth-to-senior transition in academy football players.' International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 19(1) pp. 162-170.

Wik, E.H., Chamari, K., Tabben, M., Di Salvo, V., Gregson, W., Bahr, R. (2024) 'Exploring growth, maturity, and age as injury risk factors in high-level youth football.' Sports Medicine International Open, 8

Lolli, L., Gregson, W., Bonanno, D., Kuitunen, S., Di Salvo, V. (2023) 'Age-related reference intervals for physical performance test outcomes relevant to male youth Middle Eastern football players.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, pp. 1-13.

Kyprianou, E., Lolli, L., Weston, M., Gregson, W. (2023) 'Inconsistent effect of psychometric-scale familiarization on the relationship between ratings of perceived exertion and external load measures in elite youth soccer players.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, pp. 1-9.

Lolli, L., Johnson, A., Monaco, M., Di Salvo, V., Gregson, W. (2023) 'Skeletal maturation in male elite youth athletes from the Middle East.' American Journal of Human Biology, 35(8) pp. e23906-e23906.

Lolli, L., Di Salvo, V., Monaco, M., Johnson, A., Gregson, W. (2023) 'A comparison of FELS and Tanner-Whitehouse II skeletal ages in male youth soccer players from the Middle East.' American Journal of Human Biology, pp. e23941-e23941.

Datson, N., Weston, M., Drust, B., Atkinson, G., Lolli, L., Gregson, W. (2022) 'Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players.' Science and Medicine in Football, 6(5) pp. 589-596.

Gregson, W., Carling, C., Gualtieri, A., O'Brien, J., Reilly, P., Tavares, F., Bonanno, D., Lopez, E., Marques, J., Lolli, L., Salvo, V.D. (2022) 'A survey of organizational structure and operational practices of elite youth football academies and national federations from around the world: A performance and medical perspective.' Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4

Whiteley, R., Gregson, W., Bahr, R., Tabben, M., Chamari, K., Lolli, L., Salvo, V.D. (2022) 'High-speed running during match-play before and after return from hamstring injury in professional footballers.' Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 32(10) pp. 1502-1509.

Lolli, L., Johnson, A., Monaco, M., Di Salvo, V., Atkinson, G., Gregson, W. (2022) 'The percentage of mature height as a morphometric index of somatic growth: a formal scrutiny of conventional simple ratio scaling assumptions.' Pediatric Exercise Science, 35(2) pp. 107-115.

Allan, R., Akin, B., Sinclair, J., Hurst, H., Alexander, J., Malone, J.J., Naylor, A., Mawhinney, C., Gregson, W., Ihsan, M. (2022) 'Athlete, coach and practitioner knowledge and perceptions of post-exercise cold-water immersion for recovery: a qualitative and quantitative exploration.' Sport Sciences for Health, 18(3) pp. 699-713.

Allan, R., Malone, J., Alexander, J., Vorajee, S., Ihsan, M., Gregson, W., Kwiecien, S., Mawhinney, C. (2022) 'Cold for centuries: a brief history of cryotherapies to improve health, injury and post-exercise recovery.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 122(5) pp. 1153-1162.

Datson, N., Lolli, L., Drust, B., Atkinson, G., Weston, M., Gregson, W. (2022) 'Inter-methodological quantification of the target change for performance test outcomes relevant to elite female soccer players.' Science and Medicine in Football, 6(2) pp. 248-261.

Lolli, L., Johnson, A., Monaco, M., Di Salvo, V., Gregson, W. (2022) 'Relative Skeletal Maturity and Performance Test Outcomes in Elite Youth Middle Eastern Soccer Players.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 54(8) pp. 1326-1334.

Mawhinney, C., Heinonen, I., Low, D.A., Han, C., Jones, H., Kalliokoski, K.K., Kirjavainen, A., Kemppainen, J., Di Salvo, V., Lolli, L., Cable, N.T., Gregson, W. (2022) 'Cool-water immersion reduces postexercise quadriceps femoris muscle perfusion more than cold-water immersion.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 54(7) pp. 1085-1094.

Kyprianou, E., Di Salvo, V., Lolli, L., Al Haddad, H., Villanueva, A.M., Gregson, W., Weston, M. (2022) 'To Measure Peak Velocity in Soccer, Let the Players Sprint.' Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 36(1) pp. 273-276.

Lolli, L., Johnson, A., Monaco, M., Cardinale, M., Di Salvo, V., Gregson, W. (2021) 'Tanner–Whitehouse and modified Bayley–Pinneau adult height predictions in elite youth soccer players from the Middle East.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 53(12) pp. 2683-2690.

Wik, E.H., Lolli, L., Chamari, K., Materne, O., DI Salvo, V., Gregson, W., Bahr, R. (2021) 'Injury patterns differ with age in male youth football: A four-season prospective study of 1111 time-loss injuries in an elite national academy.' British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(14) pp. 794-800.

Lolli, L., Cardinale, M., Lopez, E., Maasar, M.F., Marthinussen, J., Bonanno, D., Gregson, W., Di Salvo, V. (2021) 'An objective description of routine sleep habits in elite youth football players from the Middle-East.' Sleep Medicine, 80pp. 96-99.

Verheul, J., Nedergaard, N.J., Pogson, M., Lisboa, P., Gregson, W., Vanrenterghem, J., Robinson, M.A. (2021) 'Biomechanical loading during running: can a two mass-spring-damper model be used to evaluate ground reaction forces for high-intensity tasks?.' Sports Biomechanics, 20(5) pp. 571-582.

Allan, R., Morton, J.P., Close, G.L., Drust, B., Gregson, W., Sharples, A.P. (2020) 'PGC-1α alternative promoter (Exon 1b) controls augmentation of total PGC-1α gene expression in response to cold water immersion and low glycogen availability.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 120(11) pp. 2487-2493.

MacMillan, G.C.S., Batterham, A.M., Chesterton, P., Gregson, W., Lolli, L., Weston, M., Atkinson, G. (2020) 'Variability in the Study Quality Appraisals Reported in Systematic Reviews on the Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio and Injury Risk.' Sports Medicine, 50(11) pp. 2065-2067.

Ihsan, M., Abbiss, C.R., Gregson, W., Allan, R. (2020) 'Warming to the ice bath: Don’t go cool on cold water immersion just yet!: Comment on: 1) Arthur J. Cheng. Cooling down the use of cryotherapy for post-exercise skeletal muscle recovery. Temperature. 2018; 5(2): 103-105. doi: 10.1080/23328940.2017.1413284. 2) Cheng et al. Post-exercise recovery of contractile function and endurance in humans and mice is accelerated by heating and slowed by cooling skeletal muscle. Journal of Physiology. 2017; 595(24): 7413-7426. doi: 10.1113/JP274870..' Temperature, 7(3) pp. 223-225.

Ford, P.R., Bordonau, J.L.D., Bonanno, D., Tavares, J., Groenendijk, C., Fink, C., Gualtieri, D., Gregson, W., Varley, M.C., Weston, M., Lolli, L., Platt, D., Di Salvo, V. (2020) 'A survey of talent identification and development processes in the youth academies of professional soccer clubs from around the world.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(11-12) pp. 1269-1278.

Datson, N., Weston, M., Drust, B., Gregson, W., Lolli, L. (2020) 'High-intensity endurance capacity assessment as a tool for talent identification in elite youth female soccer.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(11-12) pp. 1313-1319.

Lolli, L., Batterham, A.M., MacMillan, G., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G. (2020) 'A comment on "does mathematical coupling matter to the acute to chronic workload ratio? A case study from elite sport".' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 15(5)

Lolli, L., Bahr, R., Weston, M., Whiteley, R., Tabben, M., Bonanno, D., Gregson, W., Chamari, K., Di Salvo, V., van Dyk, N. (2020) 'No association between perceived exertion and session duration with hamstring injury occurrence in professional football.' Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30(3) pp. 523-530.

Gregson, W., Di Salvo, V., Varley, M.C., Modonutti, M., Belli, A., Chamari, K., Weston, M., Lolli, L., Eirale, C. (2020) 'Harmful association of sprinting with muscle injury occurrence in professional soccer match-play: A two-season, league wide exploratory investigation from the Qatar Stars League.' Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 23(2) pp. 134-138.

Kelly, D.M., Strudwick, A.J., Atkinson, G., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2020) 'Quantification of training and match-load distribution across a season in elite English Premier League soccer players.' Science and Medicine in Football, 4(1) pp. 59-67.

Mawhinney, C., Heinonen, I., Low, D.A., Han, C., Jones, H., Kalliokoski, K.K., Kirjavainen, A., Kemppainen, J., Di Salvo, V., Weston, M., Cable, T., Gregson, W. (2020) 'Changes in quadriceps femoris muscle perfusion following different degrees of cold-water immersion.' Journal of Applied Physiology, 128(5) pp. 1392-1401.

Macpherson, T.W., McLaren, S.J., Gregson, W., Lolli, L., Drust, B., Weston, M. (2019) 'Using differential ratings of perceived exertion to assess agreement between coach and player perceptions of soccer training intensity: An exploratory investigation.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 37(24) pp. 2783-2788.

Lolli, L., Batterham, A.M., Hawkins, R., Kelly, D.M., Strudwick, A.J., Thorpe, R.T., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G. (2019) 'The acute-to-chronic workload ratio: An inaccurate scaling index for an unnecessary normalisation process?.' British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53(24) pp. 1510-1512.

Verheul, J., Warmenhoven, J., Lisboa, P., Gregson, W., Vanrenterghem, J., Robinson, M.A. (2019) 'Identifying generalised segmental acceleration patterns that contribute to ground reaction force features across different running tasks.' Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(12) pp. 1355-1360.

Kyprianou, E., Lolli, L., Haddad, H.A., Di Salvo, V., Varley, M.C., Mendez Villanueva, A., Gregson, W., Weston, M. (2019) 'A novel approach to assessing validity in sports performance research: integrating expert practitioner opinion into the statistical analysis.' Science and Medicine in Football, 3(4) pp. 333-338.

Chalmers, S., Siegler, J., Lovell, R., Lynch, G., Gregson, W., Marshall, P., Jay, O. (2019) 'Corrigendum to “Brief in-play cooling breaks reduce thermal strain during football in hot conditions” [J. Sci. Med. Sport 22 (2019) 912–917](S1440244018312726)(10.1016/j.jsams.2019.04.009).' Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(10)

Lolli, L., Batterham, A.M., Hawkins, R., Kelly, D.M., Strudwick, A.J., Thorpe, R., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G. (2019) 'Mathematical coupling causes spurious correlation within the conventional acute-to-chronic workload ratio calculations.' British journal of sports medicine, 53(15) pp. 921-922.

Chalmers, S., Siegler, J., Lovell, R., Lynch, G., Gregson, W., Marshall, P., Jay, O. (2019) 'Brief in-play cooling breaks reduce thermal strain during football in hot conditions.' Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(8) pp. 912-917.

Verheul, J., Gregson, W., Lisboa, P., Vanrenterghem, J., Robinson, M.A. (2019) 'Whole-body biomechanical load in running-based sports: The validity of estimating ground reaction forces from segmental accelerations.' Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 22(6) pp. 716-722.

Allan, R., Sharples, A.P., Cocks, M., Drust, B., Dutton, J., Dugdale, H.F., Mawhinney, C., Clucas, A., Hawkins, W., Morton, J.P., Gregson, W. (2019) 'Low pre-exercise muscle glycogen availability offsets the effect of post-exercise cold water immersion in augmenting PGC-1α gene expression.' Physiological Reports, 7(11)

Whitworth-Turner, C.M., Di Michele, R., Muir, I., Gregson, W., Drust, B. (2019) 'Training load and schedule are important determinants of sleep behaviours in youth-soccer players.' European Journal of Sport Science, 19(5) pp. 576-584.

Datson, N., Drust, B., Weston, M., Gregson, W. (2019) 'Repeated high-speed running in elite female soccer players during international competition.' Science and Medicine in Football, 3(2) pp. 150-156.

Varley, M.C., Di Salvo, V., Modonutti, M., Gregson, W., Mendez-Villanueva, A. (2018) 'The influence of successive matches on match-running performance during an under-23 international soccer tournament: The necessity of individual analysis.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 36(5) pp. 585-591.

Whitworth-Turner, C., Di Michele, R., Muir, I., Gregson, W., Drust, B. (2018) 'A comparison of sleep patterns in youth soccer players and non-athletes.' Science and Medicine in Football, 2(1) pp. 3-8.

Whitworth-Turner, C., Di Michele, R., Muir, I., Gregson, W., Drust, B. (2017) 'A shower before bedtime may improve the sleep onset latency of youth soccer players.' European Journal of Sport Science, 17(9) pp. 1119-1128.

Datson, N., Drust, B., Weston, M., Jarman, I.H., Lisboa, P.J., Gregson, W. (2017) 'Match Physical Performance of Elite Female Soccer Players during International Competition.' Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 31(9) pp. 2379-2387.

Allan, R., Sharples, A.P., Close, G.L., Drust, B., Shepherd, S.O., Dutton, J., Morton, J.P., Gregson, W. (2017) 'Postexercise cold water immersion modulates skeletal muscle PGC-1α mRNA expression in immersed and nonimmersed limbs: Evidence of systemic regulation.' Journal of Applied Physiology, 123(2) pp. 451-459.

Mawhinney, C., Jones, H., Low, D.A., Green, D.J., Howatson, G., Gregson, W. (2017) 'Influence of cold-water immersion on limb blood flow after resistance exercise^*.' European Journal of Sport Science, 17(5) pp. 519-529.

Bourdon, P.C., Cardinale, M., Murray, A., Gastin, P., Kellmann, M., Varley, M.C., Gabbett, T.J., Coutts, A.J., Burgess, D.J., Gregson, W., Cable, N.T. (2017) 'Monitoring athlete training loads: Consensus statement.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12pp. 161-170.

Thorpe, R.T., Strudwick, A.J., Buchheit, M., Atkinson, G., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2017) 'The influence of changes in acute training load on daily sensitivity of morning-measured fatigue variables in elite soccer players.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12pp. 107-113.

Thorpe, R.T., Atkinson, G., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2017) 'Monitoring fatigue status in elite team-sport athletes: Implications for practice.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12pp. 27-34.

Varley, M.C., Gregson, W., McMillan, K., Bonanno, D., Stafford, K., Modonutti, M., Di Salvo, V. (2017) 'Physical and technical performance of elite youth soccer players during international tournaments: influence of playing position and team success and opponent quality.' Science and Medicine in Football, 1(1) pp. 18-29.

Mawhinney, C., Low, D.A., Jones, H., Green, D.J., Costello, J.T., Gregson, W. (2017) 'Cold water mediates greater reductions in limb blood flow than whole body cryotherapy.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(6) pp. 1252-1260.

Scott, A., Malone, J.J., Morgans, R., Burgess, D., Gregson, W., Morton, J.P., Drust, B. (2016) 'The relationship between physical match performance and 48-h post-game creatine kinase concentrations in English Premier League soccer players.' International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 11(6) pp. 846-852.

Joo, C.H., Allan, R., Drust, B., Close, G.L., Jeong, T.S., Bartlett, J.D., Mawhinney, C., Louhelainen, J., Morton, J.P., Gregson, W. (2016) 'Passive and post-exercise cold-water immersion augments PGC-1α and VEGF expression in human skeletal muscle.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 116(11-12) pp. 2315-2326.

Thorpe, R.T., Strudwick, A.J., Buchheit, M., Atkinson, G., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2016) 'Tracking morning fatigue status across in-season training weeks in elite soccer players.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 11(7) pp. 947-952.

Kelly, D.M., Strudwick, A.J., Atkinson, G., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2016) 'The within-participant correlation between perception of effort and heart rate-based estimations of training load in elite soccer players.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 34(14) pp. 1328-1332.

Thorpe, R.T., Strudwick, A.J., Buchheit, M., Atkinson, G., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2015) 'Monitoring fatigue during the in-season competitive phase in elite soccer players.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 10(8) pp. 958-964.

Gaudino, P., Iaia, F.M., Strudwick, A.J., Hawkins, R.D., Alberti, G., Atkinson, G., Gregson, W. (2015) 'Factors influencing perception of effort (session rating of perceived exertion) during elite soccer training.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 10(7) pp. 860-864.

Carling, C., Gregson, W., McCall, A., Moreira, A., Wong, D.P., Bradley, P.S. (2015) 'Match Running Performance During Fixture Congestion in Elite Soccer: Research Issues and Future Directions.' Sports Medicine, 45(5) pp. 605-613.

Buchheit, M., Allen, A., Poon, T.K., Modonutti, M., Gregson, W., Di Salvo, V. (2014) 'Integrating different tracking systems in football: multiple camera semi-automatic system, local position measurement and GPS technologies.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 32(20) pp. 1844-1857.

Thompson, A., Jones, H., Marqueze, E., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G. (2014) 'The effects of evening bright light exposure on subsequent morning exercise performance.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 36(2) pp. 101-106.

Wrigley, R.D., Drust, B., Stratton, G., Atkinson, G., Gregson, W. (2014) 'Long-term soccer-specific training enhances the rate of physical development of academy soccer players independent of maturation status.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 35(13) pp. 1090-1094.

Gaudino, P., Iaia, F.M., Alberti, G., Hawkins, R.D., Strudwick, A.J., Gregson, W. (2014) 'Systematic bias between running speed and metabolic power data in elite soccer players: Influence of drill type.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 35(6) pp. 489-493.

Robey, E., Dawson, B., Halson, S., Gregson, W., Goodman, C., Eastwood, P. (2014) 'Sleep quantity and quality in elite youth soccer players: A pilot study.' European Journal of Sport Science, 14(5) pp. 410-417.

Cobley, J.N., Sakellariou, G.K., Owens, D.J., Murray, S., Waldron, S., Gregson, W., Fraser, W.D., Burniston, J.G., Iwanejko, L.A., McArdle, A., Morton, J.P., Jackson, M.J., Close, G.L. (2014) 'Lifelong training preserves some redox-regulated adaptive responses after an acute exercise stimulus in aged human skeletal muscle.' Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 70pp. 23-32.

Datson, N., Hulton, A., Andersson, H., Lewis, T., Weston, M., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2014) 'Erratum: Applied physiology of female soccer: An update(Sports Medicine DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0199-1)).' Sports Medicine, 44(9)

Datson, N., Hulton, A., Andersson, H., Lewis, T., Weston, M., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2014) 'Applied physiology of female soccer: An update.' Sports Medicine, 44(9) pp. 1225-1240.

Thompson, A., Jones, H., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G. (2014) 'Effects of dawn simulation on markers of sleep inertia and post-waking performance in humans.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 114(5) pp. 1049-1056.

Mawhinney, C., Jones, H., Joo, C.H., Low, D.A., Green, D.J., Gregson, W. (2013) 'Influence of cold-water immersion on limb and cutaneous blood flow after exercise.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 45(12) pp. 2277-2285.

Marrin, K., Drust, B., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G. (2013) 'A meta-analytic approach to quantify the dose-response relationship between melatonin and core temperature.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(9) pp. 2323-2329.

Robey, E., Dawson, B., Halson, S., Gregson, W., King, S., Goodman, C., Eastwood, P. (2013) 'Effect of evening postexercise cold water immersion on subsequent sleep.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 45(7) pp. 1394-1402.

Bartlett, J.D., Louhelainen, J., Iqbal, Z., Cochran, A.J., Gibala, M.J., Gregson, W., Close, G.L., Drust, B., Morton, J.P. (2013) 'Reduced carbohydrate availability enhances exercise-induced p53 signaling in human skeletal muscle: Implications for mitochondrial biogenesis.' American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 304(6)

Taylor, C., Bartlett, J.D., Van De Graaf, C.S., Louhelainen, J., Coyne, V., Iqbal, Z., MacLaren, D.P.M., Gregson, W., Close, G.L., Morton, J.P. (2013) 'Protein ingestion does not impair exercise-induced AMPK signalling when in a glycogen-depleted state: Implications for train-low compete-high.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(6) pp. 1457-1468.

Gaudino, P., Iaia, F.M., Alberti, G., Strudwick, A.J., Atkinson, G., Gregson, W. (2013) 'Monitoring training in elite soccer players: Systematic bias between running speed and metabolic power data.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 34(11) pp. 963-968.

Close, G.L., Russell, J., Cobley, J.N., Owens, D.J., Wilson, G., Gregson, W., Fraser, W.D., Morton, J.P. (2013) 'Assessment of vitamin D concentration in non-supplemented professional athletes and healthy adults during the winter months in the UK: Implications for skeletal muscle function.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 31(4) pp. 344-353.

Chan-Dewar, F., Gregson, W., Whyte, G., King, J., Gaze, D., Carranza-García, L.E., Legaz-Arrese, A., George, K. (2013) 'Cardiac electromechanical delay is increased during recovery from 40km cycling but is not mediated by exercise intensity.' Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 23(2) pp. 224-231.

Kelly, D.M., Gregson, W., Reilly, T., Drust, B. (2013) 'The development of a soccer-specific training drill for elite-level players.' Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 27(4) pp. 938-943.

Robey, E., Dawson, B., Halson, S., Goodman, C., Gregson, W., Eastwood, P. (2013) 'Post-exercise cold water immersion: Effect on core temperature and melatonin responses.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(2) pp. 305-311.

Gregson, W., Allan, R., Holden, S., Phibbs, P., Doran, D., Campbell, I., Waldron, S., Joo, C.H., Morton, J.P. (2013) 'Postexercise cold-water immersion does not attenuate muscle glycogen resynthesis.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 45(6) pp. 1174-1181.

Thompson, A., Batterham, A.M., Jones, H., Gregson, W., Scott, D., Atkinson, G. (2013) 'The practicality and effectiveness of supplementary bright light for reducing jet-lag in elite female athletes.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 34(7) pp. 582-589.

Hulton, A.T., Edwards, J.P., Gregson, W., MacLaren, D., Doran, D.A. (2013) 'Effect of fat and CHO meals on intermittent exercise in soccer players.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 34(2) pp. 165-169.

Chan-Dewar, F., Gregson, W., Whyte, G., Gaze, D., Waterhouse, J., Wen, J., George, K. (2013) 'Do the effects of high intensity 40 km cycling upon left ventricular function and cardiac biomarker during recovery vary with time of day?.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 31(4) pp. 414-423.

Wrigley, R., Drust, B., Stratton, G., Scott, M., Gregson, W. (2012) 'Quantification of the typical weekly in-season training load in elite junior soccer players.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 30(15) pp. 1573-1580.

Cobley, J.N., Bartlett, J.D., Kayani, A., Murray, S.W., Louhelainen, J., Donovan, T., Waldron, S., Gregson, W., Burniston, J.G., Morton, J.P., Close, G.L. (2012) 'PGC-1α transcriptional response and mitochondrial adaptation to acute exercise is maintained in skeletal muscle of sedentary elderly males.' Biogerontology, 13(6) pp. 621-631.

Bailey, T.G., Jones, H., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G., Cable, N.T., Thijssen, D.H.J. (2012) 'Effect of ischemic preconditioning on lactate accumulation and running performance.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 44(11) pp. 2084-2089.

Weston, M., Castagna, C., Impellizzeri, F.M., Bizzini, M., Williams, A.M., Gregson, W. (2012) 'Science and medicine applied to soccer refereeing: An update.' Sports Medicine, 42(7) pp. 615-631.

Hulton, A.T., Gregson, W., MacLaren, D., Doran, D.A. (2012) 'Effects of GI meals on intermittent exercise.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 33(9) pp. 756-762.

Bartlett, J.D., Joo, C.H., Jeong, T.S., Louhelainen, J., Cochran, A.J., Gibala, M.J., Gregson, W., Close, G.L., Drust, B., Morton, J.P. (2012) 'Matched work high-intensity interval and continuous running induce similar increases in PGC-1α mRNA, AMPK, p38, and p53 phosphorylation in human skeletal muscle.' Journal of Applied Physiology, 112(7) pp. 1135-1143.

Leeder, J., Gissane, C., Van Someren, K., Gregson, W., Howatson, G. (2012) 'Cold water immersion and recovery from strenuous exercise: A meta-analysis.' British Journal of Sports Medicine, 46(4) pp. 233-240.

Marrin, K., Drust, B., Gregson, W., Morris, C.J., Chester, N., Atkinson, G. (2011) 'Diurnal variation in the salivary melatonin responses to exercise: Relation to exercise-mediated tachycardia.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 111(11) pp. 2707-2714.

Gregson, W., Black, M.A., Jones, H., Milson, J., Morton, J., Dawson, B., Atkinson, G., Green, D.J. (2011) 'Influence of cold water immersion on limb and cutaneous blood flow at rest.' American Journal of Sports Medicine, 39(6) pp. 1316-1323.

Barr, D., Reilly, T., Gregson, W. (2011) 'The impact of different cooling modalities on the physiological responses in firefighters during strenuous work performed in high environmental temperatures.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 111(6) pp. 959-967.

Bartlett, J.D., Close, G.L., Maclaren, D.P.M., Gregson, W., Drust, B., Morton, J.P. (2011) 'High-intensity interval running is perceived to be more enjoyable than moderate-intensity continuous exercise: Implications for exercise adherence.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 29(6) pp. 547-553.

Weston, M., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2011) 'Intensities of exercise during match-play in FA Premier League referees and players.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 29(5) pp. 527-532.

Weston, M., Gregson, W., Castagna, C., Breivik, S., Impellizzeri, F.M., Lovell, R.J. (2011) 'Changes in a top-level soccer referee's training, match activities, and physiology over an 8-year period: A case study.' International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 6(2) pp. 281-286.

Weston, M., Drust, B., Atkinson, G., Gregson, W. (2011) 'Variability of soccer referees' match performances.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 32(3) pp. 190-194.

Chan-Dewar, F., Oxborough, D., Shave, R., Gregson, W., Whyte, G., George, K. (2010) 'Left ventricular myocardial strain and strain rates in sub-endocardial and sub-epicardial layers before and after a marathon.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 109(6) pp. 1191-1196.

Gregson, W., Drust, B., Atkinson, G., Salvo, V.D. (2010) 'Match-to-match variability of high-speed activities in premier league soccer.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 31(4) pp. 237-242.

Morris, C.J., Fullick, S., Gregson, W., Clarke, N., Doran, D., Maclaren, D., Atkinson, G. (2010) 'Paradoxical post-exercise responses of acylated ghrelin and leptin during a simulated night shift.' Chronobiology International, 27(3) pp. 590-605.

Chan-Dewar, F., Oxborough, D., Shave, R., Gregson, W., Whyte, G., Noakes, T., George, K. (2010) 'Evidence of increased electro-mechanical delay in the left and right ventricle after prolonged exercise.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 108(3) pp. 581-587.

Barr, D., Gregson, W., Reilly, T. (2010) 'The thermal ergonomics of firefighting reviewed.' Applied Ergonomics, 41(1) pp. 161-172.

Ross, E.Z., Gregson, W., Williams, K., Robertson, C., George, K. (2010) 'Muscle contractile function and neural control after repetitive endurance cycling.' Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 42(1) pp. 206-212.

Williams, K., Gregson, W., Robertson, C., Datson, N., Whyte, G., Murrell, C., Wilson, L., Ainslie, P., Ross, E., Shave, R., Gaze, D., George, K. (2009) 'Alterations in left ventricular function and cardiac biomarkers as a consequence of repetitive endurance cycling.' European Journal of Sport Science, 9(2) pp. 97-105.

Morris, C., Atkinson, G., Drust, B., Marrin, K., Gregson, W. (2009) 'Human core temperature responses during exercise and subsequent recovery: An important interaction between diurnal variation and measurement site.' Chronobiology International, 26(3) pp. 560-575.

Di Salvo, V., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G., Tordoff, P., Drust, B. (2009) 'Analysis of high intensity activity in premier league soccer.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 30(3) pp. 205-212.

Altareki, N., Drust, B., Atkinson, G., Cable, T., Gregson, W. (2009) 'Effects of environmental heat stress (35°C) with simulated air movement on the thermoregulatory responses during a 4-km cycling time trial.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 30(1) pp. 9-15.

Atkinson, G., Barr, D., Chester, N., Drust, B., Gregson, W., Reilly, T., Waterhouse, J. (2008) 'Bright light and thermoregulatory responses to exercise.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 29(3) pp. 188-193.

Cable, N.T., Drust, B., Gregson, W.A. (2007) 'The impact of altered climatic conditions and altitude on circadian physiology.' Physiology and Behavior, 90(2-3) pp. 267-273.

Reilly, T., Drust, B., Gregson, W. (2006) 'Thermoregulation in elite athletes.' Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 9(6) pp. 666-671.

Reilly, T., Gregson, W. (2006) 'Special populations: The referee and assistant referee.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 24(7) pp. 795-801.

Reilly, T., Atkinson, G., Gregson, W., Drust, B., Forsyth, J., Edwards, B., Waterhouse, J. (2006) 'Some chronobiological considerations related to physical exercise.' Clinica Terapeutica, 157(3) pp. 249-264.

Waterhouse, J., Drust, B., Weinert, D., Edwards, B., Gregson, W., Atkinson, G., Kao, S., Aizawa, S., Reilly, T. (2005) 'The circadian rhythm of core temperature: Origin and some implications for exercise performance.' Chronobiology International, 22(2) pp. 207-225.

Gregson, W.A., Batterham, A., Drust, B., Cable, N.T. (2005) 'The influence of pre-warming on the physiological responses to prolonged intermittent exercise.' Journal of Sports Sciences, 23(5) pp. 455-464.

Drust, B., Atkinson, G., Gregson, W., French, D., Binningsley, D. (2003) 'The effects of massage on intra muscular temperature in the vastus lateralis in humans.' International Journal of Sports Medicine, 24(6) pp. 395-399.

Gregson, W.A., Drust, B., Batterham, A., Cable, N.T. (2002) 'The effects of pre-warming on the metabolic and thermoregulatory responses to prolonged submaximal exercise in moderate ambient temperatures.' European Journal of Applied Physiology, 86(6) pp. 526-533.

Ruiz, H., Lisboa, P.J., Neilson, P.J., Gregson, W. (2015) 'Measuring scoring efficiency through goal expectancy estimation.' pp. 149-154.

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Barr, D., Gregson, W., Reilly, T. (2008) 'Reduced physiological strain in firefighters using a practical cooling strategy.' pp. 485-490.