Dr Alex Ireland

Other academic service (administration and management)

Associate Editor, Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions

Member of Bone Research Society Committee

Member of Physiological Society Membership and Grants Committee

Publications

• Journal articles

  A. Ireland, U. Mittag, H. Degens, D. Felsenberg, A. Heinonen, et al. E. Koltai, MT. Korhonen, JS. McPhee, I. Mekjavic, R. Pisot, R. Rawer, Z. Radak, B. Simunic, H. Suominen, J. Rittweger. (2022). Age-Related Declines in Lower Limb Muscle Function are Similar in Power and Endurance Athletes of Both Sexes: A Longitudinal Study of Master Athletes. Calcified Tissue International. 110(2), pp.196-203.

  EJ. Jones, J. Piasecki, A. Ireland, DW. Stashuk, PJ. Atherton, et al. BE. Phillips, JS. McPhee, M. Piasecki. (2021). Lifelong exercise is associated with more homogeneous motor unit potential features across deep and superficial areas of vastus lateralis. Geroscience. 43(4), pp.1555-1565.

  G. Orlando, ND. Reeves, AJM. Boulton, A. Ireland, G. Federici, et al. A. Federici, J. Haxhi, G. Pugliese, S. Balducci. (2021). Sedentary behaviour is an independent predictor of diabetic foot ulcer development: An 8-Year prospective study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 177,

  S. Valkama, E. Holmlund-Suila, A. Ireland, H. Hauta-alus, M. Enlund-Cerullo, et al. J. Rosendahl, S. Andersson, O. Mäkitie. (2020). Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in 12- and 24-month-old children – Practical aspects and descriptive data. Bone. 141, pp.115670-115670.

  EM. Winter, A. Ireland, NC. Butterfield, M. Haffner-Luntzer, M-N. Horcajada, et al. A. Veldhuis-Vlug, L. Oei, G. Colaianni, N. Bonnet. (2020). Pregnancy and lactation, a challenge for the skeleton. Endocrine Connections. 9(6), pp.R143-R157.

  A. Swiecicka, M. Piasecki, DW. Stashuk, A. Ireland, DA. Jones, et al. MK. Rutter, JS. McPhee. (2019). Frailty phenotype and frailty index are associated with distinct neuromuscular electrophysiological characteristics in men. Experimental Physiology. 104(8), pp.1154-1161.

  JH. Tobias, A. Sayers, KC. Deere, AEP. Heazell, DA. Lawlor, et al. A. Ireland. (2019). Breech presentation is associated with lower adolescent tibial bone strength. Osteoporosis International.

  A. Ireland, FR. Saunders, SG. Muthuri, AV. Pavlova, RJ. Hardy, et al. KR. Martin, RJ. Barr, JE. Adams, D. Kuh, RM. Aspden, JS. Gregory, R. Cooper. (2018). Age at onset of walking in infancy is associated with hip shape in early old age. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 34(3), pp.455-463.

  M. Piasecki, A. Ireland, J. Piasecki, DW. Stashuk, A. Swiecicka, et al. MK. Rutter, DA. Jones, JS. McPhee. Failure to expand the motor unit size to compensate for declining motor unit numbers distinguishes sarcopenic from non-sarcopenic older men. Journal of Physiology. 596(9), pp.1627-1637.

  K. Hannam, KC. Deere, A. Hartley, EM. Clark, J. Coulson, et al. A. Ireland, C. Moss, MH. Edwards, E. Dennison, T. Gaysin, R. Cooper, A. Wong, JS. McPhee, C. Cooper, D. Kuh, JH. Tobias. (2017). A novel accelerometer-based method to describe day-to-day exposure to potentially osteogenic vertical impacts in older adults: findings from a multi-cohort study. Osteoporosis International. 28, pp.1001-1011.

  A. Ireland, RF. Capozza, GR. Cointry, L. Nocciolino, JL. Ferretti, et al. J. Rittweger. (2017). Meagre effects of disuse on the human fibula are not explained by bone size or geometry. Osteoporosis International. 28(2), pp.633-641.

  H. Degens, TM. Maden-Wilkinson, A. Ireland, MT. Korhonen, H. Suominen, et al. A. Heinonen, Z. Radak, JS. McPhee, J. Rittweger. (2013). Relationship between ventilatory function and age in master athletes and a sedentary reference population. Age (Dordr). 35(3), pp.1007-1015.