Recently Published Articles from Faculty & Students in the School of Kinesiology & Health Science
October 2025
Authors: Jonathan A. Michaels, Mehrdad Kashefi, Jack Zheng, Olivier Codol, Jeffrey Weiler, Rhonda Kersten, Jonathan C. Lau, Paul L. Gribble, Jörn Diedrichsen & J. Andrew Pruszynski
September 2025
- Endurance training increases a ubiquitylated form of histone H3 in the skeletal muscle, supporting Notch1 upregulation in an MDM2-dependent manner
Authors: Brian Lam, Manpreet Gulri, Sokaina Akhtar, Pierre Lemieux, Monica Tawadrous, Mayoorey Murugathasan, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Emilier Roudier
August 2025
- Resistance Exercise Training and Greek Yogurt Consumption Modulate Markers of Systemic Inflammation in Healthy Young Males—A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Emily C. Fraschetti, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Christopher G.R. Perry and Andrea R. Josse
July 2025
- Physical literacy among older adults: how feasible is this in the Nigerian context? A qualitative exploration of the concept among physiotherapists
Authors: I Adandom, M Prashar, IC Okoro, FO Kolawole, S Emami, CI Ezema & Michael E Kalu
- "Culture matters": Nigerian physiotherapists' perception on cultural considerations in older adults' mobility care - a qualitative descriptive study
Authors: Seminatu Arenagboke Oviagbede, Stanely Chigozie Idoko, Mohit Prashar, Chukwuebuka Onyekere, Canice Chukwudi Anyachukwu, Henrietta Fawole, Daniel Rayner & Michael Ebe Kalu
- “The climate crisis is violence:” sexual and genderbased violence and bicycles for mobility justice and development in Nicaragua
Authors: Lyndsay Hayhurst, Keiron Cobban, Lidieth Cruz Centeno, Brian Wilson & Chloe Gonsalves
- Mitochondrial-targeted plastoquinone therapy prevents early onset muscle weakness that occurs before atrophy during ovarian cancer
Authors: Luca J. Delfinis, Shahrzad Khajehzadehshoushtar, Luke D. Flewwelling, Nathaniel J. Andrews, Madison C. Garibotti, Shivam Gandhi, Aditya N. Brahmbhatt, Brooke A. Morris, Bianca Garlisi, Sylvia Lauks, Caroline Aitken, Leslie Ogilvie, Stavroula Tsitkanou, Jeremy A. Simpson,
Nicholas P. Greene, Arthur J. Cheng, Jim Petrik, Christopher G.R. Perry
June 2025
- The Role of Fundamental Movement Skills and Health-Related Fitness on Physical Activity During Guided Active Play for 8- to 10-Year-Old Children
Authors: Glory Madu, Victoria Kwong, Dusan Calic, Taylor Cleworth and Angelo Belcastro
- The body mass index: What’s the use?
Authors: K. Aly Bailey, Meredith Bessey, Larkin Lamarche, Meridith Griffin
- Adiponectin-receptor agonism prevents right ventricular tissue pathology in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Authors: Shivam Gandhi, Luca J. Delfinis, Parashar D. Bhatt, Madison C. Garibotti, Catherine A. Bellissimo, Amireza N. Goli, Brooke A. Morris, Aditya N. Brahmbhatt, Simona Yakobov-Shimonov, Fasih A. Rahman, Joe Quadrilatero, Jeremy A. Simpson, Gary Sweeney, Ali A. Abdul-Sater, Peter H. Backx, Henry H. Hsu, Christopher G.R. Perry
- Application and Implementation Gaps in the Conical Model for Older Adults’ Mobility: A Scoping Review
Authors: Michael E. Kalu, Daniel G. Rayner, Izma Ali, Angela Bilic, De Silva Tharani, Jake Lee, Anthony Samy,
Vidhi Bhatt, Caitlin McArthur and Vanina Dal Bello-Haas
May 2025
- N95 masks increase brain blood velocity and parasympathetic outflow, yet worsen orthostatic symptoms in a healthy cohort
Authors: Tania J. Pereira and Heather Edgell
- Developing a data-informed care planning improvement intervention in long-term care in Nova Scotia: protocol for an advisory-led interpretive qualitative study
Authors: Michael Kalu, Nazanin Nasiri, Andrea Iaboni , Parisa Ghanouni, John Hirdes , Steve Iduye, Elaine Moody, Kathleen Norman, Samuel Searle, Olga Theou, Luke Turcotte, Linda Verlinden, Lori E Weeks , Caitlin McArthur
- Loneliness, Family Devotion, Care Provision, and Gendered Façades Among Black Older Adults in Canada: A Narrative Qualitative Study
Authors: Blessing Ugochi Ojembe, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Michael Kalu, Emmanuel Eugene, and Ann Aninma
April 2025
- Women, orthostatic tolerance, and POTS: a narrative review
Authors: L.K. Fitzgibbon-Collins, T.J. Pereira, and Heather Edgell
- Cold Water Immersion Does Not Enhance Recovery and Performance After High-Intensity Interval Dorsiflexion Exercise
Authors: Andrew J. Richards, Robin Malekzadeh, Mohamed E. Elghobashy, Robert Laham, Geoffrey A. Power, Michael T. Paris, Arthur J. Cheng
- Effect of aging, endurance training, and denervation on innate immune signaling in skeletal muscle
Authors: Priyanka Khemraj, Anastasiya Kuznyetsova, and David A. Hood
- Perspectives on the interpretation of mitochondrial responses during skeletal muscle disuse-induced atrophy
Authors: Luca J. Delfinis, Shahrzad Khajehzadehshoushtar, and Christopher G. R. Perry
- Predictive value of self-prioritized mobility factors on gait speed and life space in older nigerians: A cross-sectional study
Authors: Divine Esohe Eghomwanre, Freeman Ojeikere Ahonsi, Isreal Adandom, Tyler Sun d, Daniel Rayner, Francis Kolawole, Henrietta Fawole, Soroush Shirazi, Michael Kalu
- Neurophysiological mechanisms of exertional dyspnea in advanced pregnancy: A case study
Authors: Devin B. Phillips, Christine A. Darko, Matthew D. James, Sandra G. Vincent, Alexandra M. McCartney, Lara K. Sreibers, Nicolle J. Domnik, J. Alberto Neder, Denis E. O’Donnell
January 2025
- Focus on the Forgotten Organelle: Regulation of Lysosomes in Skeletal Muscle
Authors: Neushaw Moradi, Anastasiya Kuznyetsova, Victoria C. Sanfrancesco, Sabrina Champsi, and David A. Hood
Muscle Health Research Centre, Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
December 2024
- Sulforaphane treatment mimics contractile activity-induced mitochondrial adaptations in muscle myotubes
Authors: Sabrina Champsi and David A. Hood
- Evaluating the Relationship Between Surface and Intramuscular-Based Electromyography Signals: Implications of Subcutaneous Fat Thickness
Authors: Matthew S. Russell, Sam S. Vasilounis, Daniel Desroches, Talia Alenabi, Janessa D.M. Drake, and Jaclyn N. Chopp-Hurley
- The MDM2 SNP309 differentially impacts cardiorespiratory fitness in young healthy women and men
Authors: Ghazal Haddadi, Brian Lam, Sokaina Akhtar, Loren Yavelberg, Veronica Jamnik, and Emilie Roudier
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October 2024
- Inspiratory muscle training improves autonomic function in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2: A pilot study
Authors: Heather Edgell, Tania J. Pereira, Kathleen Kerr, Riina Bray, Farah Tabassum
- A multi-site prospective controlled pilot evaluation of Cardiac College for Women in the cardiac rehabilitation setting
Authors: Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi, Rachael Pamela Carson, Andree-Anne Hebert, Marie-Kristelle Ross, Tracey J F Colella, Paul Oh, Sherry L Grace
- Acute contractile activity induces the activation of the mitochondrial integrated stress response and the transcription factor ATF4
Authors: Victoria C. Sanfrancesco and David A. Hood
August 2024
- Variability in musculoskeletal fatigue responses associated with repeated exposure to an occupational overhead drilling task completed on successive days
Authors: Matthew S. Russell, Sam S. Vasilounis, Emily Lefebvre, Janessa D.M. Drake, Jaclyn N. Chopp-Hurley
April 2024
- Promoting adapted physical activity within kinesiology undergraduate programs: a RE-AIM perspective
Authors: Scott McNamara, Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Robert Townsend & Wesley Wilson