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P Comfort

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Name:

P Comfort

Email:

P.Comfort@salford.ac.uk

Department:

School of Health & Society

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Biography

Expertise:

Strength and Conditioning, Sports Science

Job title:

Senior Lecturer: Strength and Conditioning

Biography:

Paul is a Reader in Strength and Conditioning and the programme leader for the MSc Strength and Conditioning. Paul is also an honorary research fellow at Leeds Beckett University and an adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. He worked as Head of Sports Science Support for Salford City Reds Rugby League squad (2009-2013), coordinated the Strength and Conditioning and Sports Science support for England Mens Lacrosse (2009-2012). He has also worked with numerous sports teams, through the University partnerships, including Sale Sharks RFU, Manchester City Football Club, Wigan Warriors RFL and Lancashire County Cricket Club. Paul was also recently elected on to the board of directors for the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a senior associatemore...

Qualifications:

PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons) PGCAP, ASCC, CSCS*D

My Most Viewed

#	Item title
1.	Female soccer: Part 1 - a needs analysis	2297	1
2.	Understanding the key phases of the countermovement jump force-time curve	1896	4334
3.	The validity of the Nordic hamstring lower as a field-based assessment of eccentric hamstring strength	1831	7
4.	Changes in sprint, change of direction and jump performance during a competitive season in male lacrosse players	1210	1393
5.	The affect of grip width and hand orientation on muscle activity during pullups and the lat pulldown exercises	896	2
6.	The effect of peer tutoring on academic achievement	824	1
7.	Applying complex training principles to boxing: A practical approach	720
8.	Relationship between isometric mid-thigh pull variables and sprint and change of direction performance in collegiate athletes	706	2
9.	Training Considerations after hamstring injury in athletes	647
10.	Strength and power characteristics in English elite rugby league players	613	1

My Latest

Ripley, NJ, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 and McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846 2022, 'Comparison between methods to estimate bicep femoris fascicle length from three estimation equations using a 10 cm ultrasound probe' , Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science , pp. 1-8.
McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Lake, J and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2022, 'Identifying and reporting position-specific countermovement jump outcome and phase characteristics within rugby league.' , PloS one, 17 (3) , e0265999.
James, L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0598-5502 and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2022, 'The reliability of novel, temporal-based dynamic strength index metrics.' , Sports biomechanics , pp. 1-12.
Soriano, MA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-6303, Haff, GG, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, Amaro-Gahete, FJ, Torres-González, A, García-Cifo, A, Jiménez-Ormeño, E and de Baranda, PS 2022, 'Is there a relationship between the overhead press and split jerk maximum performance? Influence of sex' , International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 17 (1) , pp. 143-150.
Lum, D, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, M. Barbosa, T and Balasekaran, G 2022, 'Comparing the effects of plyometric and isometric strength training on dynamic and isometric force-time characteristics' , Biology of Sport, 39 (1) , pp. 189-197.
Soriano, MA, García-Ramos, A, Torres-González, A, Castillo-Palencia, J, Ayuso, V, Marín, PJ and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2021, 'Validity and reliability of a standardized protocol for assessing the one repetition maximum performance during overhead pressing exercises' , Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 35 (11) , pp. 2988-2992.
Ripley, NJ, Cuthbert, M, Ross, S, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 and McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846 2021, 'The effect of exercise compliance on risk reduction for hamstring strain injury : a systematic review and meta-analyses' , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (21) , e11260.
Soriano, MA, Lake, J, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, Suchomel, TJ, McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Jiménez-Ormeño, E ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-4418 and Sainz de Baranda, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1379-5151 2021, 'No differences in weightlifting overhead pressing exercises kinetics' , Sports Biomechanics , pp. 1-13.
Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Jones, PA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-7670, Cuthbert, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-9085, Kendall, K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-0435, Lake, JP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4381-0938 and Haff, GG ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0676-7750 2021, 'Effects of spaceflight on musculoskeletal health : a systematic review and meta-analysis, considerations for interplanetary travel' , Sports Medicine, 51 (10) , pp. 2097-2114.
Guppy, SN ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9209-7409, Brady, CJ, Kotani, Y, Connolly, S, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, Lake, JP and Haff, GG ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0676-7750 2021, 'A comparison of manual and automatic force-onset identification methodologies and their effect on force-time characteristics in the isometric midthigh pull' , Sports Biomechanics , pp. 1-18.