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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	2322	1
2.	Understanding the key phases of the countermovement jump force-time curve	2017	4835
3.	The validity of the Nordic hamstring lower as a field-based assessment of eccentric hamstring strength	1870	7
4.	Changes in sprint, change of direction and jump performance during a competitive season in male lacrosse players	1224	1403
5.	The affect of grip width and hand orientation on muscle activity during pullups and the lat pulldown exercises	922	2
6.	The effect of peer tutoring on academic achievement	828	1
7.	Applying complex training principles to boxing: A practical approach	722
8.	Relationship between isometric mid-thigh pull variables and sprint and change of direction performance in collegiate athletes	719	2
9.	Countermovement jump phase characteristics of senior and academy rugby league players	660	2190
10.	Training Considerations after hamstring injury in athletes	649

My Latest

Meechan, D, McErlain-Naylor, S, McMahon, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Suchomel, T and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2022, 'Comparing biomechanical time series data across countermovement shrug load' , Journal of Sports Sciences .
James, L, Suchomel, T, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, Haff, G and Connick, M 2022, 'Rate of force development adaptations after weightlifting-style training: the influence of power clean ability.' , Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 36 (6) , pp. 1560-1567.
Soriano, MA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8698-6303, Jiménez-Ormeño, E, Amaro-Gahete, FJ, Haff, GG and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2022, 'How does lower-body and upper-body strength relate to maximum split jerk performance?' , Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 36 (8) , pp. 2102-2107.
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.
Sorensen, A, Chavda, S, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, Lake, J and Turner, AN 2022, 'Intra- and Interday Reliability of Weightlifting Variables and Correlation to Performance During Cleans.' , Journal of strength and conditioning research .
Meechan, D, McMahon, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Suchomel, T and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2022, 'The effect of rest redistribution on kinetic and kinematic variables during the countermovement shrug' , Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research . (In Press)
Guppy, S, Kotani, Y, Brady, C, Connolly, S, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 and Haff, G 2022, 'The reliability and magnitude of time-dependent force-time characteristics during the Isometric Midthigh Pull are affected by both testing protocol and analysis choices.' , Journal of strength and conditioning research, 36 (5) , pp. 1191-1199.
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.