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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	2198	1
2.	The validity of the Nordic hamstring lower as a field-based assessment of eccentric hamstring strength	1574	7
3.	Understanding the key phases of the countermovement jump force-time curve	1427	2953
4.	Changes in sprint, change of direction and jump performance during a competitive season in male lacrosse players	1155	1327
5.	The affect of grip width and hand orientation on muscle activity during pullups and the lat pulldown exercises	839	2
6.	The effect of peer tutoring on academic achievement	797	1
7.	Applying complex training principles to boxing: A practical approach	715
8.	Relationship between isometric mid-thigh pull variables and sprint and change of direction performance in collegiate athletes	665	2
9.	Training Considerations after hamstring injury in athletes	634
10.	Strength and power characteristics in English elite rugby league players	604	1

My Latest

Dos'Santos, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2715-0116, Thomas, C, McBurnie, A, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 and Jones, PA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-7670 2021, 'Biomechanical determinants of performance and injury risk during cutting : a performance-injury conflict?' , Sports Medicine, 51 (9) , pp. 1983-1998.
Cuthbert, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-9085, Haff, GG, Arent, SM, Ripley, NJ, McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Evans, M and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2021, 'Effects of variations in resistance training frequency on strength development in well-trained populations and implications for in-season athlete training : a systematic review and meta-analysis' , Sports Medicine, 51 (9) , pp. 1967-1982.
Greaves, H ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-7908, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, Liu, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9416-1726, Herrington, LC ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4732-1955 and Jones, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5242-185X 2021, 'How effective is an evidence-based exercise intervention in individuals with patellofemoral pain?' , Physical Therapy in Sport, 51 , pp. 92-101.
McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Lake, JP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4381-0938, Stratford, C and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2021, 'A proposed method for evaluating drop jump performance with one force platform' , Biomechanics, 1 (2) , pp. 178-189.
Cuthbert, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-9085, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626, Ripley, N ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4066-0591, McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846, Evans, M and Bishop, C 2021, 'Unilateral vs. bilateral hamstring strength assessments : comparing reliability and inter-limb asymmetries in female soccer players' , Journal of Sports Sciences, 39 (13) , pp. 1481-1488.
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 .
Dos'Santos, T, Thomas, C, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 and Jones, PA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-7670 2021, 'Biomechanical effects of a 6-week change-of-direction technique modification intervention on anterior cruciate ligament injury risk' , Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research .
Cuthbert, M, Ripley, NJ, Suchomel, TJ, Alejo, R, McMahon, JJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-7846 and Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 2021, 'Electromyographical differences between the hyperextension and reverse-hyperextension' , Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 35 (6) , pp. 1477-1483.
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 2021, 'Is there a relationship between the overhead press and split jerk maximum performance? Influence of sex' , International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching .
Dos’Santos, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2715-0116, Thomas, C ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9831-6235, McBurnie, A, Comfort, P ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1131-8626 and Jones, PA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3295-7670 2021, 'Change of direction speed and technique modification training improves 180° turning performance, kinetics, and kinematics' , Sports, 9 (6) , e73.