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Jessica Piasecki
Researcher at Nottingham Trent University
Publications - 22
Citations - 388
Jessica Piasecki is an academic researcher from Nottingham Trent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 16 publications receiving 202 citations. Previous affiliations of Jessica Piasecki include Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Failure to expand the motor unit size to compensate for declining motor unit numbers distinguishes sarcopenic from non-sarcopenic older men.
Mathew Piasecki,Alex Ireland,Jessica Piasecki,Daniel W. Stashuk,Agniezka Swiecicka,Martin K. Rutter,Martin K. Rutter,David A. Jones,Jamie S. McPhee +8 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that healthy older men reinnervate large numbers of muscle fibres to compensate for declining motor neuron numbers, but a failure to do so contributes to muscle loss in sarcopenic men.
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The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on elite sportswomen
TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic decimated elite level sport across the globe, although there were concerns that this impact affected women's sport much more so than for men's sport.
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Long-Term Endurance and Power Training May Facilitate Motor Unit Size Expansion to Compensate for Declining Motor Unit Numbers in Older Age.
Mathew Piasecki,Alex Ireland,Jessica Piasecki,Hans Degens,Hans Degens,Daniel W. Stashuk,Agnieszka Swiecicka,Martin K. Rutter,Martin K. Rutter,David A. Jones,Jamie S. McPhee +10 more
TL;DR: Long-term athletic training does not prevent age-related loss of muscle size in the VL or BB, regardless of athletic discipline, but may facilitate more successful axonal sprouting and reinnervation of denervated fibers.
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Influence of sex on the age-related adaptations of neuromuscular function and motor unit properties in elite masters athletes
Jessica Piasecki,Thomas B. Inns,Joseph J. Bass,Reece Scott,Daniel W. Stashuk,Bethan E. Phillips,Philip J. Atherton,Mathew Piasecki +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used intramuscular electromyography to demonstrate that motor units sampled from the tibialis anterior show indications of remodelling from middle into older age and which does not differ between males and females.
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Hip and spine bone mineral density are greater in master sprinters, but not endurance runners compared with non-athletic controls.
Jessica Piasecki,Jamie S. McPhee,Kimberly Hannam,Kevin Deere,Ahmed Elhakeem,Mathew Piasecki,Hans Degens,Hans Degens,Jonathan H Tobias,Alex Ireland +9 more
TL;DR: Regular running is associated with greater BMD at the fracture-prone hip and spine sites in master sprinters but not endurance runners, and these benefits cannot be explained by indicators of mechanical loading measured in this study including vertical impacts, body composition or muscular output.