Bret Contreras

47 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Bret Contreras
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  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1.8k
  • Biomedical Engineering 740
  • Complementary and alternative medicine 506
  • Cell Biology 287
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 234
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About Bret Contreras

Bret Contreras is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Occupational Therapy, having authored 48 papers that have together received 2.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sports Performance and Training (35 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (35 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (1.8k citations), Complementary and alternative medicine (506 citations) and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (91 citations). Bret Contreras has collaborated with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Brad J. Schöenfeld, Mark D. Peterson, Andrew D. Vigotsky, Chris Beardsley, John Cronin, Gül Sönmez, Dan Ogborn, Gül Tiryaki-Sönmez, Andrew Alto and Nicholas A. Ratamess. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and European Journal of Applied Physiology.

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