Richard Akenhead

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Akenhead is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Occupational Therapy. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Akenhead has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 3 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Occupational Therapy. Recurrent topics in Richard Akenhead's work include Sports Performance and Training (10 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (9 papers) and Occupational Health and Performance (2 papers). Richard Akenhead is often cited by papers focused on Sports Performance and Training (10 papers), Sports injuries and prevention (9 papers) and Occupational Health and Performance (2 papers). Richard Akenhead collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Qatar and Australia. Richard Akenhead's co-authors include George P. Nassis, Philip R. Hayes, Kevin Thompson, Duncan N. French, Jamie A Harley, Craig Hodgson, Kevin Thomas, João Brito, João Renato Silva and Darren J. Paul and has published in prestigious journals such as Sports Medicine, The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research and International Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Richard Akenhead

12 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Training Load and Player Monitoring in High-Level Football: Current Practice and Perceptions

2015 412 citations Richard Akenhead, George P. Nassis International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance profile →

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Gregory Roe United Kingdom

Mathieu Lacome France

Joshua Darrall‐Jones United Kingdom

Bruno Mendes Portugal

Jace A. Delaney Australia

Peter Olsen New Zealand

Alejandro Bastida‐Castillo Spain

Steve Barrett United Kingdom

Nidhal Ben Abdelkrim Tunisia

Darren J. Paul Qatar

Gregory Roe United Kingdom

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Akenhead, Richard, et al.. (2019). Sensitivity and reproducibility of a fatigue response in elite youth football players. Science and Medicine in Football. 3(3). 214–220. 21 indexed citations

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Thomson, Athol, et al.. (2018). Fifth metatarsal stress fracture in elite male football players: an on-field analysis of plantar loading. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine. 4(1). e000377–e000377. 14 indexed citations

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Paul, Darren J. & Richard Akenhead. (2017). Agility Training: A Potential Model for the Reduction and Rehabilitation of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. Strength and conditioning journal. 40(1). 98–105. 1 indexed citations

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Akenhead, Richard, et al.. (2017). Accelerometer load: a new way to measure fatigue during repeated sprint training?. Science and Medicine in Football. 1(2). 151–156. 9 indexed citations

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Fowler, Peter M., et al.. (2017). Evidence of sub‐optimal sleep in adolescent Middle Eastern academy soccer players which is exacerbated by sleep intermission proximal to dawn^†. European Journal of Sport Science. 17(9). 1110–1118. 15 indexed citations

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Akenhead, Richard, et al.. (2016). Examining the External Training Load of an English Premier League Football Team With Special Reference to Acceleration. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 30(9). 2424–2432. 158 indexed citations

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Akenhead, Richard & George P. Nassis. (2015). Training Load and Player Monitoring in High-Level Football: Current Practice and Perceptions. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance. 11(5). 587–593. 412 indexed citations breakdown →

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Silva, João Renato, João Brito, Richard Akenhead, & George P. Nassis. (2015). The Transition Period in Soccer: A Window of Opportunity. Sports Medicine. 46(3). 305–313. 115 indexed citations

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Hodgson, Craig, Richard Akenhead, & Kevin Thomas. (2014). Time-motion analysis of acceleration demands of 4v4 small-sided soccer games played on different pitch sizes. Human Movement Science. 33. 25–32. 136 indexed citations

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Akenhead, Richard, Duncan N. French, Kevin Thompson, & Philip R. Hayes. (2014). The Physiological Consequences of Acceleration During Shuttle Running. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 36(4). 302–307. 37 indexed citations

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Akenhead, Richard, Duncan N. French, Kevin Thompson, & Philip R. Hayes. (2013). The acceleration dependent validity and reliability of 10Hz GPS. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 17(5). 562–566. 142 indexed citations

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Akenhead, Richard, Philip R. Hayes, Kevin Thompson, & Duncan N. French. (2013). Diminutions of acceleration and deceleration output during professional football match play. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 16(6). 556–561. 229 indexed citations

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