Dr David Claxton BSc(Hons), PGCLT, PhD
Associate Head
- School of Sport and Physical Activity
- Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre
- Health Research Institute
Summary
I am an Associate Head in the School of Sport and Physical Activity and provide leadership and guidance on the quality and standards of learning, teaching and assessment. I teach the physiology of sport and exercise on the undergraduate and postgraduate Sport and Exercise Science degree courses. My current interests include endurance training principles, and physiological assessment of sport performance.
About
After graduating from Liverpool Polytechnic, with a 2(1) in Sport and Exercise Science, I worked for 15 years as a physiology technician. I completed my PhD on Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Children. This research included working closely with the Sheffield Children's Hospital investigating the long-term effects of diaphragmatic hernia repair. Other clinical work includes the evaluation of walking economy in children and young adults with achondroplasia.
I have been teaching in higher education since 2003 and have undertaken the role of Course Leader for three master’s courses: Physical Activity for Health, Sport and Exercise Psychology, and the MSc in Sport and Exercise Science. I am currently an Associate Head and lead on the quality strand of the learning and teaching portfolio within the school to drive quality enhancement and continuous improvement of teaching quality.
I still occasionally compete in duathlon and triathlon events and can be found most weekends running or cycling in the Peak District.
Specialist areas of interest
- Oxygen uptake kinetics
- Good laboratory practice quality assurance and laboratory safety
Research
I completed my PhD on Oxygen Uptake Kinetics in Children. This research included working closely with the Sheffield Children's Hospital investigating the long-term effects of diaphragmatic hernia repair.
Teaching
School of Sport and Physical Activity
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Sport Science and Physical Activity
MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science
MSc Sport Engineering
BSc Sport and Exercise Science
BSc Physical Activity Sport and Health
Physiology and Nutrition of Sport and Exercise
Foundations of Physiology and Nutrition
Optimising Wellbeing
Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sport and Exercise
Applied Measurements in Sports Engineering
Research
- Sport and Physical Activity Research Centre
- Health Research Institute
(1998) Marven, S.S, Smith, C.M., Chapman, J.H., Claxton D.B., Davies, H.A., Primhak, R,A. and Powell, C.V.E. Pulmonary function, exercise performance and growth in survivors of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 78(2): 137-142.
(1999) Edwards, A.M., Challis, N.V., Chapman, J.H. Claxton, D.B. and Fysh, M.L. O2 kinetics determined by PRBS techniques differentiate elite endurance runners from elite sprinters. International Journal of Sports Medicine 20: 1-6.
(2000) Claxton, D.B., Chapman, J.H., Fysh, M.L. and Challis, N.V. Fitness testing in children: an alternative approach. Ergonomics 43(10) 1593-1602.
(2018) Dunn, M.D., Claxton, D.B., Fletcher, G., Wheat, J.S. and Binney, D.M. Effects of running retraining on biomechanical factors associated with lower limb injury. Human Movement Science,58:21-31.
(2018) Jordan, A., Claxton, D., Fysh, M. and Purvis, A. Sprint interval training on the vertical treadmill improves aerobic and anaerobic running performance. Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation. Manuscript ID JER-17-561.
Sheffield Children's Hospital
Publications
Journal articles
Dunn, M., Claxton, D., Fletcher, G., Wheat, J., & Binney, D. (2018). Effects of running retraining on biomechanical factors associated with lower limb injury. Human Movement Science, 58, 21-31. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2018.01.001
Jordan, A.R., Claxton, D., Purvis, A., Barnes, A., & Fysh, M. (2018). Sprint interval training on the vertical treadmill improves aerobic and anaerobic running performance. Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, 14 (1), 106-112. http://doi.org/10.12965/jer.1835122.561
Jordan, A., Barnes, A., Claxton, D., Purvis, A., & Fysh, M. (2017). Kinematics and neuromuscular recruitment during vertical treadmill exercise. Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation, 13 (3), 307-314. http://doi.org/10.12965/jer.1734916.458
Edwards, A.M., Claxton, D.B., & Fysh, M.L. (2003). A comparison of two time-domain analysis procedures in the determination of VO2 kinetics by pseudorandom binary sequence exercise testing. European journal of applied physiology, 88 (4-5), 411. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-002-0725-y
Saxton, J.M., Claxton, D., Winter, E., & Pockley, A.G. (2003). Peripheral blood leucocyte functional responses to acute eccentric exercise in humans are influenced by systemic stress, but not by exercise-induced muscle damage. Clinical science, 104 (1), 69-77. http://doi.org/10.1042/CS20020096
Edwards, A.M., Challis, N.V., Chapman, J.H., Claxton, D.B., & Fysh, M.L. (2001). The test-retest reliability of gas exchange kinetics in humans using a pseudo random binary sequence exercise test. European journal of applied physiology, 85 (3-4), 333-338. http://doi.org/10.1007/s004210100441
Claxton, D.B., Chapman, J.H., Challis, N.V., & Fysh, M.L. (2000). Exercise testing in children: an alternative approach. Ergonomics, 43 (10), 1593-1602. http://doi.org/10.1080/001401300750004014
Edwards, A.M., Challis, N.V., Chapman, J.H., Claxton, D.B., & Fysh, M.L. (1999). VO2 kinetics determined by PRBS techniques differentiate elite endurance runners from elite sprinters. International journal of sports medicine, 20 (1), 1-6. http://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-971082
Marven, S.S., Smith, C.M., Claxton, D., Chapman, J., Davies, H.A., Primhak, R.A., & Powell, C.V.E. (1998). Pulmonary function, exercise performance, and growth in survivors of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 78 (2), 137-142. http://doi.org/10.1136/adc.78.2.137
Conference papers
Edwards, A.M., Challis, N.V., Chapman, J.H., Claxton, D.B., & Fysh, M.L. (2001). TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS OF OXYGEN UPTAKE KINETICS IN ELITE RUNNERS BY PSEUDO RANDOM BINARY SEQUENCE (PRBS) EXERCISE. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 33 (5), S21. http://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-200105001-00118
Theses / Dissertations
Jordan, A.R. (2013). The biomechanics of and physiological responses to vertical treadmill exercise. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Fysh, M., Claxton, D., Purvis, A., & Barnes, A.
Other activities
Member of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science
Postgraduate supervision
PhD supervision A. Jordan (2018) Sprint interval training on the vertical treadmill