Dawson John Kidgell (0000-0002-2271-1298)

Personal information

Biography

Dr Kidgell's research interests are in the area of neurophysiology of exercise and he specialises in the technique of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) which is a non-invasive method of measuring the functional properties (neuroplasticity) of the human brain, in particular the primary motor cortex. Through the use of this technique, Dr Kidgell has been quantifying the motor cortical responses to strength training. Dr Kidgell is also interested in the neuromodulator effects of transcranial direct current stimulation prior to, during and following strength training to facilitate the motor cortical responses to training. Dr Kidgell uses sophisticated stimulation and electrophysiological recording and analysis techniques to address these issues, which include TMS, tDCS, spinal cord reflex testing, surface electromyography and single motor unit recordings. The overall goal of his research is to understand how the healthy nervous system functions to control movements following a variety of interventions, and how it may be rehabilitated following neuromuscular injury or disease.

Dr Kidgell has authored 91 peer-reviewed journal papers that have examined the effects of exercise and non-invasive brain stimulation on the human brain. Dr Kidgell has also received in excess of 2.5 million dollars in research funding to support his research. Dr Kidgell has supervised 8 PhD students to completion whose dissertations examined the effects of tDCS on brain excitability and is currently supervising 3 PhD students.

Activities

Collapse all

MONASH UNIVERSITY: Clayton, AU

Employment

Dawson John Kidgell

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2271-1298

Personal information

Websites & social links

Other IDs

Keywords

Countries

Biography

Activities

Employment (1)

MONASH UNIVERSITY: Clayton, AU

Education and qualifications (1)

Victoria University: Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Works (50 of 51)

Corticospinal Adaptation to Short-Term Horizontal Balance Perturbation Training

Unilateral Strength Training Imparts a Cross-Education Effect in Unilateral Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

The ipsilateral corticospinal responses to cross-education are dependent upon the motor-training intervention

Ipsilateral corticomotor responses are confined to the homologous muscle following cross-education of muscular strength

The Effect of Task Complexity Influencing Bilateral Transfer

The corticospinal responses of metronome-paced, but not self-paced strength training are similar to motor skill training

Adaptations in corticospinal excitability and inhibition are not spatially confined to the agonist muscle following strength training

Isometric contractions are more analgesic than isotonic contractions for patellar tendon pain

Cross-education of muscular strength is facilitated by homeostatic plasticity

Tendon neuroplastic training

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortex increases cortical voluntary activation and neural plasticity

Cross-education of wrist extensor strength is not influenced by non-dominant training in right-handers

Elevated corticospinal excitability in patellar tendinopathy compared with other anterior knee pain or no pain

Concurrent transcranial direct current stimulation and progressive resistance training in Parkinson's disease

Bihemispheric-tDCS and upper limb rehabilitation improves retention of motor function in chronic stroke

Game and training load differences in elite junior Australian football

Isometric exercise induces analgesia and reduces inhibition in patellar tendinopathy

Corticomotor excitability is increased following an acute bout of blood flow restriction resistance exercise

Motor cortex excitability is not differentially modulated following skill and strength training

The effects of a protein enriched diet with lean red meat combined with a multi-modal exercise program on muscle and cognitive health and function in older adults

Increased cross-education of muscle strength and reduced corticospinal inhibition following eccentric strength training

Effectiveness of dual-task functional power training for preventing falls in older people

Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Prolongs the Cross-education of Strength and Corticomotor Plasticity

The effects of anodal-tDCS on cross-limb transfer in older adults

Unilateral bicep curl hemodynamics

Objectively measured muscle fatigue in Crohn's disease: correlation with self-reported fatigue and associated factors for clinical application

The pain of tendinopathy: physiological or pathophysiological?

Anodal-tDCS applied during unilateral strength training increases strength and corticospinal excitability in the untrained homologous muscle

Changes in corticospinal excitability during an acute bout of resistance exercise in the elbow flexors

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on neuroplasticity in older adults

Different current intensities of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation do not differentially modulate motor cortex plasticity

Corticospinal adaptations and strength maintenance in the immobilized arm following 3 weeks unilateral strength training

Anodal tDCS applied during strength training enhances motor cortical plasticity

Induction of cortical plasticity and improved motor performance following unilateral and bilateral transcranial direct current stimulation of the primary motor cortex

A comparison of two methods in acquiring stimulus-response curves with transcranial magnetic stimulation

Short-interval intracortical inhibition is not affected by varying visual feedback in an isometric task in biceps brachii muscle

Corticospinal excitability following short-term motor imagery training of a strength task

Formation of cortical plasticity in older adults following tDCS and motor training

Does the longer application of anodal-transcranial direct current stimulation increase corticomotor excitability further? A pilot study

The effects of whole-body vibration on the cross-transfer of strength

Strength training reduces intracortical inhibition

Corticomotor plasticity following unilateral strength training

Reduction in corticospinal inhibition in the trained and untrained limb following unilateral leg strength training

Strength training with superimposed whole body vibration does not preferentially modulate cortical plasticity

Secondary warm-up following stretching on vertical jumping, change of direction, and straight line speed

High Volume Versus low Volume Balance Training on Postural Sway in Adults with Previous Ankle Inversion Injury

Low-Frequency Vibration of the Biceps Brachii Does Not Alter the Functional Properties of the Corticospinal Pathway

Neuroplasticity following skill and strength training

What has transcranial magnetic stimulation taught us about neural adaptations to strength training? A brief review

Strength training of one limb increases corticomotor excitability projecting to the contralateral homologous limb

Peer review (7 reviews for 5 publications/grants)