Publications

Hunter SK. (2025). Motor Performance and Aging in Males and Females. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 85, 103066. 

Opielinski LE, et al. (2025). COVID-19 and the Impact of Physical Activity on Persistent Symptoms. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 7, 1560023.

James JJ, et al. (2025). Sex-Based Differences in the Representation of Top Youth Athletes. Med Sci Sports Exerc 57(7), 1523–1529.

Joyner MJ, Hunter SK, & Senefeld JW. (2025). Evidence on Sex Differences in Sports Performance. J Appl Physiol (1985). 138(1). 274–281.

Sundberg CW, Teigen LE, Hunter SK, & Fitts RH (2025). Cumulative effects of H+ and Pi on force and power of skeletal muscle fibres from young and older adults. The Journal of Physiology, 603(1), 187–209.

Hunter SK. (2024). Testosterone and androgen receptors in females: what is possible with resistance training? The Journal of Physiology, 603(18), 5227–5228.

Tucker R, et al. (2024). Fair and Safe Eligibility Criteria for Women's Sport. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 34(8), e147152024 Aug;34(8):e14715. 

Wrucke DJ, et al. (2024). Neural and Muscular Contributions to the Age-related Differences in Peak Power of the Knee Extensors in Men and Women. J Appl Physiol (1985). 137(4), 1021–1040.

Hunter SK & Senefeld JW. (2024). Sex Differences in Human Performance. The Journal of Physiology, 602(17), 4129–4156. 

Atkinson MA, et al. (2024). Sex Differences in Track and Field Elite Youth. Med Sci Sports Exerc 56(8) 1390-1397.

Pereira HM, Keenan KG, & Hunter SK. (2024). Influence of visual feedback and cognitive challenge on the age-related changes in force steadiness. Experimental brain research, 242(6), 1411–1419. 

Capin JJ, et al. (2024). Midlife health crisis of former competitive athletes: dissecting their experiences via qualitative study. BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 10(2), e001956. 

Hunter SK. (2024). Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lecture. Age and Sex Differences in the Limits of Human Performance: Fatigability and Real-World Data. J Appl Physiol (1985). 136(4), 659–676.

Senefeld JW & Hunter SK. (2024). Hormonal Basis of Biological Sex Differences in Human Athletic Performance. Endocrinology, 165(5), bqae036. 

Haischer MH, et al. (2024). Heart rate variability is reduced in COVID-19 survivors and associated with physical activity and fatigue. Physiological reports, 12(2), e15912. 

Hunter SK. (2024). Testosterone and androgen receptors in females: what is possible with resistance training? The Journal of Physiology, 603(18), 5227–5228.

James JJ*, Klevenow EA*, et al. (2023). Underrepresentation of Women Participants in Exercise Science and Physiology Research is Associated with Authorship. J Appl Physiol (1985) 135(4), 932–942.

Hunter SK, et al. (2023). The Biological Basis of Sex Difference in Athletic Performance: American College of Sports Medicine Consensus Statement. Translational Journal of the ACSM and Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 8(4) 1-33.

Street JH, et al. (2023). Long-term function, body composition and cardiometabolic health in midlife former athletes: a scoping review. BMJ open sport & exercise medicine, 9(4), e001605. 

Pons MS, Hunter SK, & Ansdell P. (2023). Sex differences in fatigability and recovery following a 5 km running time trial in recreationally active adults. European journal of sport science, 23(12), 2349–2356. 

Sara LK, Gutsch SB, Hoeger-Bement M & Hunter SK (2023). Altered Plantar Flexor Strength and Pain Sensitivity Cannot be Assumed in Chronic Midportion Achilles Tendinopathy. Exercise, Sport and Movement 1(4) 1-7.

Nesburg RA, Mason AP, Fitzsimmons B, & Hunter SK (2023). Sex Differences in Marathon Running: Physiology and Participation. Exercise, Sport and Movement, 1(3):e00010

Nokoff NJ, et al. (2023). Hormonal Basis of Sex Differences in Athletic Performance: Perspectives on Transgender Athletes. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 51 (3):85-95.

Berardi G, Eble C, Hunter SK, & Bement MH. (2023). Localized Pain and Fatigue During Recovery From Submaximal Resistance Exercise in People With Fibromyalgia. Physical therapy, 103(6), pzad033. 

Pereira HM & Hunter SK. (2023). Cognitive challenge as a probe to expose sex- and age-related differences during static contractions. Frontiers in Physiology May 16;14:1166218, 2023. 

Senefeld JW, Hunter SK, Coleman D, & Joyner MJ. (2023). Case Studies in Physiology: Male to female transgender swimmer in college athletics. Journal of Applied Physiology 134: 1032–1037, 2023. 

Boyer KA, et al. (2023). Age-related changes in gait biomechanics and their impact on the metabolic cost of walking: Report from a National Institute on Aging workshop. Experimental gerontology, 173, 112102. 

Piacentine LB, et al. (2023). Lived Experiences of American Adults Who Survive COVID-19: Implications for Physical Activity and Interpersonal Stress. Families, Systems & Health : The Journal of Collaborative Family Healthcare, 41(3), 308–319.  

Fulton TJ, Sundberg CW, Arney BE, & Hunter SK. (2023). Sex Differences in the Speed-Duration Relationship of Elite Runners across the Lifespan. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 55(5), 911–919.

Wrucke DJ, et al. (2022) Health sciences students' career commitment, mental health, and physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Journal of American college health : J of ACH, 72(8), 2693–2700.

Haischer MH, Beilfuss R, Hart MR, Opielinski L, Schmit E, Wrucke D, Zhao H, Uhrich TD, Hunter SK. Who was wearing a mask in 2021? Update on gender-, age-, and location-related differences during the COVID-19 pandemic. MedRxiv 2022. 

Delgadillo JD, Sundberg CW, Kwon M, & Hunter SK (2021). Fatigability of the knee extensor muscles during high-load fast and low-load slow resistance exercise in young and older adults. Experimental gerontology, 154, 111546. 

Sara LK, Gutsch SB, & Hunter SK. (2021). The single-leg heel raise does not predict maximal plantar flexion strength in healthy males and

females. PloS One, 16(8):e0253276.

Varesco G, Hunter SK, & Rozand V. (2021). Physical activity and aging research: opportunities abound. Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism. 46(8), 1004–1006. 

Berardi G, Senefeld JW, Hunter SK, & Bement MKH. (2021). Fitness levels do not explain greater performance fatigability of the upper extremity in fibromyalgia. European journal of applied physiology, 121(8), 2363–2364. 

Senefeld JW, et al. (2021). Technological Advances in Elite Marathon Performance. J Appl Physiol 130 (6): 2002-2008.

Berardi G, Hunter SK, Frey Law L & Hoeger Bement MK. (2021). Tolerance to submaximal eccentric exercise in women with and without

fibromyalgia, moving away from anecdotal beliefs. The Journal of Pain. May; 22(5):608, 2021.

Berardi G, Senefeld JW, Hunter SK, & Bement MKH. (2021). Impact of isometric and concentric resistance exercise on pain and fatigue in fibromyalgia. European journal of applied physiology, 121(5), 1389–1404. 

Zijdewind I, Hyngstrom AS, & Hunter SK. (2021). Fatigability and Motor Performance in Special and Clinical Populations. Frontiers in physiology, 11, 570861. 

Negro F, Bathon KE, Nguyen JN, Bannon CG, Orizio C, Hunter SK, & Hyngstrom AS. (2020). Impaired firing behavior of individually tracked

paretic motor units during fatiguing contractions of the dorsiflexors and functional implications post stroke. Frontiers in neurology, 11, 540893.

Haischer MH, et al. (2020) Who is wearing a mask? Gender-, age-, and location-related differences during the COVID-19 pandemic. PloS one, 15(10), e0240785. 

*Ansdell P, Thomas K, Hicks K, Hunter SK, Howatson G, Goodall S. Physiological sex differences affect the integrative response to exercise: acute and chronic implications. Exper Physiol, 105: 2007–2021, 2020. *Inaugural Review Prize Winner 

Ansdell P, Škarabot J, Atkinson E, Corden S, Tygart A, Hicks KM, Thomas K, Hunter SK, Howatson G, Goodall S. Sex differences in fatigability following exercise normalised to the power-duration relationship. J Physiol [Lond], 598: 24, 5717–5737, 2020. 

Senefeld JW, Singh-Peters LA, Kenno KA, and Hunter SK, and Jakobi JM. Greater fatigue resistance of dorsiflexor muscles in people with prediabetes than Type 2 Diabetes. J Electromyogr Kinesiol, Vol 54, Oct, 2020.   

Kwon M, Senefeld JW, and Hunter SK. Attenuated activation of knee extensor muscles during fast contractions in older men and women. Eur J Appl Physiol, Vol 120, 2289–2299, 2020. 

Senefeld JW, Keenan KG, Ryan KS, D’Astice SE, Negro F and Hunter SK. Greater fatigability and motor unit discharge variability in human type 2 diabetes.  Physiol Rep, Jul;8(13):e14503, 2020. 

Teigen, L, Sundberg CW, Kelly L, Hunter SK, and Fitts RH. Ca2+ dependency of limb muscle fiber contractile mechanics in young and older adults. Amer J Physiol: Cell Physiol, Jun;318 (6): C1238-C1251, 2020. 

Joyner M, Hunter SK, Lucia A, and Jones A. Last Word on Viewpoint: Physiology and fast marathons. J Appl Physiol 128: 1086–1087, 2020.  

Joyner M, Hunter SK, Lucia A, and Jones A. Physiology and Fast Marathons. J Appl Physiol 128: 1065–1068, 2020. 

Senefeld JW, Harmer AR, Magill SB, Harkins A, and Hunter SK. Greater fatigability of the lower limb in people with type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. Med Sci Sport Exer May;52(5):1176-1186, 2020. 

Rozand V, Sundberg CW, Hunter SK, Smith AE. Age-related deficits in voluntary activation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Med Sci Sports Exer. 52 (3), 549-560, 2020. 

Senefeld J, D’Astice S, Harmer AR, and Hunter SK. Increased cardiovascular response to a 6-minute walk test in people with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Spectrum. Feb;33(1):104-110, 2020.