Stephen Bailey

Reader in Human and Exercise Physiology, Loughborough University

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Dr Stephen Bailey is a Reader in Human and Exercise Physiology at Loughborough University. Stephen’s research focuses on exercise and nutritional interventions to improve nitric oxide production, antioxidant and oxidative stress balance, cardiovascular health, mitochondrial function, oxidative metabolism and exercise performance. Stephen has published over 150 research articles on these topics as well as several book chapters and review articles. He is a Fellow of the European College of Sport Science, a member of The Physiological Society, and he serves on the editorial board of two international journals and as a judge for the European Specialists Sports Nutrition Awards. Stephen has completed numerous research projects in collaboration with nutrition industry partners and elite sport organisations such as British Swimming and British Athletics.

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Effects of COVID-19 home confinement on physical activity and eating behaviour Preliminary results of the ECLB-COVID19 international online-survey
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Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2cost of low-intensity exercise and enhances tolerance to high-intensity exercise in humans
Journal of Applied Physiology
2009
Dietary nitrate supplementation enhances muscle contractile efficiency during knee-extensor exercise in humans
Journal of Applied Physiology
2010
Acute and chronic effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on blood pressure and the physiological responses to moderate-intensity and incremental exercise
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2010
Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2cost of walking and running: a placebo-controlled study
Journal of Applied Physiology
2011
Beetroot juice and exercise: pharmacodynamic and dose-response relationships
Journal of Applied Physiology
2013
Acute Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Improves Cycling Time Trial Performance
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2011
Practical Recommendations for Maintaining Active Lifestyle during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2020
Effects of home confinement on mental health and lifestyle behaviours during the COVID-19 outbreak: Insight from the ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study
Biology of Sport
2021
Psychological consequences of COVID-19 home confinement: The ECLB-COVID19 multicenter study
PLOS ONE
2020
Dietary nitrate supplementation improves team sport-specific intense intermittent exercise performance
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2013
Influence of acute dietary nitrate supplementation on 50 mile time trial performance in well-trained cyclists
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2012
Muscle metabolic and neuromuscular determinants of fatigue during cycling in different exercise intensity domains
Journal of Applied Physiology
2017
Dietary nitrate reduces muscle metabolic perturbation and improves exercise tolerance in hypoxia
The Journal of Physiology
2011
Effects of short-term dietary nitrate supplementation on blood pressure, O2uptake kinetics, and muscle and cognitive function in older adults
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2013
Influence of repeated sprint training on pulmonary O2 uptake and muscle deoxygenation kinetics in humans
Journal of Applied Physiology
2009
Fiber Type-Specific Effects of Dietary Nitrate
Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
2016
l-Citrulline supplementation improves O2 uptake kinetics and high-intensity exercise performance in humans
Journal of Applied Physiology
2015
Muscle fiber recruitment and the slow component of O2uptake: constant work rate vs. all-out sprint exercise
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2011
Beetroot juice supplementation speeds O2uptake kinetics and improves exercise tolerance during severe-intensity exercise initiated from an elevated metabolic rate
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2013
Optimizing the “priming” effect: influence of prior exercise intensity and recovery duration on O2 uptake kinetics and severe-intensity exercise tolerance
Journal of Applied Physiology
2009
Critically ill COVID-19 patients unlikely to benefit from convalescent plasma, early results from UK trial show
The Pharmaceutical Journal
2021
Acute l-arginine supplementation reduces the O2 cost of moderate-intensity exercise and enhances high-intensity exercise tolerance
Journal of Applied Physiology
2010
Globally altered sleep patterns and physical activity levels by confinement in 5056 individuals: ECLB COVID-19 international online survey
Biology of Sport
2021
Dietary nitrate supplementation improves sprint and high-intensity intermittent running performance
Nitric Oxide
2016
Influence of beetroot juice supplementation on intermittent exercise performance
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2015
Inorganic nitrate supplementation improves muscle oxygenation, O2uptake kinetics, and exercise tolerance at high but not low pedal rates
Journal of Applied Physiology
2015
Inspiratory muscle training enhances pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics and high-intensity exercise tolerance in humans
Journal of Applied Physiology
2010
Dietary nitrate supplementation: effects on plasma nitrite and pulmonary O2 uptake dynamics during exercise in hypoxia and normoxia
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2014
Sleep Quality and Physical Activity as Predictors of Mental Wellbeing Variance in Older Adults during COVID-19 Lockdown: ECLB COVID-19 International Online Survey
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021
Influence of dietary nitrate supplementation on human skeletal muscle metabolism and force production during maximum voluntary contractions
Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
2013
The nitrate‐nitrite‐nitric oxide pathway: Its role in human exercise physiology
European Journal of Sport Science
2011
Fast-Start Strategy Improves V˙O2 Kinetics and High-Intensity Exercise Performance
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2011
Exercise Tolerance in Intermittent Cycling
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2012
Effects of Pacing Strategy on Work Done above Critical Power during High-Intensity Exercise
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2013
Effects of pomegranate supplementation on exercise performance and post-exercise recovery in healthy adults: a systematic review
British Journal of Nutrition
2018
Effects of Two Hours of Heavy-Intensity Exercise on the Power–Duration Relationship
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
2018
Effect of Beetroot Juice Supplementation on Mood, Perceived Exertion, and Performance During a 30-Second Wingate Test
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
2020
The effect of dietary phytochemicals on nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) activation: a systematic review of human intervention trials
Molecular Biology Reports
2021
Incubation with sodium nitrite attenuates fatigue development in intact single mouse fibres at physiological
The Journal of Physiology
2019
Circulating biomarkers of antioxidant status and oxidative stress in people with cystic fibrosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Redox Biology
2020
Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Weightlifting Exercise Performance in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review
Nutrients
2020
Beetroot juice supplementation increases concentric and eccentric muscle power output. Original investigation
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
2021
Dietary nitrate and population health: a narrative review of the translational potential of existing laboratory studies
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
2021
Impact of a novel home-based exercise intervention on health indicators in inactive premenopausal women: a 12-week randomised controlled trial
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2020
The Effect of Nitrate-Rich Beetroot Juice on Markers of Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Intervention Trials
Journal of Dietary Supplements
2021
Influence of muscle oxygenation and nitrate-rich beetroot juice supplementation on O2 uptake kinetics and exercise tolerance
Nitric Oxide
2020
Independent and Combined Effects of All-Out Sprint and Low-Intensity Continuous Exercise on Plasma Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Trained Judokas
Frontiers in Physiology
2019
Effects of natural polyphenol-rich pomegranate juice on the acute and delayed response of Homocysteine and steroidal hormones following weightlifting exercises: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
2020
The effects of local versus systemic passive heating on the acute inflammatory, vascular and glycaemic response
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
2021
Iso-duration Determination of D′ and CS under Laboratory and Field Conditions
International Journal of Sports Medicine
2017
The effect of dietary (poly)phenols on exercise-induced physiological adaptations: A systematic review and meta-analysis of human intervention trials
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
2020
The Potential of Superoxide Dismutase-Rich Tetraselmis chuii as a Promoter of Cellular Health
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2025
Phenolic Metabolites Protocatechuic Acid and Vanillic Acid Improve Nitric Oxide Bioavailability via the Akt-eNOS Pathway in Response to TNF-α Induced Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Endothelial Cells
Metabolites
2024
Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on High-Intensity Cycling Sprint Performance in Recreationally Active Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Nutrients
2024
Citrulline Malate Fails to Improve Repeated 300 m Swimming Times in Highly Trained Swimmers
Physiologia
2024
Trimethylamine N-Oxide Concentration and Blood Pressure in Young Healthy Men and Women: A Replicated Crossover Study
Metabolites
2023
Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Back Squat and Bench Press Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Nutrients
2023
Effects of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Performance during Single and Repeated Bouts of Short-Duration High-Intensity Exercise: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials
Antioxidants
2023
Oral Temperature and pH Influence Dietary Nitrate Metabolism in Healthy Adults
Nutrients
2023
Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Enhances Performance and Speeds Muscle Deoxyhaemoglobin Kinetics during an End-Sprint after Prolonged Moderate-Intensity Exercise
Antioxidants
2022
“Beet” the cold: beetroot juice supplementation improves peripheral blood flow, endothelial function, and anti-inflammatory status in individuals with Raynaud’s phenomenon
Journal of Applied Physiology
2019
Acetaminophen ingestion improves muscle activation and performance during a 3-min all-out cycling test
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
2019
Acute ibuprofen ingestion does not attenuate fatigue during maximal intermittent knee extensor or all-out cycling exercise
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
2019
Changes in the power-duration relationship following prolonged exercise: estimation using conventional and all-out protocols and relationship with muscle glycogen
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2019
Contralateral fatigue during severe-intensity single-leg exercise: influence of acute acetaminophen ingestion
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2019
Dynamics of the power-duration relationship during prolonged endurance exercise and influence of carbohydrate ingestion
Journal of Applied Physiology
2019
Effects of Playing Surface on Physical, Physiological, and Perceptual Responses to a Repeated-Sprint Ability Test: Natural Grass Versus Artificial Turf
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
2019
No Effect of Beetroot Juice Supplementation on 100-m and 200-m Swimming Performance in Moderately Trained Swimmers
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
2019
Road cycle TT performance: Relationship to the power-duration model and association with FTP
Journal of Sports Sciences
2018
The Efficacy of Administering Fruit-Derived Polyphenols to Improve Health Biomarkers, Exercise Performance and Related Physiological Responses
Nutrients
2019
Time-trial performance is not impaired in either competitive athletes or untrained individuals following a prolonged cognitive task
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2018
A high-sensitivity electrochemiluminescence-based ELISA for the measurement of the oxidative stress biomarker, 3-nitrotyrosine, in human blood serum and cells
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
2018
Acute acetaminophen ingestion improves performance and muscle activation during maximal intermittent knee extensor exercise
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2018
Acute and chronic effects of hot water immersion on inflammation and metabolism in sedentary, overweight adults
Journal of Applied Physiology
2018
Beetroot juice ingestion during prolonged moderate-intensity exercise attenuates progressive rise in O2 uptake
Journal of Applied Physiology
2018
Critical power is positively related to skeletal muscle capillarity and type I muscle fibers in endurance-trained individuals
Journal of Applied Physiology
2018
Discrete physiological effects of beetroot juice and potassium nitrate supplementation following 4-wk sprint interval training
Journal of Applied Physiology
2018
Effects of montmorency tart cherry (L. Prunus Cerasus) consumption on nitric oxide biomarkers and exercise performance
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
2018
Improvement of Oxygen-Uptake Kinetics and Cycling Performance With Combined Prior Exercise and Fast Start
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
2018
Influence of dietary nitrate supplementation on local sweating and cutaneous vascular responses during exercise in a hot environment
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2018
Ischemic preconditioning enhances critical power during a 3 minute all-out cycling test
Journal of Sports Sciences
2017
Lowering of blood pressure after nitrate-rich vegetable consumption is abolished with the co-ingestion of thiocyanate-rich vegetables in healthy normotensive males
Nitric Oxide
2018
The Effects of β-Alanine Supplementation on Muscle pH and the Power-Duration Relationship during High-Intensity Exercise
Frontiers in Physiology
2018
Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on the response to extremity cooling and endothelial function in individuals with cold sensitivity. A double blind, placebo controlled, crossover, randomised control trial
Nitric Oxide
2017
Effects of Pomegranate Juice Supplementation on Oxidative Stress Biomarkers Following Weightlifting Exercise
Nutrients
2017
Effects of self-paced interval and continuous training on health markers in women
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2017
Influence of dietary nitrate supplementation on physiological and muscle metabolic adaptations to sprint interval training
Journal of Applied Physiology
2017
Influence of iodide ingestion on nitrate metabolism and blood pressure following short-term dietary nitrate supplementation in healthy normotensive adults
Nitric Oxide
2017
The effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on the spatial heterogeneity of quadriceps deoxygenation during heavy-intensity cycling
Physiological Reports
2017
Dietary nitrate supplementation attenuates the reduction in exercise tolerance following blood donation
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
2016
Dose-dependent effects of dietary nitrate on the oxygen cost of moderate-intensity exercise: Acute vs. chronic supplementation
Nitric Oxide
2016
Effects of Priming and Pacing Strategy on Oxygen-Uptake Kinetics and Cycling Performance
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance
2016
Improvement in blood pressure after short-term inorganic nitrate supplementation is attenuated in cigarette smokers compared to non-smoking controls
Nitric Oxide
2016
The constant work rate critical power protocol overestimates ramp incremental exercise performance
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2016
Two weeks of watermelon juice supplementation improves nitric oxide bioavailability but not endurance exercise performance in humans
Nitric Oxide
2016
On the mechanism by which dietary nitrate improves human skeletal muscle function
Frontiers in Physiology
2015
Self-pacing increases critical power and improves performance during severe-intensity exercise
Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
2015
Effects of interval and continuous training on O2 uptake kinetics during severe-intensity exercise initiated from an elevated metabolic baseline
Journal of Applied Physiology
2014
Influence of All-Out Start Duration on Pulmonary Oxygen Uptake Kinetics and High-Intensity Exercise Performance
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
2014
Dietary Nitrate and O<sub>2</sub> Consumption during Exercise
Medicine and Sport Science
2012
Influence of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Exercise Tolerance and Performance
Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Series
2013
Muscle metabolic determinants of exercise tolerance following exhaustion: relationship to the “critical power”
Journal of Applied Physiology
2013
Muscle metabolic responses during high-intensity intermittent exercise measured by31P-MRS: relationship to the critical power concept
American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
2013
No effect of acute l-arginine supplementation on O2 cost or exercise tolerance
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2013
$$ \dot{V}_{{{\text{O}}_{2} { \max }}} $$ is not altered by self-pacing during incremental exercise
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2012
$$ {\dot{V}}{\text{O}}_{2\max } $$ is not altered by self-pacing during incremental exercise: reply to the letter of Alexis R. Mauger
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2012
Influence of passive lower-body heating on muscle metabolic perturbation and high-intensity exercise tolerance in humans
European Journal of Applied Physiology
2012
A ‘New’ Method to Normalise Exercise Intensity
International Journal of Sports Medicine
2011
DIETARY NITRATE SUPPLEMENTATION ENHANCES MUSCLE EFFICIENCY DURING KNEE-EXTENSOR EXERCISE IN HUMANS
Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
2011
Influence of N-acetylcysteine administration on pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics and exercise tolerance in humans
Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
2011
Reply to Lundberg, Larsen, and Weitzberg
Journal of Applied Physiology
2011
Elevated baseline V̇o2 per se does not slow O2 uptake kinetics during work-to-work exercise transitions
Journal of Applied Physiology
2010
Corrigendum
Journal of Applied Physiology
2010
Influence of body position on muscle deoxy[Hb+Mb] during ramp cycle exercise
Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
2010
Influence of priming exercise on muscle [PCr] and pulmonary O2 uptake dynamics during ‘work-to-work’ knee-extension exercise
Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
2010
Priming exercise speeds pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics during supine “work-to-work” high-intensity cycle exercise
Journal of Applied Physiology
2010
Influence of extreme pedal rates on pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics during transitions to high-intensity exercise from an elevated baseline
Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
2009
Influence of priming exercise on pulmonary O2uptake kinetics during transitions to high-intensity exercise at extreme pedal rates
Journal of Applied Physiology
2009
Reply to Derave and Taes
Journal of Applied Physiology
2009

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