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Summer Cook
NationalityAmerican
OccupationKinesiologist, academic
Known forBlood flow restriction training, neuromuscular function in older adults

Summer Cook is an American kinesiologist and Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.[1] Her research focuses on skeletal muscle function, blood-flow restricted exercise, and mobility in older adults.

Career

Cook has served as Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire since 2009.[2]

Research

Cook's published work centers on the effects of exercise and blood-flow restriction on skeletal muscle function, neuromuscular performance, and gait in aging populations. According to Semantic Scholar, her body of work totals 95 papers with 1,919 citations and an h-index of 24.[3]

Her study on the effects of exercise load and blood-flow restriction on skeletal muscle function, published in 2007 in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, has been cited 166 times.[4] Her 2012 paper on strength asymmetry and gait variability in older women, also published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, has been cited 152 times.[5]

Cook received National Institutes of Health funding for a project titled "Comparative effects of resistance training protocols in older adults at risk of mobility limitations," totaling $360,236, administered through the University of New Hampshire.[6]

Selected publications

  • Effects of exercise load and blood-flow restriction on skeletal muscle function (2007), Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise[7]
  • Strength Asymmetry Increases Gait Asymmetry and Variability in Older Women (2012), Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise[8]
  • Blood Flow Restricted Resistance Training in Older Adults at Risk of Mobility Limitations (2017), Experimental Gerontology[9]
  • Efficacy of resistance and task-specific exercise in older adults who modify tasks of everyday life (2007), The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences[10]
  • Neuromuscular function after a bout of low-load blood flow-restricted exercise (2013), Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise[11]
  • Reliability of techniques to assess human neuromuscular function in vivo (2007), Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology[12]
  • Handgrip Strength Is Associated with Poorer Cognitive Functioning in Aging Americans (2019), Journal of Alzheimer's Disease[13]
  • Skeletal muscle adaptations following blood flow-restricted training during 30 days of muscular unloading (2010), Journal of Applied Physiology[14]
  • Effect of cryotherapy on muscle recovery and inflammation following a bout of damaging exercise (2013), European Journal of Applied Physiology[15]
  • Feasibility and acceptability of a technology-based, rural weight management intervention in older adults with obesity (2021), BMC Geriatrics[16]
  1. ORCID record 0000-0003-4339-716X
  2. ORCID record 0000-0003-4339-716X
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