Ken Sharpe

The athlete's hematological response to hypoxia: A meta-analysis on the influence of altitude exposure on key biomarkers of erythropoiesis

Louisa M Lobigs, Ken Sharpe, Laura A Garvican-Lewis, Christopher J Gore, Peter Peeling, Brian Dawson, Yorck O Schumacher

Journal article  |  2018  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY

Altitude training is associated with changes in blood markers, which can confound results of the Athlete?s Biological Passport (AB..

Temporal changes in physiology and haematology in response to high- and micro-doses of recombinant human erythropoietin

Brad Clark, Sarah M Woolford, Annette Eastwood, Ken Sharpe, Peter G Barnes, Christopher J Gore

Journal article  |  2017  |  DRUG TESTING AND ANALYSIS

There is evidence to suggest athletes have adopted recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) dosing regimens that diminish the lik..

New insights for identification of doping with recombinant human erythropoietin micro-doses after high hydration.

L Martin, M Ashenden, J Bejder, M Hoffmann, N Nordsborg, K Karstoft, J Morkeberg, K Sharpe, F Lasne, A Marchand

Journal article  |  2016  |  Drug Test Anal

To minimize the chances of being caught after doping with recombinant human erythropoietins (rhEPO), athletes have turned to new p..

Last Word on Viewpoint: Time for a new metric for hypoxic dose?

Laura A Garvican-Lewis, Ken Sharpe, Christopher J Gore

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Time for a new metric for hypoxic dose?

Laura A Garvican-Lewis, Ken Sharpe, Christopher J Gore

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Reliability and Accuracy of Six Hand-Held Blood Lactate Analysers

Jacinta M Bonaventura, Ken Sharpe, Emma Knight, Kate L Fuller, Rebecca K Tanner, Christopher J Gore

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

The reliability and accuracy of five portable blood lactate (BLa) analysers (Lactate Pro, Lactate Pro2, Lactate Scout+, Xpress™, a..

Stability of athlete blood passport parameters during air freight.

M Ashenden, K Sharpe, J Plowman, G Allbon, L Lobigs, A Baron, CJ Gore

Journal article  |  2014  |  Int J Lab Hematol

INTRODUCTION: Fluctuations in ambient temperature and pressure, as well as physical jostling, may affect the stability of whole bl..

Detection of microdoses of rhEPO with the MAIIA test.

J Mørkeberg, K Sharpe, K Karstoft, MJ Ashenden

Journal article  |  2014  |  Scand J Med Sci Sports

The detection of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) is difficult and becomes more challenging when only microdoses are admin..

Prediction of Crohn's disease aggression through NOD2/CARD15 gene sequencing in an Australian cohort

Maneesha Bhullar, Finlay Macrae, Gregor Brown, Margie Smith, Ken Sharpe

Journal article  |  2014  |  WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

AIM: To investigate the association between mutations in oligomerisation domain 2/caspase recruitment domains 15 (NOD2/CARD15) and..

Altitude training and haemoglobin mass from the optimised carbon monoxide rebreathing method determined by a meta-analysis

Christopher J Gore, Ken Sharpe, Laura A Garvican-Lewis, Philo U Saunders, Clare E Humberstone, Eileen Y Robertson, Nadine B Wachsmuth, Sally A Clark, Blake D McLean, Birgit Friedmann-Bette, Mitsuo Neya, Torben Pottgiesser, Yorck O Schumacher, Walter F Schmidt

Journal article  |  2013  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE

OBJECTIVE: To characterise the time course of changes in haemoglobin mass (Hbmass) in response to altitude exposure. METHODS: This..