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Dr Ben Hoffman

Dr Ben Hoffman
Name Ben Hoffman
Position Lecturer (Biomechanics)
Section School of Health and Wellbeing
Office B236
Location Ipswich Campus
Phone +61 7 3812 6325
Extension 6325
Email
Qualifications BAppSc(Hons) Qld , GCertHigherEd Qld , MPhil Qld , PhD Qld
Homepage https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=axli7dAAAAAJ & hl=en
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Fields of Research (FoR)

  • Biomechanics ( 110601 )
  • Exercise Physiology ( 110602 )
  • Motor Control ( 110603 )

Research interests
muscle mechanics in sport and exercise
exercise-induced muscle damage
ultrasonography

Professional memberships
Member of the International Society of Biomechanics
Member of the Australian & New Zealand Society of Biomechanics

Currently teaching courses/programs
SES2202 Biomechanics

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
11 Years

Research most recent
Protection from Muscle Damage in the Absence of Changes in Muscle Mechanical Behavior. (2016).
BW Hoffman, AG Cresswell, TJ Carroll, GA Lichtwark
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

Muscle fascicle strains in human gastrocnemius during backward downhill walking. (2014).
BW Hoffman, AG Cresswell, TJ Carroll, GA Lichtwark
Journal of Applied Physiology 116 (11), 1455-1462.

A comparison of two Hill-type skeletal muscle models on the construction of medial gastrocnemius length-tension curves in humans in vivo. (2012).
BW Hoffman, GA Lichtwark, TJ Carroll, AG Cresswell
Journal of Applied Physiology 113 (1), 90-96



Publications in ePrints

James, L. P. and Haff, G. Gregory and Kelly, V. G. and Connick, M. J. and Hoffman, B. W. and Beckman, E. M. (2018) The impact of strength level on adaptations to combined weightlifting, plyometric and ballistic training. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 28 (5). pp. 1494-1505. ISSN 0905-7188

Pincheira, P. A. and Hoffman, B. W. and Cresswell, A. G. and Carroll, T. J. and Brown, N. A. T. and Lichtwark, G. A. (2018) The repeated bout effect can occur without mechanical and neuromuscular changes after a bout of eccentric exercise. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 28. pp. 2123-2134. ISSN 0905-7188

Engstrom, Craig and Bulmer, Michael and Newcombe, Peter and Hoffman, Ben (2017) Implementing an online student laboratory data repository in a first year undergraduate health science course. International Journal of Information and Education Technology, 7 (2). pp. 100-105. ISSN 2010-3689

Hoffman, Ben W. and Cresswell, Andrew G. and Carroll, Timothy J. and Lichtwark, Glen A. (2016) Protection from muscle damage in the absence of changes in muscle mechanical behavior. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48 (8). pp. 1495-1505. ISSN 0195-9131

Hoffman, B. W. and Cresswell, A. G. and Carroll, T. J. and Lichtwark, G. A. (2014) Muscle fascicle strains in human gastrocnemius during backward downhill walking. Journal of Applied Physiology, 116 (11). pp. 1455-1462. ISSN 8750-7587

Approved research supervisor in the area of:

  • Biomechanics ( 110601 )


Research topics