Dr Thomas Wackwitz
Lecturer
School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Journal Articles
Bellinger, Phillip, Dick, Taylor, Roberts, Llion, Minahan, Clare, Takahashi, Katsuki, Charles, James P., Hannah, Kirstin, Wackwitz, Thomas, Lievens, Eline, Casteele, Freek Van De, Kennedy, Ben and Duhig, Steven (2026). Looking under the hood of elite rowers: skeletal muscle determinants of rowing performance. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 36 (6) e70320. doi: 10.1111/sms.70320
Worsey, Matthew T. O., Crossley, Claire B., Wackwitz, Thomas, Collings, Tyler, Bourne, Matthew N. and Pizzolato, Claudio (2025). Muscle forces and powers during sprint cycling at optimal cadence. Journal of Biomechanics, 191 112890, 112890. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112890
Crossley, Claire B., Worsey, Matthew T. O., Diamond, Laura E., Saxby, David J., Wackwitz, Thomas, Bourne, Matthew N., Lloyd, David G. and Pizzolato, Claudio (2025). A calibrated EMG-informed neuromusculoskeletal model can estimate hip and knee joint contact forces in cycling better than static optimisation. Journal of Biomechanics, 182 112586, 112586. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112586
Wackwitz, Thomas, Minahan, Clare, Lievens, Eline, Kennedy, Ben, Derave, Wim and Bellinger, Phillip (2025). Muscle-fiber typology is associated with sprint-cycling characteristics in world-class and elite track cyclists. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 20 (1), 142-148. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2024-0089
Wackwitz, Thomas, Minahan, Clare, Menaspa, Paolo, Crampton, Matthew and Bellinger, Phillip (2023). Field- and laboratory-derived power-cadence profiles in world-class and elite track sprint cyclists. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41 (17), 1635-1642. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2288435
Wackwitz, Thomas, Minahan, Clare, Menaspa, Paolo, Crampton, Matthew and Bellinger, Phillip (2023). The influence of cadence on fatigue during maximal sprint cycling in world-class and elite sprint cyclists. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41 (24), 2229-2235. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2024.2319407
Wackwitz, Thomas A., Minahan, Clare L., King, Trish, Du Plessis, Chantelle, Andrews, Mark H. and Bellinger, Phillip M. (2020). Quantification of maximal power output in well-trained cyclists. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39 (1), 84-90. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1805251
Conference Paper
Guo, Tianchen, Logan, Peter Anthony, Wackwitz, Thomas and Martin, David (2026). PLNet-12: a vision-language benchmark for zero-shot physical literacy analysis across 12 fundamental movements. 38th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence-AJCAI, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 1-5 December 2025. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-95-4972-6_19