Helen Hanstock

Universitetslektor|Senior Lecturer

Bakgrund

2015 - : Universitetslektor, Idrottsvetenskap, Mittuniversitetet

2012-2015: PhD Exercise Immunology, Bangor University, UK

2008-2011: BA (Hons) Physiological Sciences, Oxford University, UK

Forskningsområden

Idrottsmedicin
Idrottsfysiologi
Omgivningsfysiologi
Biomarkörer

Forskning

Immunologiska effekter av motion och träning
Immunologiska effekter av psykisk stress
Luftvägseffekter av kalla miljöer
Biologisk monitorering av idrottares hälsa

Undervisning

Idrottsfysiologi, Sjukdoms- och hälsoproblem inom prestationsidrott

Publikationer

Artiklar i tidskrifter

Talbot, N. P. , Cheng, H. , Hanstock, H. , Smith, T. G. , Dorrington, K. L. & Robbins, P. A. (2024). Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction does not limit maximal exercise capacity in healthy volunteers breathing 12% oxygen at sea level.. Physiological Reports, vol. 12: 4    

Ahokas, E. K. , Ihalainen, J. , Hanstock, H. , Savolainen, E. & Kyröläinen, H. (2023). A post-exercise infrared sauna session improves recovery of neuromuscular performance and muscle soreness after resistance exercise training. Biology of Sport, vol. 40: 3, ss. 681-689.  

Jong, M. , Hanstock, H. G. , Stenfors, N. & Ainegren, M. (2023). Elite skiers' experiences of heat- and moisture-exchanging devices and training and competition in the cold : A qualitative survey. Health Science Reports, vol. 6: 9  

Ahokas, E. K. , Hanstock, H. , Löfberg, I. , Nyman, M. , Wenning, P. , Kyröläinen, H. , Mikkonen, R. & Ihalainen, J. K. (2023). Nocturnal Heart Rate Variability in Women Discordant for Hormonal Contraceptive Use. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 55: 7, ss. 1342-1349.  

Stenfors, N. , Persson, H. , Tutt, A. , Tufvesson, E. , Andersson, E. P. , Ainegren, M. & Hanstock, H. G. (2022). A breathing mask attenuates acute airway responses to exercise in sub-zero environment in healthy subjects. European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 122: 6, ss. 1473-1484.  

Ainegren, M. , Hanstock, H. & Stenfors, N. (2022). Breathing resistance in heat and moisture exchanging devices. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P, vol. 236: 2, ss. 97-105.    

Eklund, L. M. , Skondal, A. , Tufvesson, E. , Sjostrom, R. , Söderstrom, L. , Hanstock, H. G. , Sandstrom, T. & Stenfors, N. (2022). Cold air exposure at-15 degrees C induces more airway symptoms and epithelial stress during heavy exercise than rest without aggravated airway constriction. European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 122: 12, ss. 2533-2544.  

Hanstock, H. G. , Kapellos, T. S. , Keir, H. R. , Khedoe, P. P. S. , Long, M. B. , Evren, E. , Ubags, N. D. & Cruz, J. (2022). Highlights of the ERS Lung Science Conference 2022. Breathe, vol. 18: 4  

Blakeson, M. C. , Jerome, S. P. , Walsh, N. P. , Schagatay, E. & Hanstock, H. G. (2022). Illness Incidence, Psychological Characteristics, and Sleep in Dogsled Drivers During the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Wilderness & environmental medicine (Print), vol. 33: 1, ss. 92-96.  

Gavrielatos, A. , Ratkevica, I. , Stenfors, N. & Hanstock, H. G. (2022). Influence of exercise duration on respiratory function and systemic immunity among healthy, endurance-trained participants exercising in sub-zero conditions. Respiratory Research, vol. 23: 1  

Hanstock, H. , Eklund, L. , Sandström, T. & Stenfors, N. (2022). No differences in cytokine responses to moderate-intensity exercise in -10°C versus 10°C.. ERJ Open Research, vol. 8: suppl 8  

Hanstock, H. , Tutt, A. S. , Persson, H. , Andersson, E. , Ainegren, M. & Stenfors, N. (2021). 390 Can a heat-and-moisture exchanger attenuate inflammatory responses to exercise in sub-zero conditions?. British Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 55: Suppl 1  

Tutt, A. , Persson, H. , Andersson, E. P. , Ainegren, M. , Stenfors, N. & Hanstock, H. G. (2021). A heat and moisture-exchanging mask impairs self-paced maximal running performance in a sub-zero environment. European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 121: 7, ss. 1979-1992.    

Pojskić, H. , Hanstock, H. G. , Tang, T. & Rodríguez-Zamora, L. (2021). Acute Exposure to Normobaric Hypoxia Impairs Balance Performance in Sub-elite but Not Elite Basketball Players. Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 12    

Eklund, L. , Schagatay, F. , Tufvesson, E. , Sjöström, R. , Söderström, L. , Hanstock, H. , Sandström, T. & Stenfors, N. (2021). An experimental exposure study revealing composite airway effects of physical exercise in a subzero environment. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 80: 1    

Stenfors, N. , Hanstock, H. , Ainegren, M. & Lindberg, A. (2021). Usage of and attitudes toward heat‐ and moisture‐exchanging breathing devices among adolescent skiers. Translational sports medicine, vol. 4: 3, ss. 337-343.    

Hanstock, H. , Ainegren, M. & Stenfors, N. (2020). Exercise in Sub-zero Temperatures and Airway Health : Implications for Athletes With Special Focus on Heat-and-Moisture-Exchanging Breathing Devices. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, vol. 2: 34    

Hanstock, H. , Govus, A. , Stenqvist, T. B. , Melin, A. K. , Sylta, Ø. & Torstveit, M. K. (2020). Influence of Immune and Nutritional Biomarkers on Illness Risk During Interval Training. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, vol. 15: 1, ss. 60-67.    

Ahokas, E. K. , Kyröläinen, H. , Mero, A. A. , Walker, S. , Hanstock, H. & Ihalainen, J. K. (2020). Water immersion methods do not alter muscle damage and inflammation biomarkers after high-intensity sprinting and jumping exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 120, ss. 2625-2634.    

Sjöström, R. , Söderström, L. , Klockmo, C. , Patrician, A. , Sandström, T. , Björklund, G. , Hanstock, H. & Stenfors, N. (2019). Qualitative identification and characterisation of self-reported symptoms arising in humans during experimental exposure to cold air. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78: 1    

Hanstock, H. , Edwards, J. & Walsh, N. (2019). Tear Lactoferrin and Lysozyme as Clinically Relevant Biomarkers of Mucosal Immune Competence. Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 10    

Hanstock, H. , Edwards, J. , Roberts, R. & Walsh, N. (2018). High heart rate reactors display greater decreases in tear SIgA concentration following a novel acute stressor. Biological Psychology, vol. 133, ss. 85-88.    

Eriksson, L. , Schagatay, F. , Sjöström, R. , Soderstrom, L. , Hanstock, H. , Sandström, T. & Stenfors, N. (2018). Symptoms of moderate exercise in subzero temperatures - An experimental exposure study. European Respiratory Journal, vol. 52  

Hanstock, H. , Walsh, N. P. , Edwards, J. P. , Fortes, M. B. , Cosby, S. L. , Nugent, A. , Curran, T. , Coyle, P. V. & et al. (2016). Tear Fluid SIgA as a Noninvasive Biomarker of Mucosal Immunity and Common Cold Risk. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 48: 3, ss. 569-577.  

Diment, B. , Fortes, M. B. , Edwards, J. P. , Hanstock, H. , Ward, M. D. , Dunstall, H. M. , Friedmann, P. S. & Walsh, N. P. (2015). Exercise Intensity and Duration Effects on In Vivo Immunity. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, vol. 47: 7, ss. 1390-1398.    

Doktorsavhandlingar

Hanstock, H. (2016). Tear Secretory IgA: A Noninvasive Biomarker of Mucosal Immune Competence. Diss. Bangor University, 2016

Konferensbidrag

Gavrielatos, A. , Ratkevica, I. , Stenfors, N. & Hanstock, H. (2022). Acute respiratory responses to moderate-intensity exercise at -15°C in atopic and non-atopic subjects. I Biomedical Basis of Elite Performance 2022 12 – 13 April 2022 | University of Nottingham, UK Abstracts.. S. 65--67.  

Ahokas, E. , Kyröläinen, H. , Löfberg, I. , Taipale Mikkonen, R. , Hanstock, H. & Ihalainen, J. (2021). Menstruation has no effect on heart rate variability and subjective sleep quality of physically active women. Paper presented at the ECSS Virtual Congress, September 8-10, 2021.

Gavrielatos, A. , Ratkevica, I. , Stenfors, N. & Hanstock, H. (2021). No differences in acute lung function responses between two cold air exercise trials of different durations. I European Congress of Sports Science.

Hanstock, H. , Tutt, A. , Persson, H. , Andersson, E. , Ainegren, M. & Stenfors, N. (2020). A heat-and-moisture exchanging mask may increase the physiological demands of submaximal exercise in -15 degrees Celsius.. I Book of Abstracts of the 25th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science – 28th - 30th October 2020.. S. 75--76.

Tutt, A. , Persson, H. , Andersson, E. , Ainegren, M. , Stenfors, N. & Hanstock, H. (2020). A heat-and-moisture-exchanging mask affects each sex differently during exercise in sub-zero conditions. Paper presented at the Nordic Winter Sports Conference 2020, [DIGITAL]  

Hanstock, H. (2020). Development of Asthma in Young Skiers: What Can We Tell From Airway Immunological Responses to Exercise in Cold?. I Abstracts From the 31st Pediatric Exercise Physiology Meeting: Children-Exercise-Physical Activity & Sport Performance (September 2019, Umeå, Sweden).. S. S2-    

Tutt, A. , Persson, H. , Andersson, E. , Ainegren, M. , Stenfors, N. & Hanstock, H. (2020). Heat-and-moisture exchanging masks : Advantage or a hindrance during exercise in sub-zero conditions?. I Book of Abstracts of the 25th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, 28th - 30th October, 2020... S. 49--50.

Tutt, A. , Persson, H. , Andersson, E. , Ainegren, M. , Stenfors, N. & Hanstock, H. (2020). Sex differences in muscle oxygenation during sub-zero exercise with a heat-and-moisture exchanger. Paper presented at the Nordic Winter Sports Conference 2020, [DIGITAL], 1-2 October, 2020

Ahokas, E. K. , Kyrolainen, H. , Mero, A. , Walker, S. , Hanstock, H. & Ihalainen, J. K. (2019). Minimal effect of water immersion on markers of inflammation and muscle damage after intensive exercise. I Proc Physiol Soc 44.

Hanstock, H. , Govus, A. , Stenqvist, T. B. , Melin, A. , Sylta, Ö. & Torstveit, M. K. (2018). Evaluation of physiological and nutritional risk factors for upper respiratory illness using a zero-inflated negative binomial model. I Journal of Sports Sciences : Volume 36, 2018 - Issue sup1: BASES Conference 2018 – Programme and Abstracts.. S. 44--45.  

Hanstock, H. , Govus, A. , Stenqvist, T. B. , Melin, A. K. , Sylta, Ö. & Torstveit, M. K. (2018). Influence of interval duration on immunological responses to 4-weeks’ high-intensity interval training. I Journal of Sports Sciences : BASES Conference 2018 – Programme and Abstracts.. S. 1--94.  

Eriksson, L. , Schagatay, F. , Sjöström, R. , Söderström, L. , Hanstock, H. , Sandström, T. & Stenfors, N. (2018). Symptom av måttlig träning i minusgrader : En experimentell exponeringsstudie. Paper presented at the Svenska Lungkongressen, Linköping, 16-17 april, 2018

Eklund, L. , Schagatay, F. , Sjöström, R. , Söderström, L. , Hanstock, H. , Sandström, T. & Stenfors, N. (2018). Symptoms of moderate exercise in subzero temeperatures : An experimental exposure study. Paper presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress, Paris, France, 15-19 September

Hanstock, H. , Edwards, J. P. & Walsh, N. P. (2017). Potential of tear fluid antimicrobial proteins to evaluate risk of upper respiratory illness. I 13th ISEI Symposium : Training our immune system for health and performance.

Hanstock, H. (2017). Understanding ”ski asthma”: risk factors and management strategies.. Paper presented at the Nationellt Vintersportcentrum Conference, Åre, October 5-6, 2017

Manuskript

Karlsson, Ø. , Govus, A. , McGawley, K. & Hanstock, H. Changes in the metabolic profiles of highly-trained endurance athletes in response to high-intensity exercise.

Sidan uppdaterades 2024-02-05