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Dr Luca Angius

Assistant Professor

Department: Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation

Luca Angius After completing a BSc, MSc in Sport Science, Luca completed a PhD in Biology Biochemistry of Human and Environment at University of Cagliari (IT). Luca then moved to the University of Kent where he completed his second PhD in Sport & Exercise Science and Sports Therapy in 2016. Luca then worked as Associate Lecturer at the University of Kent until May 2018 before taking up a Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow position at ϲ in September 2018.

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Room 430a, Northumberland Building
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Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

My research activity focuses on the cardiovascular and neurophysiological response during physical exercise. More precisely I investigated the impact of various diseases on group III/IV muscle afferents activity and how these diseases contribute to abnormalities of the cardiovascular response during exercise. Furthermore, I performed a series of experiment to study role of group III/IV muscle afferents in the development of central fatigue.

Recently, my research mainly focuses on the application of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to study how the central nervous system is involved in exercise regulation and in the development of exercise induced fatigue.

The main goal of my research is to understand the neurophysiological and psychological mechanisms causing fatigue during physical exercise and how this knowledge can be applied to improve the life quality of healthy adults and populations affected by cardiovascular and neurological disorders.


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