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Christopher Napier
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Research
Latest papers
Project FURTHER: A Physiological, Biomechanical, and Psychosocial Profile of an All-Female 6-Day Ultramarathon Race.
Sports medicine - open · 2026
Built for her? Female athletes are still competing in a system optimised for bodies that are not their own.
British journal of sports medicine · 2026 · senior author
ACTIVATE: physical activity assessment, prescription and promotion in clinical practice by healthcare professionals - a consensus study initiated by the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy.
British journal of sports medicine · 2026
Latest funding
- $182,000
Advancing Sports Bra Design: Breast Biomechanics in Multidirectional Athletic Activities
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $6,000
Development of a Clinical Gait Analysis Service
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
- $72,778
The effects of fatigue on women's running biomechanics over a six-day ultra-endurance running event
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
39 publications.
Project FURTHER: A Physiological, Biomechanical, and Psychosocial Profile of an All-Female 6-Day Ultramarathon Race.
Caldwell HG, Stellingwerff T, Gathercole RJ, Hung A, Purcell SA, Napier C, McNeil CJ, Bennett EV, Hoar SD, Craven SA, Bruce CD, Kaviani SR, Gaiesky SKT, Robertson AA, Burr JF, Coates AM
Built for her? Female athletes are still competing in a system optimised for bodies that are not their own.
Mylle I, Ezzat AM, Yeoman J, White K, Wisotzki SF, Napier C
ACTIVATE: physical activity assessment, prescription and promotion in clinical practice by healthcare professionals - a consensus study initiated by the International Federation of Sports Physical Therapy.
Bricca A, Aadahl M, Skou ST, Thornton JS, Bandholm T, Midtgaard J, Egebæk HK, Tang LH, Jacobsen JS, Mkumbuzi NS, Cardon G, Mendonça LM, Bizzini M, Policastro PO, Bakare U, Kemp JL, Papadopoulou T, Constantinou M, Øiestad BE, Rathleff MS, Michener LA, Napier C, Zondi PC, Phillips N, Schneiders AG, Thompsen JL, Thorborg K
Integrative Field-Based Health and Performance Research: A Narrative Review on Experimental Methods and Logistics to Conduct Competition and Training Camp Studies in Athletes.
Stellingwerff T, Burke LM, Caldwell HG, Gathercole RJ, McNeil CJ, Napier C, Purcell SA, Boegman S, Johnson E, Hoar SD, Coates AM, Bennett EV, McKay AKA, Heikura IA, Joyner MJ, Burr JF
The one-week and three-month reliability of acceleration outcomes from an insole-embedded inertial measurement unit during treadmill running.
Gaiesky SKT, Fridman L, Michie T, Blazey P, Tran N, Schneeberg A, Napier C
Neural networks can accurately identify individual runners from their foot kinematics, but fail to predict their running performance.
Mayerhofer P, Napier C, Clarke DC, Bajić I, Donelan JM
Standardising health history and injury surveillance of participants in endurance events: a modified Delphi consensus statement from the AMSSM runner health consortium.
Tenforde AS, Kraus E, Kliethermes SA, Fontana MA, Barrack MT, Dubon M, Heikura IA, Hollander K, Kroshus E, Joachim MR, Lopes AD, Rauh MJ, Chastain R, Harrast M, Heiderscheit B, Krabak BJ, Miller EM, Napier C, Roberts WO, Roche D, Roche M, Schroeder AN, Taylor-Douglas D, Tenforde K, Verhagen E, Warden SJ, Willy RW, Toresdahl BG
An Exercise-Based Precision Medicine Tool and Smartphone App for Managing Achilles Tendinopathy (the 'PhysViz' System): User-Centered Development Study.
Merry K, MacPherson MM, Whittaker JL, Napier C, Holsti L, Scott A
Current practice, guideline adherence, and barriers to implementation for Achilles tendinopathy rehabilitation: a survey of physical therapists and people with Achilles tendinopathy.
Merry K, MacPherson MM, Blazey P, Fearon A, Hunt M, Morrissey D, Napier C, Reid D, Whittaker JL, Willy RW, Scott A
Using wearable technology data to explain recreational running injury: A prospective longitudinal feasibility study.
Neal BS, Bramah C, McCarthy-Ryan MF, Moore IS, Napier C, Paquette MR, Gruber AH
Advancing Sports Bra Design: Breast Biomechanics in Multidirectional Athletic Activities
Principal investigators: Kuo, Calvin C
Keywords: breast biomechanics; clothing comfort; inertial measurement unit; markerless motion capture; real-world movement; sport monitoring; sports bra; wearable sensor
Development of a Clinical Gait Analysis Service
Principal investigators: Mekonnen, Ephrem
Keywords: Clinical Gait; Ethics; Questionnaires; Research; Software; Testing
The effects of fatigue on women's running biomechanics over a six-day ultra-endurance running event
Principal investigators: Napier, Christopher C
Keywords: athlete monitoring; biomechanics; endurance; fatigue; field-based research; human performance; observational; running; sex and gender; wearable sensors
A female-specific approach to the design of running footwear: beyond 'shrink it and pink it'
Principal investigators: Napier, Christopher C
Keywords: energy return; human performance; kinematics; kinetics; materials optimization; physiology; running gait
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Carlo Menon and Christopher Napier: 9 shared papers
- Carlo Menon and Xianta Jiang: 5 shared papers
- Xianta Jiang and Christopher Napier: 2 shared papers
- Liisa Holsti and Michael Hunt: 1 shared paper
- Liisa Holsti and Christopher Napier: 1 shared paper
- Michael Hunt and Christopher Napier: 1 shared paper
- Kadija Perreault and Anny Fredette: 1 shared paper
- Kadija Perreault and Christopher Napier: 1 shared paper
- Anny Fredette and Christopher Napier: 1 shared paper
- Okanagan - Health and Exercise Sciences, School of
- Mechatronic Systems & Engineering Science
- Computer Science
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Carlo Menon
Mechatronic Systems & Engineering Science
9 shared papers, latest 2021
Xianta Jiang
Computer Science
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Liisa Holsti
Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Michael Hunt
Physical Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Kadija Perreault
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Anny Fredette
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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