Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career
Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Recovery Physiology
  • Muscle and Exercise Physiology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Thermoregulation

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

About James Broatch

Dr Broatch currently holds a joint appointment as Research Fellow within the Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS) and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS.

James received his PhD from Victoria University where he examined the effects of post-exercise cold-water immersion on skeletal muscle adaptations to exercise.

His current role is to conduct applied and mechanistic research to evaluate the effects of compression garments on recovery and exercise performance.

Qualifications

  • BSc UNSW
  • BAppSc (Hons) Victoria University
  • PhD Victoria University
  • Level 1 ISAK Anthropometrist

Key publications

Year Citation
2019 Broatch, J. R., Bishop, D. J., Zadow, E. K., & Halson, S. (190201). Effects of sports compression socks on performance, physiological, and hematological alterations after long-haul air travel in elite female volleyballers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 33(2), (492-501).

doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003002
2018 Christiansen, D., Bishop, D. J., Broatch, J. R., Bangsbo, J., McKenna, M. J., & Murphy, R. M. (180801). Cold-water immersion after training sessions: effects on fiber type-specific adaptations in muscle K+ transport proteins to sprint-interval training in men.. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 125(2), (429-444).

doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00259.2018
2018 Broatch, J. R., Bishop, D. J., & Halson, S. (180801). Lower limb sports compression garments improve muscle blood flow and exercise performance during repeated-sprint cycling. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 13(7), (882-890).

doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2017-0638
2018 Broatch, J. R., Petersen, A., & Bishop, D. J. (180601). The Influence of Post-Exercise Cold-Water Immersion on Adaptive Responses to Exercise: A Review of the Literature. Sports Medicine, 48(6), (1369-1387).

doi: 10.1007/s40279-018-0910-8
2017 Broatch, J. R., Petersen, A., & Bishop, D. J. (171001). Cold-water immersion following sprint interval training does not alter endurance signaling pathways or training adaptations in human skeletal muscle. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 313(4), (R372-R384).

doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00434.2016
2017 Argus, C. K., Broatch, J. R., Petersen, A. C., Polman, R., Bishop, D. J., & Halson, S. (170801). Cold-water immersion and contrast water therapy: No improvement of short-term recovery after resistance training. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 12(7), (886-892).

doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2016-0127
2017 Christiansen, D., Murphy, R., Broatch, J., Bangsbo, J., McKenna, M., & Bishop, D. (170616). Regulation of Na+,K+-ATPase isoforms and phospholemman (FXYD1) in skeletal muscle fibre types by exercise training and cold-water immersion in men. ,

doi: 10.1101/151035
2017 Christiansen, D., Murphy, R., Broatch, J., Bangsbo, J., McKenna, M., Kuang, J., & Bishop, D. (170616). Post-exercise cold-water immersion increases Na+,K+-ATPase 2-isoform mRNA content in parallel with elevated Sp1 expression in human skeletal muscle. ,

doi: 10.1101/151100
2014 Broatch, J. R., Petersen, A., & Bishop, D. J. (140101). Postexercise cold water immersion benefits are not greater than the placebo effect. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46(11), (2139-2147).

doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000348
2012 Bullock, W., Panchuk, D., Broatch, J., Christian, R., & Stepto, N. K. (120901). An integrative test of agility, speed and skill in soccer: Effects of exercise. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15(5), (431-436).

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.03.002

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Investigating the effects of sports compression garments on aspects of athletic performance, recovery, and adaptations to exercise training.
From: Australian Institute of Sport
Investigators: Prof David Bishop
For period: 2017-2021
 $15,000

Effects of cryotherapy on recovery following resistance training.
From: The Pratt Foundation Grant
Investigators: Prof David Bishop, Dr Aaron Petersen
For period: 2015-2016
 Not disclosed

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 PhD Associate supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (1) Associate supervisor

Key academic roles

Dates Role Department / Organisation
May 2016 - Dec 2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Victoria University
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
May 2016 -
Dec 2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Victoria University

Key industry, community & government roles

Dates Role Department/Organisation
May 2016 - May 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian Institute of Sport
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
May 2016 - May 2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian Institute of Sport

Awards

Year Award
2019

Young Investigator Award - ESSA

Professional memberships

  • AES and ASpS1 member, Exercise & Sports Science Australia

Media appearances

21st November 2014

Ice bath after exercise? The benefits might be in your head

The Conversation