Staff Profiles

Stephen How

Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology

show@glos.ac.uk

Qualifications 

• PhD (in progress) Working title — Airways response to acute and chronic
  inspiratory pressure threshold loading
• MSc in Sport and Exercise, De Montfort University, Bedford
• BSc (Hons) 1st Class in Sport and Exercise Science, University of Luton

Consultancy 

Have provided physiological support for junior GB rowers and elite masters cyclists

Research interests 

• Lung function assessment;
• Respiratory muscle function, weakness and training
• Effect of loaded inspirations on airway smooth muscle mechanics
  

Sporting interests 

Club cyclist — have twice completed the full year 2000 Tour de France route in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Recent Publications

Full papers: 

How, S.C., Romer, L.M. and McConnell, A.K. (2009). Acute effects of inspiratory pressure threshold loading upon airway resistance in people with asthma. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. In Press

How, S.C., McConnell, A.K., Taylor, B.J., and Romer, L.M. (2007). Acute and chronic responses of the upper airway to inspiratory loading in healthy awake humans: an MRI study. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 157, 270-280

Taylor, B.J., How, S.C. and Romer, L.M. (2006). Exercise-induced abdominal muscle fatigue in healthy humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. 100, 1554-1562

Conference presentations:

Taylor, B.J., How, S.C., and Romer, L.M. (2009). Severity of expiratory muscle fatigue is greater after whole-body exercise versus maximal voluntary hyperpnoea. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise.

How, S.C., Romer, L.M., Taylor, B.J., and McConnell, A.K. (2007). The acute effect of loaded inspirations upon airway resistance in mild to moderate asthmatics. European Respiratory Journal. 30, 258s

How, S.C., Taylor, B.J., McConnell, A.K., and Romer, L.M. (2006). Increased activation of lingual muscles in response to acute inspiratory pressure-threshold loading in healthy humans: an MRI study. European Respiratory Journal. 28, 356s

How, S.C., Taylor, B.J., McConnell, A.K., and Romer, L.M. (2006). Morphological changes of the upper airway in response to acute and chronic inspiratory loading in healthy awake humans: an MRI study. European Respiratory Journal. 28, 420s

Taylor, B.J., How, S.C., and Romer, L.M. (2005). Exercise-induced expiratory muscle fatigue in healthy humans. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise. 38, S381