Bilde av Osborne, John Owen
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Bilde av Osborne, John Owen
Project Leader (FENDURA project), Associate Professor (Exercise Physiology) & Postdoctoral Fellow School of sport sciences john.owen.osborne@uit.no +4777645827 You can find me here

John Owen Osborne


Job description

Project leader for The Female Endurance Athlete (FENDURA) project and Associate Professor at the School of Sports Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Researching female-specific aspects, such as the effect of the menstrual cycle and hormonal contraceptives, to improve and optimize the performance and health of female athletes.


  • Madison Taylor, John Owen Osborne, Virginia De Martin Topranin, Tina Pettersen Engseth, Guro Strøm Solli, Ditta Valsdottir et al.:
    Menstrual Cycle Phase Has No Influence on Performance-Determining Variables in Endurance-Trained Athletes: The FENDURA Project
    Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 2024 DOI
  • David N. Borg, Franco M. Impellizzeri, Samantha J. Borg, Kate P. Hutchins, Ian B. Stewart, Tamara Jones et al.:
    Meta-analysis prediction intervals are under reported in sport and exercise medicine
    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Karianne Hagerupsen, Sigurd Pedersen, Nicoline Bastiansen Giller, Nora Kristine Thomassen, Kim Arne Heitmann, Edvard Hamnvik Sagelv et al.:
    Comparison of resistance training using barbell half squats and trap bar deadlifts on maximal strength, power performance, and lean mass in recreationally active females: an eight-week randomised trial
    BMC sports science, medicine and rehabilitation 31. May 2024 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Dionne Adriana Noordhof, Madison Taylor, Virginia De Martin Topranin, Tina Pettersen Engseth, Øyvind Bucher Sandbakk, John Owen Osborne :
    Agreement Between the 2- and 3-Step Methods for Identifying Subtle Menstrual Disturbances
    International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (IJSPP) 2024 DOI
  • Tina Pettersen Engseth, John Owen Osborne, Guro Strøm Solli, Bente Morseth, Erik P. Andersson, Virginia De Martin Topranin et al.:
    Influence of menstrual- and hormonal contraceptive cycle on self-reported symptom severity and recovery measures across an annual season in female endurance athletes: The FENDURA project
    Journal of Sports Sciences 05. December 2024 DOI
  • John Owen Osborne, Guro Strøm Solli, Tina Pettersen Engseth, Boye Welde, Bente Morseth, Dionne Adriana Noordhof et al.:
    Annual Volume and Distribution of Physical Training in Norwegian Female Cross-Country Skiers and Biathletes: A Comparison Between Sports, Competition Levels, and Age Categories-The FENDURA Project
    International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (IJSPP) 2023 PROSJEKT / ARKIV / DOI
  • Edvard Hamnvik Sagelv, Andrea Casolo, Anne Elise Eggen, Kim Arne Heitmann, Kristoffer Robin Johansen, Maja-Lisa Løchen et al.:
    Females display lower risk of myocardial infarction from higher estimated cardiorespiratory fitness than males. The Tromsø Study 1994-2014
    Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes (MCP:IQ&O) 2023 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • John Owen Osborne, J. Tallent, O. Girard, P.W. Marshall, D. Kidgell, R. Buhmann :
    Neuromuscular electrical stimulation during maximal voluntary contraction: a Delphi survey with expert consensus
    European Journal of Applied Physiology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Hanne Cesilie Staff, Guro Strøm Solli, John Owen Osborne, Øyvind Bucher Sandbakk :
    Long-Term Development of Training Characteristics and Performance-Determining Factors in Elite/International and World-Class Endurance Athletes: A Scoping Review
    Sports Medicine 31. March 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • John Owen Osborne, Geoffrey Minett, Ian Stewart, Stewart Trost, Christopher Drovandi, Joseph Costello et al.:
    Evidence that heat acclimation training may alter sleep and incidental activity
    European Journal of Sport Science (EJSS) 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Erik P Andersson, Thomas Leonhard Stöggl, Philipp Bach, John Owen Osborne :
    The effect of exercise hyperpnea on gross efficiency and anaerobic capacity estimates during a 3-min cycle time trial
    Journal of applied physiology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • John Owen Osborne, Ian Stewart, David Borg, Kenneth Beagley, Robert Buhmann, Geoffrey Minett :
    Short-term heat acclimation preserves knee extensor torque but does not improve 20 km self-paced cycling performance in the heat
    European Journal of Applied Physiology 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • David Borg, John Owen Osborne, Sean Tweedy, Johanna Liljedahl, Carla Nooijen :
    Bicycling and Tricycling Road Race Performance in International Para-Cycling Events between 2011 and 2019
    American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2021 DOI
  • Boye Welde, J. Mikhail Kellawan, Rebecca D. Larson, Bente Morseth, John Owen Osborne, Øyvind Bucher Sandbakk :
    Editorial: The physiology of the female athlete—performance, health, and recovery
    Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • John Owen Osborne, Boye Welde :
    The Female Endurance Athlete (FENDURA): describing the bone health of female endurance athletes.
    2023
  • John Owen Osborne, Erik P Andersson, Boye Welde, Sigurd Pedersen, Svein Arne Pettersen :
    Does Menstrual Cycle Phase Affect Physical Performance Of Female Team Handball Athletes? A comparison between different hormonal-contraceptive users and non-users.
    2023
  • John Owen Osborne, Madison Taylor, Boye Welde, Bente Morseth, Erik P Andersson, Ole Martin Fuskevåg et al.:
    The effect of serum hormone concentrations on double poling sprint and countermovement jump performance: The Female Endurance Athlete (FENDURA) project
    2023
  • John Owen Osborne :
    FENDURA: The Female Endurance Athlete
    2023 DATA
  • Dionne Adriana Noordhof, Madison Taylor, Virginia De Martin Topranin, Tina Pettersen Engseth, Øyvind Bucher Sandbakk, John Owen Osborne :
    The prevalence of menstrual disturbances in female endurance athletes: the influence of performance level and comparison of methodologies.
    2023
  • Madison Taylor, John Owen Osborne, Virginia De Martin Topranin, Tina Pettersen Engseth, Guro Strøm Solli, Ditta Valsdottir et al.:
    The influence of menstrual cycle phase on physiological endurance performance-determining variables in endurance-trained athletes
    2023
  • John Owen Osborne :
    FENDURA - purpose, objectives and outcomes (May 2022)
    2022
  • John Owen Osborne :
    Current and future direction of FENDURA post-doctoral research.
    2022
  • John Owen Osborne :
    Overview of the FENDURA project and descriptive training of Norwegian female cross-country skiers and biathletes
    2022
  • John Owen Osborne :
    Gi idrettsutøverne nok mat: betydningen av tilstrekkelig næringsinntak når du trener
    2022
  • Øyvind Bucher Sandbakk, John Owen Osborne, Tina Pettersen Engseth :
    Kan kunnskap om mensen bidra til at flere kvinner lykkes i toppidretten?
    13. December 2022
  • John Owen Osborne, Erik P Andersson, Tina Pettersen Engseth, Bente Morseth, Boye Welde, Øyvind Sandbakk et al.:
    Annual training characteristics of competitive Norwegian female cross-country skiers and biathletes: the FENDURA project
    2022 PROSJEKT
  • John Osborne, Ian Stewart, David Borg, Kenneth Beagley, Robert Buhmann, Geoffrey Minett :
    Short-term heat acclimation preserves knee extensor torque but does not improve 20 km self-paced cycling performance in the heat.
  • Ellen Kathrine Bludd, Tina Pettersen Engseth, John Osborne, Boye Welde :
    Kan trening lagt opp etter menstruasjonssyklus gi bedre prestasjon?
    08. March 2021 FULLTEKST / PROSJEKT
  • John Owen Osborne, Erik P Andersson :
    FENDURA - Postdoctoral Research Projects
    2021

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    Research interests

    • Female athletes and physiology;
    • Influence of hormonal contraceptives on exercise performance;
    • Environmental exercise physiology;
    • Low energy availability, menstrual function, bone health, and REDs;
    • Neuromuscular performance and fatigue (central and peripheral);
    • Sports nutrition and supplementation.

    Teaching

    • IDR-1143: Sports Medicine and Sports Nutrition
    • IDR-2350: Exercise Physiology and Training 1
    • ERN-2008: Nutrition, Health and Disease (Eating disorders in sport)
    • IDR-2353 Physical activity for prevention and rehabilitation
    • IDR-3901 [Masters]: Masters Thesis in Exercise Science
    • IDR-3914 [Masters]: Analysis of physical activity and sport performance
    • IDR-3920 [Masters]: Scientific theory, quantiative statistics and research methods 2