DR. ROBERT LAMBERTS

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POSITION

  • Post-doctoral research fellow, UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine (ESSM), Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD (Physiology) (Exercise Science), University of Cape Town, South Africa (2009)

    Thesis title: The development of an evidenced-based submaximal cycle test designed to monitor and predict cycling performance. The Lamberts and Lambert Submaximal Cycle Test (LSCT)

  • MSc (Human Movement Science), University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2001) (Specialisation in cardiac rehabilitation, 2003)

  • BSc (Physiotherapy), University of the Hanze Hogeschool Groningen, The Netherlands (1998)

 

ESSM RESEARCH GROUPS

  • Exercise performance

  • Exercise in the management of chronic diseases

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Optimal balance between training load and recovery

  • Overreaching / Overtraining

  • Heart rate recovery and heart rate variability

  • Thermoregulation & fluid intake

  • Exercise prescription in chronic disease patients

  • Application of scientific knowledge in (elite) sports

  • Cycling (Road, MTB and cyclo-cross)

 

CONTACT

 

Tel:      +27 21 650 4572

Email:  robert.lamberts@uct.ac.za

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PUBLICATIONS

  1. R.P. Lamberts, G.J. Rietjens, H.H. Tijdink, T.D. Noakes, M.I. Lambert. (2010) Measuring submaximal performance parameters to monitor fatigue and predict cycling performance. A case study of a world-class cyclo-cross cyclist. European Journal of Applied Physiology 1: 705-713

  1. R.P. Lamberts J. Swart, T.D. Noakes, M.I. Lambert. A novel submaximal cycle test to monitor fatigue and predict cycling performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine (Epub: ahead of publ.)

  1. R.P. Lamberts, J. Swart, B. Capostagno, T.D. Noakes and MI Lambert (2009) Heart rate recovery as a guide to monitor fatigue and predict performance parameters. Scandinavian journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (Epub; ahead of publ.)

  1. R.P. Lamberts, J. Swart, T.D. Noakes and MI Lambert (2009) Changes in heart rate recovery after high intensity training in well-trained cyclists. European Journal of Applied Physiology 5: 705-713

  1. J. Swart, R.P. Lamberts, W. Derman, M.I. Lambert (2009) Effects of high intensity training by heart rate or power in well-trained cyclists. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 23(2) 619-625

  1. J. Swart, R.P. Lamberts, M.I. Lambert M.I., E.V. Lambert, R.W. Woolrich, S. Johnston, T.D. Noakes (2009) EXERCISING WITH RESERVE: Exercise regulation by perceived exertion in relation to duration of exercise and knowledge of endpoint. British Journal of Sports Medicine 43(10):775-81

  1. J. Swart, R.P. Lamberts, M.I. Lambert M.I., A. St. Clair Gibson, E.V. Lambert, J. Skowno and T.D. Noakes (2009) EXERCISING WITH RESERVE: Evidence that the CNS regulates prolonged exercise performance. British Journal of Sports Medicine 43(10):782-88

  1. R.P. Lamberts, J. Swart, R. Woolrich, T.D. Noakes and M.I. Lambert (2009) Measurement error associated with performance testing in well-trained cyclists; application to the precision of monitoring changes in training status. International SportsMed Journal 10(1): 33-44

  1. R.P. Lamberts and M.I. Lambert (2009) Day-to-day variation in heart rate at different levels of submaximal exertion: implications for monitoring training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 23(3): 1005-1010

  1. N.G. Langerak, R.P. Lamberts, AG. Fieggen, J.C. Peter, W.J. Peacock, C.L. Vaughan (2009) Functional performance of cerebral palsy patients before and at 1 and 20 years after selective dorsal Rhizotomy. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 90(6):944-1003

  1. J Swart, R. Tucker, R.P. Lamberts, Y. Albertus, M.I. Lambert (2008) Case Report: Chronic anterior knee pain related to low cadence in a Tour De France winning cyclist. International SportsMed Journal 9(4):162-171

  1. N.G. Langerak, R.P. Lamberts, A.G. Fieggen, J.C. Peter and C.L. Vaughan (2008) A Prospective Study of Gait in Diplegic Cerebral Palsy Patients Twenty Years after Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Journal of Neurosurgery Paediatrics 1:180-186

  1. N.G. Langerak, R.P. Lamberts, AG. Fieggen, J.C. Peter, W.J. Peacock, C.L. Vaughan (2008) RESPONSE: Response to: Albright and Engsberg & Park - Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy and the challenge of monitoring long-term sequelae Journal of Neurosurgery Peadiatrics 1:177-178

  1. N.G. Langerak, R.P. Lamberts, AG. Fieggen, J.C. Peter, W.J. Peacock, C.L. Vaughan (2007) Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy: Long-Term Experience from Cape Town. Childs Nervous System 23: 1003-1006

  1. J.J. Durandt, J.P. Evans, P. Revington, A.Temple-Jones, R.P. Lamberts (2007) Physical profiles of elite male field hockey and soccer players: Application to sport specific tests. South African Journal of Sports Medicine 19(3) 52-55

  1. K.A.P.M Lemmink, C. Visscher, M.I. Lambert, R.P. Lamberts (2004) The Interval Shuttle Run Test for Intermittent Sport Players: Evaluation of Reliability. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 18(4) 821-827

  1. R.P. Lamberts, K.A.P.M. Lemmink, J.J. Durandt, M.I. Lambert (2004) Variation in heart rate during submaximal exercise: implications for monitoring training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 18(3) 100-101

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