PROF. WAYNE DERMAN

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POSITION

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

  • Medical Co-Director of the Chronic Disease Rehabilitation Programme, Sports Science Institute of South Africa

  • Sports Physician, Senior partner of Derman, Noakes & Schwellnus Inc. Sports Medicine Practice, Sports Science Institute of South Africa

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD (Sports Medicine), University of Cape Town (1993)

    Thesis title: Effects of ß-blockade on the physiological response to physical exercise and

                      exercise training in man

  • BSc (Med)(Hons) (Sport Science), University of Cape Town (1988)

  • MBChB, University of Pretoria (1986)

 

ESSM RESEARCH GROUPS

  • Exercise in the management of chronic diseases

  • Injuries and medical conditions associated with sport and exercise

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Functional capacity in chronic disease

  • Sports injury prevention

  • Psychoneurocardiology

  • Chronic fatigue and underperformance in athletes

  • Cardiorespiratory conditions in athletes

  • Mind-body interaction

 

OTHER

  • Chief Medical Officer of South African Olympic Team; Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

  • Appointed Medical Officer South African Paralympic Team Beijing 2008.

  • Served as Flight Surgeon to Cosmonaught Mark Shuttleworth during the "First African in Space" mission in Russia in 2002

  • Serves on the International Federation of Sports Medicine – Scientific Commission.

  • “Molecular basis of sports injury” Focus Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Medical Committee (2007)

  • Member of the High Performance & Medical Commission – South African Sports & Olympic Confederation

  • Editorial board member of the British Journal of Sports Medicine

  • Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine

 

CONTACT

 

Tel:      +27 21 650 4560

Email:  Wayne.Derman@uct.ac.za

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PUBLICATIONS

 

1.    Swart J, Lamberts R, Derman EW Lambert M. Effects of high intensity training by heart rate or power in well trained cyclists. J Strength and Conditioning Res. In press.

 

2.    Parr B, Noakes TD, Derman EW. Effects of upper-body strength training compared to conventional exercise training in patients with peripheral vascular disease. South African Medical J. In press.

 

3.    Parr B, Noakes TD, Derman EW. Factors predicting walking tolerance in patients with peripheral vascular disease. South African Medical J. 98 (12):630-634, 2008.

 

4.    Derman EW, Patel DN, Nossel CJ & Schwellnus MP. Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice; an introduction to lifestyle and diseases of lifestyle.  SA Fam Pract J 50(4):5-7, 2008.

 

5.    Derman EW, Whitesman S, Dreyer M, Patel DN, Nossel CJ & Schwellnus MP. Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice; lifestyle and cardiovascular disease.  SA Fam Pract J 50(5):6-9, 2008.

 

6.    Schwellnus, Patel DN, Nossel CJ, Whitesman S, Dreyer M, & Derman EW. Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice; lifestyle and chronic respiratory disease. SA Fam Pract J 50(6):6-12, 2008.

 

7.    Derman EW. Medication use by Team South Africa during the XXVIIIth Olympiad: A model for quantity estimation for multi-coded team events. South African J Sports Med.  20(3), 78-84, 2008.

 

8.    Derman EW. Profile of medical and injury consultations of Team South Africa during the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Athens 2004. South African J Sports Med.  20(3), 72-76, 2008.

 

9.    Derman EW. Antihypertensive medications and exercise: Position statement of the International Federation of Sports Medicine. International Sports Med Journal (IJSM) 9 (1); 32-38, 2008.

 

10.  Ljungqvist, A., Schwellnus, M., Bachl, N., Collins, M., Cook, J., Khan, K., Maffulli, N., Pitsiladis, Y., Riley, G., Golspink, G., Venter, D., Derman, W., Engebretsen, L. and Volpi, P. International Olympic Committee Consensus statement on the Molecular Basis of Connective Tissue and Muscle Injuries in Sport. Clinics in Sports Medicine. Clin Sports Med. Jan; 27(1):231-9, 2008.

 

11.  BM Parr & EW Derman. The effects of exercise training in patients with peripheral vascular disease. South African Journal of Sports Medicine. 18 (4) 116-121; 2006.

 

12.  St Clair GA, Grobler LA, Collins M, Lambert MI, Sharwood K, Derman EW et al., Evaluation of maximal exercise performance, fatigue, and depression in athletes with chronic acquired training intolerance. Clin.J.Sport Med;16: 39-45;2006

 

13.  Grobler L,  Grobler L, St Clair Gibson A, Lambert MI, Collins M, Derman EW, Sinclair-Smith C, Noakes TD. Histological features of endurance athletes with exercise associated fatigue. Br Journal of Sports Medicine. Grobler et al., B. J Sports Med 38; 697-703, 2004.

 

14.  Derman EW & Constantinou D. Exercise Induced Asthma. The South African Journal of Continuing Medical Education. 22:3; 126-132, 2004.

 

15.  Derman EW. Sports Medicine for the general practitioner – Guest Editorial. The South African Journal of Continuing Medical Education. 22:3; 110-111, 2004.

 

16.  Derman EW. Medical care of the South African Olympic Team – the Sydney 2000 experience. The South African Journal of Sports Medicine. 15(3) 22-25, 2004.

 

17.  Collins M, Renault V, Grobler L, St Clair Gibson A, Lambert MI, Derman EW, Butler Browne GS, Noakes TD & Mouly V. Athletes with exercise associated fatigue have abnormally short muscle DNA telomeres. Med Sci Sports & Exercise. 35:9; 1524-1528, 2003.

 

18.  Hunter AM, St Clair Gibson A, Derman EW, Lambert MI, Dennis S, Noakes TD. The effect of selective beta1 blockade on EMG signal characteristics during progressive endurance exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol.  88:275-281. 2002.

 

19.  Hawarden D, Baker S, Toerien A, Prescott R, Derman EW, Leaver R, Potter PC. Atopy in South African Olympic athletes. South African Med

 

20.  Grey J, Derman W, Vaughn KL. Low back pain in cricket fast bowlers.  ISMJ 1(4)  2001. URL:http://www.esportmed.com/ismj/ 2001.

 

21.  Grobler L, Derman EW, Schwellnus MP, Noakes TD. Effects of Zopidone on exercise performance and hand eye coordination in athletes. Clin J Sports Med. 10(2):123-8, 2000.

 

22.  Derman EW: A clinical diagnostic approach to chronic groin pain in the adult athlete. ISMJ 1(1) March 2000. URL:http://www.esportmed.com/ismj/ 2000.

 

23.  Schwellnus MP, Derman EW: “Social drugs” and sports performance: alcohol, caffeine and nicotine.  ISMJ 1(1) March 2000. URL:http://www.esportmed.com/ismj/ 2000.

 

24.  Derman EW, Schwellnus MP: The Olympic team physician’s bag: what should it contain? ISMJ 1(2) May 2000. URL:http://www.esportmed.com/ismj/ 2000.

 

25.  Derman EW, St Clair Gibson A, Schwellnus MP, Lambert MI, Sinclair-Smith C, Noakes TD. The differential diagnosis and clinical approach to the athlete with chronic fatigue. ISMJ 1(3) July 2000. URL:http://www.esportmed.com/ismj/ 2000.

 

26.  St Clair Gibson A, Lambert MI, Collins M, Grobler L, Sharwood KA, Derman EW, Noakes TD: Chronic exercise activity and the fatigued athlete myopathic syndrome. ISMJ 1(3) July 2000. URL:http://www.esportmed.com/ismj/ 2000.

 

27.  Hawarden D, Baker S, Toerien A, Prescott R, Derman EW, Leaver R, Potter PC. Atopy in South African Olympic athletes: A preliminary report.  J of The Allergy Society of South Africa Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 13(2) 4-5, June 2000.

 

28.  Derman EW. Difficult bone stress injuries in athletes. J Continuing Medical Education. 17 (2) 107-114, 1999.

 

29.  Schwellnus MP & Derman EW. Uncommon causes of lower leg pain in the athlete. J Continuing Medical Education. 17 (2) 123-131, 1999.

 

30.  St Clair Gibson A, Lambert MI, Weston AR, Myburgh KH, Emms M, Kirby P, Arinaki AM, Owen PE, Derman EW, & Noakes TD. Exercise induced mitochondrial dysfunction in an elite athlete. Clin. J. Sports Med.8:52-55, 1998

 

31.  Schwellnus MP & Derman EW. HIV infection and exercise. AIDS Bulletin. 7(2): 25-30; 1998.

 

32.  Derman EW & Noakes TD. Sudden cardiac death in athletes. Trauma & Emergency Medicine. 15:3; 40-47, 1998.

 

33.  Derman W & Schwellnus MP. Creatine supplementation in sport. Modern Medicine. 23 (11); 42-45: 1998.

 

34.  Derman EW, Derman KL & Noakes TD. Exercise intolerance in patients with chronic heart failure: A review. S. Afr J of Sports Medicine  5:1; 3-12; 1998

 

35.  Derman EW, Schwellnus MP, Lambert M, Emms M, Sinclair-Smith C, Kirby P, Noakes TD. “The worn out athlete” - a clinical approach to chronic fatigue in athletes. J of Sport Sciences. 15: 341-351; 1997.

 

36.  Schwellnus MP, Derman EW, Noakes TD. Aetiology of skeletal muscle cramps during exercise:- a novel hypothesis. J of Sports Sciences. 15: 277-285; 1997.

 

37.  Gillies HG, Derman EW, Noakes TD, Smith P, Evans A, Gabriels G. Pseudoephedrine is without ergogenic effects during prolonged exercise. J Applied Physiol. 81(6): 2611-2617, 1996.

 

38.  Gillies HG, Derman EW & Noakes TD.  Effects of amlodipine on exercise performance, cardiovascular and skeletal muscle function in physically active hypertensive patients. J Clin Drug Invest. 12(3): 135-145, 1996.

 

39.  Derman EW & Schwellnus MP. Stress fractures and bone stress injuries of the hip and pelvis. S Afr. J Sports Med. 3(Sept): 14-18, 1996.

 

40.  Schwellnus MP & Derman EW. Overuse injuries of the hip and pelvis. S Afr. J Sports Med. 3(Sept): 7-14, 1996.

 

41.  Derman EW. Hypertension & Exercise: Prescribing treatment to active patients - a guide for the general practitioner. J Modern Medicine. 21:6 35-42, 1996.

 

42.  Derman KL, Derman EW & Noakes TD. A lumbar body support (KBS 2000) alters lumbar muscle recruitment patterns in patients with acute-upon-chronic lower back pain. S Afr Med J 86:4; 278-282, 1995.

 

43.  Derman EW, Sims R, Noakes TD. Comparitive effects of cilazapril, atenolol and nifedipine on maximal exercise performance. Am J Med  95; September: 345, 1993.

 

44.  Derman EW, Ernotte D, Noakes TD. Comparitive effects of cilazapril and atenolol on maximal and prolonged submaximal exercise performance in hypertensive males. Am J Med 94 (4A):April; 69-71, 1993.

 

45.  Derman EW, Dunbar F, Haus M, Noakes TD. Beta-blockade does not influence muscle power output during high-intensity exercise of short duration. Eur J Appl Physiol. 67 (5): 415-419, 1993.

 

46.  Derman EW, Sims R, Noakes TD. The effects of anti-hypertensive medications on the physiological response to maximal exercise testing. J Cardiovasc Pharmac 19;Sup 5 :122-127, 1992.

 

47.  Derman EW. The doctor and the athlete: pitfalls in prescribing drugs. Modern Medicine of South Africa 22-27, August 1992.

 

48.  Derman EW, Noakes TD, Haus M, Dunbar F, Scott RAD. Cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic effects of nebivolol during maximal and submaximal exercise performance. J Drug Invest 3:(S1): 33-39, 1991.

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