Title: Assistant Professor

Address: 114 Lewis Hall
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-882-8400
sayerss@missouri.edu
Office Hours: By appointment

Service Activities:

• Roger S. Williams Fund Trustee for School of Health Professions
• Editorial Board - Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Research Interests:

• Age-related changes in skeletal muscle, specifically how different forms of exercise impact skeletal muscle impairments and functional mobility to prevent late-life physical disability.
• Exercise-induced muscle damage and recovery of muscle function after injury.
  

Teaching:

PT 4420/7420 - Foudations of Therapeutic Exercise

Reviewer for:
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Journal of Sport Sciences
Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology
International Journal of Sports Medicine
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Journal of Physical Activity and Health
Arthritis Care & Research
International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Biography:
I graduated from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 2001 with a Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in Exercise Science and spent two years at Boston University as a National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) Post-Doctoral Fellow.

I joined the faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia in September of 2003.

On a more personal note, I am an avid ice hockey player (yes, there is ice in MO), but also enjoy running and cycling through rural MO. I have been married to Christine (King) Sayers since 1999 and we have a daughter, Kaylee, born in September of 2000, and a son, Dylan, born in May of 2004.

Awards & Honors:

• Fellow of the MU Center for Excellence on Aging
• Member of the MU Health Activity Center
• American College of Sports Medicine New England chapter (NEACSM) David A Camione award recipient (outstanding doctoral student) (November, 2001)
• Finalist NEACSM Student Investigator Award (November 2001, 2000)
• Member - Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi - University of Massachusetts Chapter (April, 2001)
• Member - Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society - Rho Chapter (April, 2002)

Publications:

Cuoco A, Callahan DM, Sayers SP, Frontera WA, Bean JF, Fielding RA. Impact of muscle power and force on gait speed in disabled older men and women. J Gerontol (in press, 2004).

Sayers SP, Jette AM, Haley SM, Heeren TC, Guralnik JM, Fielding RA. Validation of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument (LLFDI) J Am Geriatr Soc (in press, 2004).

Sayers SP, Brach J, Heeren TC, Newman A, Guralnik JM, Fielding RA. Use of self-report to predict ability to walk 400 meters in mobility limited older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (in press, 2004).

Boyle CA, Sayers SP, Jensen BE, Headley S, Manos T. The effects of yoga training and a single bout of yoga on delayed-onset muscle soreness in the lower extremity. J Strength Cond Res (in press, 2004).

Sayers SP, Dannecker EA. How to prevent delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after eccentric exercise and resistance training. Int SportsMed J (in press, 2004).

Sayers SP, Bean J, Cuoco A, LeBrasseur NK, Jette AM, Fielding RA. Changes in function and disability after resistance training: does velocity matter? A pilot study. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 82:605-613, 2003.

Sayers SP, Knight CA, Clarkson PM. Neuromuscular variables affecting the magnitude of force loss after eccentric exercise. J Sports Sci 2003; 21:403-10.

Sayers SP, Clarkson PM. Short-term immobilization after eccentric exercise. Part II CK and myoglobin. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2003; 35:762-8.

Sayers SP, Peters BT, Knight CA, Urso M, Parkington J, Clarkson PM. Short-term immobilization after eccentric exercise Part I Contractile properties. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2003; 35:753-61.

Sayers SP, Knight CA, Clarkson PM. Neuromuscular variables affecting the magnitude of force loss after eccentric exercise. J Sports Sci 2003; 21:403-10.

Connolly D, Sayers SP, McHugh M. Treatment and prevention of delayed-onset muscle soreness. J Strength Cond Res 2003; 17:197-208.

Sayers SP, Clarkson PM. Exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis. Curr Sports Med Reports 2002; 1:59-60.

Sayers SP, Clarkson PM. Metabolic response to light exercise after exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis. Eur J Appl Physiol 2002; 86:280-2.

Sayers SP, Knight CA, Clarkson PM, vanWegen EH, Kamen G. Effect of ketoprofen on muscle function and sEMG after eccentric exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001; 33:702-10.

Sayers SP, Clarkson PM. Force recovery after eccentric exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol 2001; 84:122-6.

Sayers SP, Clarkson PM, Lee J. Activity and immobilization after eccentric exercise: II Serum CK. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000; 32:1593-7.

Sayers SP, Clarkson PM, Lee J. Activity and immobilization after eccentric exercise: I Recovery of muscle function. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000; 32:1587-92.

Sayers SP. The role of exercise as a therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Ped Exerc Sci 2000; 12(1): 23-33.

Sayers SP, Clarkson PM, Rouzier PA, Kamen G. Adverse events associated with eccentric exercise protocols. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1999; 31:1697-1702.
Clarkson PM, Sayers SP. Etiology of exercise-induced muscle damage. Can J Appl Physiol 1999; 24:234-48.

Sayers SP, Harackiewicz DV, Harman EA, Frykman PN, Rosenstein MT. Cross-validation of three jump power equations. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1999; 31:572-7.

Clarkson PM, Sayers SP. Gender differences in exercise-induced muscle damage (in) Tarnopolsky M (ed). Nutritional Implications of Gender Differences in Metabolism. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc 1998; 283-99.

Clarkson PM, Sayers SP. Exercise-induced muscle damage in humans (in) The 1997 Nagano Symposium on Sports Science. Nose H, Nadel ER, Morimoto R (eds). Carmel, IN: Cooper Publishing Group 1998; 545-63.