Sam Gleadhill

Dr Sam Gleadhill

Program Facilitator

Adelaide University Online and Learning Futures

Academic

Eligible to supervise Masters as Principal Supervisor, and PhD as Co-Supervisor only - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Sam is an Online Course Facilitator (OCF) for the Bachelor of Health Science (Exercise and Nutrition) Course at UniSA Online. As an OCF, Sam is responsible for leading the development and delivery of teaching for UniSA Online students. His role involves working closely with academic staff at UniSA to provide high-quality online teaching to undergraduate students, and to coordinate the day-to-day activities of online tutoring staff. In this role, Sam is committed to ensuring each student is well supported with their individual study needs. Sam is further active in research and supervision roles at UniSA. Sam was a strength and conditioning coach for 10 years and has a PhD in exercise and sports science, which explored applied wearables technology for primary prevention of low back disorders. He was an assistant professor at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Japan, where he completed a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science research fellowship. His primary research areas include sprint running, sport performance, applied wearables, biomechanics and strength and conditioning. 

Year Citation
2026 Gleadhill, S., & Nagahara, R. (2026). Asymmetry changes in sprinting do not relate to changes in sprint performance. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 21(4), 2406-2413.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2026 Tillaar, R. V. D., Gleadhill, S., Jiménez-Reyes, P., & Nagahara, R. (2026). The Development of Joint Kinematics, Kinetics and Electromyography Activity over 50 m Sprints in Experienced Sprinters. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 11(3), 13 pages.
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2026 Dredge, K., Ingram, L., Gleadhill, S., Stanley, J., & Bennett, H. (2026). The effect of concurrent strength training on multi-discipline sports performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 19 pages.
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2026 Tillaar, R. V. D., Gleadhill, S., Jiménez-Reyes, P., & Nagahara, R. (2026). Acute Effect of Different Resisted Sprint Loads on Joint Kinematics and Electromyographic Activity in Experienced Sprinters. Translational Sports Medicine, 2026(1), 9 pages.
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2025 Ingram, L. A., Tomkinson, G. R., d’Unienville, N. M. A., Gower, B., Gleadhill, S., Boyle, T., & Bennett, H. (2025). Mechanisms Underlying Range of Motion Improvements Following Acute and Chronic Static Stretching: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Multivariate Meta-regression. Sports Medicine, 55(6), 1449-1466.
DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC5
2025 Ingram, L. A., Tomkinson, G. R., d’Unienville, N. M. A., Gower, B., Gleadhill, S., Boyle, T., & Bennett, H. (2025). Optimising the Dose of Static Stretching to Improve Flexibility: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis and Multivariate Meta-regression. Sports Medicine, 55(3), 597-617.
DOI Scopus21 WoS18 Europe PMC8
2024 Evans, S., & Gleadhill, S. (2024). Comparing the effects of an off-ice sprint-change of direction task on trunk kinematics and gait laterality in collegiate ice hockey players. Biomechanics, 4(2), 296-308.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2024 Luders, J., Gleadhill, S., Garrett, J., & Bennett, H. (2024). Enhancing athletic performance with complex contrast training: a Delphi study of elite strength and conditioning coaches. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 19(6), 2321-2333.
DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2024 Luders, J. G., Garrett, J. M., Gleadhill, S., Mathews, L. O., & Bennett, H. J. (2024). Comparative effects of complex contrast training and traditional training methods on physical performance within female, semiprofessional Australian rules football players. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 38(11), 1917-1923.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2024 Leszczynski, S., Gleadhill, S., & Bennett, H. (2024). The effect of individualised post-exercise blood flow restriction on recovery following strenuous resistance exercise: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Sports Sciences, 42(12), 1090-1098.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC6
2024 Jiménez Reyes, P., van den Tillaar, R., Castaño Zambudio, A., Gleadhill, S., & Nagahara, R. (2024). Understanding sprint phase-specific training stimuli: a cluster analysis approach to overload conditions. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6(1510379), 1-11.
DOI Scopus10 WoS12 Europe PMC5
2023 Nagahara, R., & Gleadhill, S. (2023). Asymmetries of kinematics and kinetics in female and male sprinting. The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness, 63(8), 891-898.
DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC5
2023 van den Tillaar, R., Gleadhill, S., Jiménez Reyes, P., & Nagahara, R. (2023). A load-velocity relationship in sprint?. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 8(3), 1-9.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2023 Gleadhill, S., Jiménez Reyes, P., van den Tillaar, R., & Nagahara, R. (2023). Comparison of kinematics and kinetics between unassisted and assisted maximum speed sprinting. Journal of Sports Sciences, 41(24), 2169-2175.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC3
2023 Gleadhill, S., & Nagahara, R. (2023). Kinetic and kinematic changes during resisted sprinting due to towing three common parachute sizes. The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 63(2), 256-263.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2022 Nagahara, R., & Gleadhill, S. (2022). Catapult start likely improves sprint start performance. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, 17(1), 114-122.
DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2021 Gleadhill, S., Yuki, N., Wada, T., & Nagahara, R. (2021). Kinetic and kinematic characteristics of sprint running with a weighted vest. Journal of Biomechanics, 126(110655), 1-6.
DOI Scopus15 WoS10 Europe PMC7
2021 van den Tillaar, R., Nagahara, R., Gleadhill, S., & Jiménez Reyes, P. (2021). Step‐to‐step kinematic validation between an inertial measurement unit (IMU) 3D system, a combined laser+IMU system and force plates during a 50 m sprint in a cohort of sprinters. Sensors, 21(19), 1-9.
DOI Scopus29 WoS27 Europe PMC18
2021 Gleadhill, S., & Nagahara, R. (2021). Kinetic and kinematic determinants of female sprint performance. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(6), 609-617.
DOI Scopus25 WoS19 Europe PMC11
2020 Gleadhill, S., Kai, T., & Nagahara, R. (2020). Absence of effect of step straightness on sprint running performance, kinetic and kinematic characteristics. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 20(6, article no. 463), 3428-3435.
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2020 Nagahara, R., Gleadhill, S., & Ohshima, Y. (2020). Improvement in sprint start performance by modulating an initial loading location on the starting blocks. Journal of Sports Sciences, 38(21), 2437-2445.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC3
2020 Evans, S. A., James, D. A., Rowlands, D., Lee, J. B., & Gleadhill, S. (2020). Cycling effects vertical acceleration of the centre of mass in running in triathletes. Journal of Physical Fitness, Medicine & Treatment in Sports, 8(2), 21-28.
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2020 Gleadhill, S., Kai, T., & Nagahara, R. (2020). Resist-and-release sprint running using parachute towing causes detrimental changes to performance, kinematics, and kinetics. Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 20(6, article no. 461), 3411-3419.
DOI Scopus6
2020 ISHIZUKA, T., OHGI, Y., GLEADHILL, S., NAGAHARA, R., & WADA, T. (2020). A sprinter's body orientation during the approach phase to bend section of different curvature radius. The Proceedings of the Symposium on sports and human dynamics, 2020(0).
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2016 Gleadhill, S. (2016). Can wearable technology predict pain like pain predicts the weather?. Journal of Fitness Research, 5(2), 5-7.
2016 Gleadhill, S., Lee, J. B., & James, D. (2016). The development and validation of using inertial sensors to monitor postural change in resistance exercise. Journal of Biomechanics, 49(7), 1259-1263.
DOI Scopus18 WoS15 Europe PMC7
- Journal of Physical Fitness, Medicine & Treatment in Sports (n.d.).
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Year Citation
2021 Gleadhill, S., & Nagahara, R. (2021). Differences between control and suppressed arm sprint running during the maximum velocity phase. In W. Spratford, C. Coltman, N. Brown, & J. Warmenhoven (Eds.), Proceedings 39th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sport Vol. 39 (pp. 256-259). US: International Society of Biomechanics in Sports.
2020 Wada, T., Nagahara, R., Gleadhill, S., Ishizuka, T., Ohnuma, H., & Ohgi, Y. (2020). Measurement of pelvic orientation angles during sprinting using a single inertial sensor. In M. Nakashima, T. Maruyama, & Y. Miyazaki (Eds.), Proceedings, 2020, ISEA 2020 (pp. 1-6). Switzerland: MDPI AG.
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2020 Gleadhill, S., James, D., Leadbetter, R., Wada, T., Nagahara, R., & Lee, J. (2020). Semi-automating low back compression force estimations with an inertial sensor. In M. Nakashima, T. Maruyama, & Y. Miyazaki (Eds.), Proceedings, 2020, ISEA 2020 (pp. 1-6). Switzerland: MDPI AG.
2020 Gleadhill, S., & Nagahara, R. (2020). Step-to-step spatiotemporal determinants of female sprint performance during the entire acceleration phase. In M. A. Robinson (Ed.), 38th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports ISBS2020 Conference Proceedings Vol. 38 (pp. 1-4). US: NMU Commons.
2018 Gleadhill, S., James, D., & Lee, J. (2018). Validating temporal motion kinematics from clothing attached inertial sensors. In H. G. Espinosa, D. R. Rowlands, J. Shepherd, & D. V. Thiel (Eds.), Proceedings, 2018, ISEA 2018 (pp. 1-6). Switzerland: MDPI AG.
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- Gleadhill, S., James, D., Leadbetter, R., Wada, T., Nagahara, R., & Lee, J. (2020). Semi-Automating Low Back Compression Force Estimations with an Inertial Sensor. In The 13th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association (pp. 37). MDPI.
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Courses I teach

  • HLTH 2032 UO Body in Motion 1 (2025)
  • HLTH 2037 UO Theory of Exercise Testing and Prescription 1 (2025)
  • HLTH 2038 UO Theory of Exercise Testing and Prescription 2 (2025)
  • HLTH 2053 UO Measuring Movement (2025)
  • HLTH 3087 UO Adapted Physical Activity, Exercise and Sport (2025)
  • LANG 1065 UO Critical Thinking: Media and Academia (2025)
  • MEDI 2008 UO Pathophysiology (2025)
  • HLTH 1053 UO Foundations of Health and Physical Activity (2024)
  • HLTH 2032 UO Body in Motion 1 (2024)
  • HLTH 2036 UO Nutrition and Exercise Biochemistry (2024)
  • HLTH 2038 UO Theory of Exercise Testing and Prescription 2 (2024)
  • HLTH 2053 UO Measuring Movement (2024)
  • HLTH 2054 UO Anatomy 1 (2024)
  • LANG 1065 UO Critical Thinking: Media and Academia (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Principal Supervisor Exploring the Association Between 2D Jump Metrics and 3D Kinematic Measures Across Jump Phases Master of Research Master Part Time Miss Jemma Ashley Pascoe
2024 Co-Supervisor Recommendations for prescribing strength training to enhance triathlete performance Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Mr Kent John Dredge

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2024 Co-Supervisor How complex contrast training affects the training outcomes of female semi-professional Australian rules football players Master of Research (Human Movement) Master Full Time Mr Jack Luders

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