Dr Patricio Pincheira

NameDr Patricio Pincheira
Email Addresspatricio.pincheira@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleLecturer (Sport & Exercise Science)
QualificationsPhD Qld
DepartmentSchool of Health and Medical Sciences
AffiliationsCentre for Health Research
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8528-1515
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PhD
Qld
2020

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
Understanding the mechanisms of recovery from back painAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2024
AI-Driven Markerless Motion Capture System for Enhancing Student-Athlete Screening and Motor Function AssessmentPrincipal SupervisorDoctoral2025

Completed Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCompleted
Protecting hamstrings from strain injuries: Intricate muscle adaptations to eccentric trainingAssociateDoctoral2025
Project titleDetailsYear
CSIRO's Industry PhD (iPhD) ProgramAI-Driven Markerless Motion Capture System for Enhancing Screening and Motor Function Assessment2025

Why do hamstring injuries happen so often and how can they be prevented?

Andrews, Max, Pai S., Anoosha, Shield, Anthony, Bourne, Matthew and Pincheira, Patricio. 2025. "Why do hamstring injuries happen so often and how can they be prevented?" The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.t7vquu6hj

Hamstring Injury Mechanisms and Eccentric Training-Induced Muscle Adaptations: Current Insights and Future Directions

Andrews, Max H., Shield, Anthony J., Lichtwark, Glen A. and Pincheira, Patricio A.. 2025. "Hamstring Injury Mechanisms and Eccentric Training-Induced Muscle Adaptations: Current Insights and Future Directions." Sports Medicine. 55, pp. 2429-2443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-025-02291-6

The differential response in fascicle behaviors of the individual plantarflexors to the post-activation potentiation

Kato, Kazuharu, Washino, Sohei, Pincheira, Patricio A., Hirata, Kosuke and Yoshitake, Yasuhide. 2025. "The differential response in fascicle behaviors of the individual plantarflexors to the post-activation potentiation." Journal of Biomechanics. 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112759

Hamstring muscle architecture and microstructure changes following Nordic hamstring exercise training and detraining

Pai S., Anoosha, Andrews, Max H., Gurchiek, Reed D., Pincheira, Patricio A., Barbieri, Marco, Friedrich, Tyler, Kogan, Feliks, Gold, Garry E., Mazzoli, Valentina, Lichtwark, Glen A., Delp, Scott L. and Chaudhari, Akshay S.. 2025. "Hamstring muscle architecture and microstructure changes following Nordic hamstring exercise training and detraining." Journal of Sport and Health Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2025.101070

Torque visuomotor feedback training versus standard eccentric exercise for the management of patellar tendinopathy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Selvamoorthy, Ragul, Arvanitidis, Michail, Negro, Francesco, Pincheira, Patricio, Evans, David and Martinez-Valdes, Eduardo. 2025. "Torque visuomotor feedback training versus standard eccentric exercise for the management of patellar tendinopathy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial." BMJ Open. 15 (2). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092104

Multiscale hamstring muscle adaptations following 9 weeks of eccentric training

Andrews, Max H., Pai S., Anoosha, Gurchiek, Reed D., Pincheira, Patricio A., Chaudhari, Akshay S., Hodges, Paul W., Lichtwark, Glen A. and Delp, Scott L.. 2025. "Multiscale hamstring muscle adaptations following 9 weeks of eccentric training." Journal of Sport and Health Science. 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2024.100996

Increased muscle force does not induce greater stretch-induced damage to calf muscles during work-matched heel drop exercise

Pincheira, Patricio A., Mayfeld, Dean L., Fox, Aaron S., Brown, Nicholas A., Carroll, Timothy J., Cresswell, Andrew G. and Lichtwark, Glen A.. 2023. "Increased muscle force does not induce greater stretch-induced damage to calf muscles during work-matched heel drop exercise." European Journal of Applied Physiology. 123 (8), pp. 1801-1808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-023-05188-2

Biased instantaneous regional muscle activation maps: Embedded fuzzy topology and image feature analysis

De la Fuente, Carlos, Weinstein, Alejandro, Neira, Alejandro, Valencia, Oscar, Cruz-Montecinos, Carlos, Silvestre, Rony, Pincheira, Patricio A., Palma, Felipe and Carpes, Felipe P.. 2022. "Biased instantaneous regional muscle activation maps: Embedded fuzzy topology and image feature analysis." Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.934041

Location in vivo of the innervation zone in the human medial gastrocnemius using imposed contractions: a comparison of the usefulness of the M-wave and H-reflex

Guzmán-Venegas, Rodrigo A., Palma-Traro, Felipe H., Valencia, Oscar D., Hudson, María José and Pincheira, Patricio A.. 2022. "Location in vivo of the innervation zone in the human medial gastrocnemius using imposed contractions: a comparison of the usefulness of the M-wave and H-reflex." Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 7 (4). https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk7040107

Modulations in motor unit discharge are related to changes in fascicle length during isometric contractions

Martinez-Valdes, Eduardo, Negro, Francesco, Botter, Alberto, Pincheira, Patricio A., Cerone, Giacinto Luigi, Falla, Deborah, Lichtwark, Glen A. and Cresswell, Andrew G.. 2022. "Modulations in motor unit discharge are related to changes in fascicle length during isometric contractions." Journal of Applied Physiology. 133 (5), pp. 1136-1148. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00758.2021

Isometric fascicle behaviour of the biceps femoris long head muscle during Nordic hamstring exercise variations

Pincheira, Patricio A., Riveros-Matthey, Cristian and Lichtwark, Glen A.. 2022. "Isometric fascicle behaviour of the biceps femoris long head muscle during Nordic hamstring exercise variations." Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 25 (8), pp. 684-689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2022.05.002