Staff

Maren S. Fragala, Ph.D., C.S.C.S*D.

Academic Title
Post Doctoral Fellow

Education
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, Storrs, Kinesiology
M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Exercise Science

Training
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
National Strength and Conditioning Association

Areas of Interest
- Physical activity and resistance exercise in older adults
- Muscle micro-structural characteristics of physical functioning and frailty
- Endocrine factors and protein synthesis in aging
- Muscle strengthening and training in sarcopenia prevention

Selected Publications
Fragala, GA, Fragala, MS, Pontani-Bailey, L. Proper Positioning of Patients: A Challenge for Caregivers. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal. 2005 Oct;53(10):438-42.

Spreuwenberg LP, Kraemer WJ, Spiering BA, Volek JS, Hatfield DL, Silvestre R, Vingren JL, Fragala MS, Hakkinen K, Newton RU, Maresh CM, Fleck SJ.  Influence of exercise order in a resistance-training exercise session. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2006 Feb;20(1):141-4.

Kraemer, WJ, Kim, SK, Bush, JA, Nindl, BC, Volek, JA, Spiering, BA, Hatfield, DL, Fragala, MS, Putukian, M., Sebastianelli, WJ.  Influence of the Menstrual Cycle on Proenkalphin Peptide F Responses to Maximal Cycle Exercise.  European Journal of Applied Physiology.  2006 Mar;96(5):581-6

Troped, PJ, Cromley, EK, Fragala, MS, Melly, SJ, Hasbrouck, HH, Gortmaker, SL, Brownson, RC. Development and Reliability and Validity Testing of an Audit Tool for Trail/Path Characteristics: The Path Environment Audit Tool (PEAT) Journal of Physical Activity and Health 2006, 3, Suppl 1, S158-S175.

Kraemer WJ and Fragala, MS.  Personalize It: Program Design in Resistance Training. ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal.  10(4):7-17, July/August 2006.

Wiecha, JL, Finkelstein, D, Troped, PJ, Fragala, MS, Peterson, KE. School Vending Machine and Fast Food Restaurant Use are Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in Youth. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2006 Oct;106(10):1624-30.

Hatfield DL, Kraemer WJ, Spiering BA, Hakkinen K, Volek JS, Shimano T, Spreuwenberg LP, Silvestre R, Vingren JL, Fragala MS, Gomez AL, Fleck SJ, Newton RU, Maresh CM. The impact of velocity of movement on performance factors in resistance exercise. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2006 Nov;20(4):760-6.

Shimano T, Kraemer WJ, Spiering BA, Volek JS, Hatfield DL, Silvestre R, Vingren JL, Fragala MS, Maresh CM, Fleck SJ, Newton RU, Spreuwenberg LP, Hakkinen K. Relationship between the number of repetitions and selected percentages of one repetition maximum in free weight exercises in trained and untrained men. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2006 Nov;20(4):819-23.

Spiering BA, Kraemer WJ, Vingren JL, Hatfield DL, Fragala MS, Ho JY, Maresh CM, Anderson JM, Volek JS. Responses of criterion variables to different supplemental doses of L-carnitine L-tartrate. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2007 Feb;21(1):259-64.

Troped, PJ. Wiecha, JL, Fragala, MS, Matthews, MS, Finkelstein, DM, Kim, J, Peterson, KE.  Reliability and Validity of YRBS Physical Activity Items among Middle School Students. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 416-425, 2007.

Chasan-Taber, L. Freedson, P. Roberts, D., Schmidt, MD. Fragala, MS.  Energy Expenditure of Selected Household Activities During Pregnancy.  Research Quarterly for Sport and Exercise.  2007. Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 133-137.

Kraemer, WJ. Vingren, JL. Silvestre, R. Spiering, BA. Hatfield, DL. Ho, JY. Fragala, MS. Maresh, CM. and Volek, JS. Effect of adding exercise to a diet containing Glucomannan, Metabolism Clinical and Experimental 56: 1149-1158, 2007.

Kraemer WJ, Hatfield DL, Spiering BA, Vingren JL, Fragala MS, Ho JY, Volek JS, Anderson JM, Maresh CM. Effects of a multi-nutrient supplement on exercise performance and hormonal responses to resistance exercise. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2007 Nov;101(5):637-46.

Kraemer WJ, Nindl BC, Volek JS, Marx JO, Gotshalk LA, Bush JA, Welsch JR, Vingren JL, Spiering BA, Fragala MS, Hatfield DL, Ho JY, Maresh CM, Mastro AM, Hymer WC. Influence of oral contraceptive use on growth hormone in vivo bioactivity following resistance exercise: Responses of molecular mass variants. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2007 Nov 21.

Gotshalk LA, Kraemer WJ, Mendonca MA, Vingren JL, Kenny AM, Spiering BA, Hatfield DL, Fragala MS, Volek JS. Creatine supplementation improves muscular performance in older women. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2008 Jan;102(2):223-31.

Spiering BA, Kraemer WJ, Anderson JM, Armstrong LE, Nindl BC, Volek JS, Judelson DA, Joseph M, Vingren JL, Hatfield DL, Fragala MS, Ho JY, Maresh CM. Effects of elevated circulating hormones on resistance exercise-induced Akt signaling. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Jun;40(6):1039-48.

Torres EM, Kraemer WJ, Vingren JL, Volek JS, Hatfield DL, Spiering BA, Ho JY, Fragala MS, Thomas GA, Anderson JM, Häkkinen K, Maresh CM. Effects of Stretching on Upper-Body Muscular Performance. J Strength Cond Res. 2008  Jul;22(4):1279-85.

Spiering BA, Kraemer WJ, Hatfield DL, Vingren JL, Fragala MS, Ho JY, Thomas GA, Häkkinen K, Volek JS. Effects of L-Carnitine L-Tartrate Supplementation on Muscle Oxygenation Responses to Resistance Exercise. J Strength Cond Res. 2008. Jul;22(4):1130-5.

Vingren JL, Kraemer WJ, Hatfield DL, Anderson JM, Volek JS, Ratamess NA, Thomas GA, Ho JY, Fragala MS, Maresh CM. Effect of Resistance Exercise on Muscle Steroidogenesis. J Appl Physiol. 2008 Dec;105(6):1754-60.

Fragala, MS, Kraemer, WJ, Volek, JS, Spiering, BA, Hatfield, DL, Vingren, JL, Ho, JY, Forsythe, CE, Puglisi, MJ, Anderson, JM,  Maresh, CM. Influences of a dietary Supplement in Combination with an Exercise and Diet Regimen on Adipocytokines and Adiposity in Women who are Overweight. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2009 Mar;105(5):665-72.

Kraemer WJ, Spiering BA, Volek JS, Martin GJ, Howard RL, Ratamess NA, Hatfield DL, Vingren JL, Ho JY, Fragala MS, Thomas GA, French DN, Anderson JM, Häkkinen K, Maresh CM. Recovery from a national collegiate athletic association division I football game: muscle damage and hormonal status. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Jan;23(1):2-10.

Kraemer WJ, Vingren JL, Schuenke MD, Kopchick JJ, Volek JS, Fragala MS, Häkkinen K, Jen-Ho, Thomas GA, Staron RS. Effect of circulating growth hormone on muscle IGF-I protein concentration in female mice with growth hormone receptor gene disruption. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2009 Jun;19(3):242-4.

Kraemer WJ, Hatfield DL, Volek JS, Fragala MS, Vingren JL, Anderson JM, Spiering BA,  Thomas GA, Ho JY, Quann EE, Izquierdo M, Häkkinen K, Maresh CM.  Effects of Amino Acids Supplement on Physiological Adaptations to Resistance Training. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009 May;41(5):1111-21

Vingren JL, Kraemer WJ, Hatfield DL, Volek JS, Ratamess NA, Anderson JM, Häkkinen K, Ahtiainen J, Fragala MS, Thomas GA, Ho JY, Maresh CM. Effect of Resistance Exercise on Muscle Steroid Receptor Protein Content in Strength Trained Men and Women. Steroids. 2009 (in press).

Contact Information
Email: fragala@uchc.edu