PhD

Position

Senior Lecturer

Contact details

Biography

Chloe is a Strength and Conditioning Coach, currently working with the Robinhood Stars netball team. She has a PhD in Sports Kinesiology and Injury Prevention, which she gained from AUT in 2019. Her research interests include injury prevention and performance in female athletes. Chloe hopes that her passion for research and strength and conditioning experience will add value to her students.

Professional sporting involvement in the community

• High Performance Sport New Zealand - Strength & Conditioning Specialist
• Robinhood Stars - Head Strength & Conditioning Coach.

Why I love MIT

The people! This is my first year at MIT and everyone has been so warm and welcoming.

Publications

• Ryan, C., Uthoff, A., McKenzie, C., Cronin, J. (2021). Traditional and Modified 5-0-5 Change of Direction Test. Strength & Conditioning Journal. Published ahead of print.
• McKenzie, C.R., Brown S.R., Whatman, C.S. and Brughelli, M. (2020). The effects of the NetballSmart Dynamic Warm-up on isokinetic strength in youth netball. New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine, 47(2), 64-66.
• McKenzie, C.R., Whatman, C., Brughelli, M., Borotkanics, R. (2019). The effect of the NetballSmart Dynamic Warm-up on physical performance in youth netball players. Physical Therapy in Sport, 37, 91-98.
• McKenzie, C.R., Whatman, C., Brughelli, M. (2019). Performance Profiling of female youth netball players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research [E-pub Ahead of Print].
• McKenzie, C., Brughelli, M., Whatman, C., and Brown S.R. (2017). Handheld loading to enhance horizontal jump performance in female netball players. Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning, 25(01), 3-13.
• Rosas, F., Ramírez-Campillo, R., Diaz, D., Abad-Colil, F., Martínez, C., Caniuqueo, A., Cañas-Jamet, R., Loturco, I., Nakamura, F.Y., McKenzie, C., González-Rivera, J., Sánchez-Sánchez, J., Izquierdo, M. (2016). Jump training in young soccer players: effects of haltere type handheld loading. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 37(13), 1060-1065.
• McKenzie, C., Brughelli, M., Whatman, C., and Brown S.R. (2016). The influence of optimal handheld load on the technical ability to apply ground reaction forces during horizontal jumping in female netball players. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 37(4), 318-323.
• McKenzie, C., Brughelli, M., Whatman, C., and Gamble, P. (2014). Enhancing jump performance with handheld loading. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 36(2), 32-38.
• Cronin, J.B., Brughelli, M., Gamble, P., Brown, S.R., and McKenzie. C. (2014). Acute kinematic and kinetic augmentation in horizontal jump performance using haltere type hand-held loading. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 28(6), 1559-1564.

Research interests

• Injury prevention and performance in female athletes.

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