Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Shortly after the confetti settled over the University of Florida’s basketball championship, two graduate students studying artificial intelligence traveled to Japan to discuss how coaches are using data and technology to maximize player performance and safety.

“Faster, mommy, faster!” Allison’s toddler squealed as she ran down the hill by her house with her jogging stroller. As a longtime runner and running biomechanics researcher, she found herself in the same situation as many parents of young children: squeezing in runs between work meetings, meal prep and nap schedules.

If you spend hours a day glued to your phone or seated at a desk, you’re setting yourself up for serious neck pain, a recent study published in BMC Public Health warns.

Much of the work devoted to exploring potential sex-specific differences in exercise or sports performance has been derived from laboratory-based studies. While these studies are typically well-controlled and guide an understanding of physiological mechanisms, they may lack pragmatic or practical relevance to the “real world.”

Playing the piano involves much more than striking the keyboard. The pianist’s entire body is in movement, from the torso to the fingers. But how does the musical expression generated by this choreography heighten the risk of self-inflicted, long-term injury?

Lowering the tackle height in men’s rugby has successfully reduced the rate of head collisions among players, a study suggests.

A basic pedometer can prove sufficient for measuring health-promoting physical activity, according to a study comparing pedometers with more complex devices. Simply counting steps captured a remarkable amount of information about the participants’ aerobic fitness and cardiovascular health.

Getting a headache during or after exercise can be seriously frustrating—especially if you have kept hydrated to try and stop them from happening.

When you hop, run or jump, your legs behave like springs, absorbing and returning energy with each step. But what happens to your muscles and tendons to make this possible? Associate Professor Daisuke Takeshita and doctoral student Kazuki Kuriyama from the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo have revealed the way our legs adapt to fast movements.

Americans have long believed that sports are one area in society that offers kids from all backgrounds the chance to succeed to the best of their abilities.