University of Waterloo Kinesiology PhD student, Diana DeCarvalho, won the Founders’ Award for Doctoral Research at the 44th Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists (ACE) for her paper "Back pain and sitting: are chairs or breaks the answer?”
McIlroy’s team is working on development of novel exercise programs and equipment geared to stroke victims.
Fill a room with 100 people and you can bet your bottom dollar 80 will have a tale to tell about back pain. Jack Callaghan is trying to answer why that is, and find ways to change it.
A group exercise program developed by Waterloo’s Department of Kinesiology is marking 10 years of helping approximately 900 people with cancer cope with treatment.
The assistant professor in kinesiology develops innovative ways to uncover how much Omega-3 Canadians are consuming. He's testing not the food they eat, but the blood in their veins.
Astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) regularly do experiments for Earth-bound researchers in the station’s near-zero gravity.
They call it the New Year’s Eve effect. Even the most impassioned resolutions and best intentions to get physically fit often go unrealized when challenged by the pressures of daily life.
Laura Middleton, assistant professor of kinesiology, is investigating the impact of exercise and physical activity on slowing cognitive decline.
Police officers spend up to four hours during a 12-hour shift engaged in computer and data entry in their cruisers. The concern about the impact of these conditions on musculoskeletal pain and injury prompted the Municipal Health and Safety Association of Ontario to request assistance.
Since the sedentary nature of life in space is in many ways akin to accelerated aging, including muscle loss and diminished bone density, Hughson believes astronauts may provide answers about the elderly.