Waterloo researchers have used cell phones equipped with a GPS to prove there is a link between the geographical area a person covers in daily life and dementia in older adults.
People with osteoporosis, and those at risk of developing it, can prevent bone loss, fractures and falls by combining specific types of exercises, says new recommendations that Osteoporosis Canada released today.
Initial results from a study of Chris Hadfield and other astronauts who spent months aboard the International Space Station have turned up changes like those seen in someone developing Type 2 diabetes on Earth.
In spring 2014, professor Marina Mourtzakis of the Department of Kinesiology received the province of Ontario's Early Researcher Award.
Robinson’s skill in chiropractic medicine, primed by his kinesiology degree from the University of Waterloo (BSc 1993), has earned him a spot on the support team for Canada’s athletes in the Russian city.
Kinesiology student Matt Vonk, supervised by Laura Middleton, was selected as this year's winner in the 2014 Applied Health Sciences (AHS) 3MT competition.
Stergiou, a biomechanics expert, uses high-speed video and accelerometers to help him analyze those early moments in the race when Olympic luge athletes pull off the starting handles.
Heather Moyse and her longtime sled partner Kaillie Humphries made Olympic history in Sochi. The pair became the first women to win gold medals in consecutive Olympics for the two-man bobsled event. The pair triumphed over their close competitors on the U.S. team in the final heats on February 19.
For Thomas Karakolis (PhD ’14) the most exciting part about becoming an astronaut isn’t the chance to conduct scientific experiments from outer space, it’s the chance to actually be the experiment.
McIlroy and his team of researchers are out to prove that combining exercise with cognitive engagement will improve patients’ attention and working memory as well as their physical recovery.