Exercise in health, disease and rehabilitation

The Sport and Exercise Sciences (SES) Research Group at Leeds brings together researchers from 10 separate Institutes in the University.

The group incorporates both multi- and inter-disciplinary research aimed at improving the understanding of the relationship between physical activity patterns, health and the predisposition to chronic diseases.

Research Themes

Exercise, Health & Ageing
Including
Exercise and the Cardiovascular System;
The Ageing Heart and Skeletal Muscles

Motor Control
Including
Perception and Action
Upper and Lower Limb Coordination;
Neural Control of Movement
Rehabilitation

Sport & Performance

Reseach Group Aims & Objectives

To integrate basic and applied research to elucidate the role of exercise in health, disease and rehabilitation

To improve our understanding of the integrated systems biology of exercise, from youth to senescence, in health, and in chronic disease or injury states where tolerance or motor control is limited

The group has research meetings to:

To facilitate research activity through discussion of research in the exercise sciences
To stimulate grant success through peer review
To develop multidisciplinary research activities
To support junior members in these activities

News and Events

Research Group meeting dates and venues for 2010/11 are posted on the Meetings Calendar.

Next events:
3 May 2011, 1-2pm Garstang 7.52
Professor Peter Ellaway
Imperial College London
Does the muscle spindle kindle locomotion?

5 May 2011, 12-1pm Miall Museum
BNA Sponsored Young Researchers Talks 2011
Dr Fiona McBryde
University of Bristol
The neural control of arterial pressure

News:
Congratulations to SES RG memebers on their recent research grant awards:

Dr Ronaldo Ichiyama. Royal Society. Understanding rehabilitation mechanisms to improve functional recovery after spinal cord injuries. Project Grant. 2011.

Dr Matthew Lancaster. British Heart Foundation. Ageing to Arrhythmias and Dysfunction – Model Building for Mechanisms. Project Grant. 2011-2014.

Dr Shaunna Burke. Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation. Investigating the psychological benefits of scaling Mt. Kilimanjaro among joint replacement recipients post surgery. Project grant. 2011.

SES Leeds hosts international visitors

Hot off the press:
Weightman A, Preston N, Levesley M, Holt R, Mon-Williams M, Clarke M, Cozens A, Bhakta B. Home based computer-assisted upper limb exercise for young children with cerebral palsy: A feasibility study investigating impact on motor control and functional outcome. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 43:359-363, 2011. [Editors Choice].

Murgatroyd SR, Ferguson C, Ward SA, Whipp BJ, Rossiter HB. Pulmonary O2 uptake kinetics as a determinant of high-intensity exercise tolerance in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. In press. 2011.

Murgatroyd SR, Wylde LA. The power-duration relationship of high-intensity exercise: from mathematical parameters to physiological mechanisms. Journal of Physiology. In press. 2011. [Review].

See the News page for current as past news items from the Research Group