Off-the-shelf smart fabric helps athletic coaching and physical therapy
Merging low cost and high performance in body motion sensingCredit: Figures provided by Dartmouth DartNets Lab. HANOVER, N.H. - April ...
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Decline in physical activity often starts as early as age 7
Overall physical activity starts to decline already around the age of school entry. While the proportion of physically inactive individuals ...
Performance-enhancing drugs may increase risk of teen cocaine abuse, impair fertility
Exposure to anabolic steroids increased psychoactive effects of cocaine in rat study Orlando, Fla. (April 8, 2019)--Performance-enhancing steroid use could ...
Think female race car drivers aren’t fit enough? Think again
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - In the world of racing, the debate on whether women are as ...
Study: Impact of concussions reduced in children with more years of sport experience
TORONTO, April 4, 2019 - More years in sports - not less - may help protect the brains of children ...
Stressed? Take a 20-minute nature pill
Just 20 minutes of contact with nature will lower stress hormone levels, reveals new study Taking at least twenty minutes ...
Predicting the uphill battle
Geographers use big data to predict how slope affects human travel ratesCredit: Michael Campbell Have you ever been running on ...
Searching for better treatments for irritated tendons
Researchers learn what makes tendons fray in old age, knowledge that could help develop better treatments for tendinosis and regrow ...
Counties with more trees and shrubs spend less on Medicare, study finds
Credit: Graphic by Gopikrishna J. Pillai, Scientific Illustrator CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study finds that Medicare costs tend to ...
Just an hour of weekly walking staves off disability
All brisk walking, even short walks, help prevent disability in older adults with osteoarthritis CHICAGO --- Just one hour a ...
CU Anschutz study reveals exercise is more critical than diet to maintain weight loss
Physical activity helps to prevent weight regain when previously overweight A new study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Health ...
Face off — Cyclists not human enough for drivers: study
Monash University, QUT and Melbourne UniversityCredit: Monash University A new Australian study has found that more than half of car ...
Replacing sitting time with physical activity associated with lower risk of death
For those who get the least amount of physical activity, replacing a half hour of sitting time with physical activity ...
Exercise adds up to big brain boosts
March 24, 2019 - Anyone who trains for a marathon knows that individual running workouts add up over time to ...
How team sports change a child’s brain
Team sports associated with less depression in boys as young as 9Credit: WUSTL Photo Adult depression has long been associated ...
Girls need more positive experiences of ball skills
Children's positive perception of moving is an important supporter for natural physical activity and developing motor skills. A study at ...
First ratings for youth football helmets address sport’s largest pool of athletes
Credit: Virginia Tech The majority of people playing football in the U.S. aren't NFL players or collegiate athletes --they're youth ...
Early sports specialization tied to increased injury rates in college athletes
LAS VEGAS, NV -Sixty million kids participate in organized athletics each year with ever increasing amounts of children specializing in ...
Kids’ concussion recovery like snakes and ladders game
Updated guidelines for recoveryCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (March 11, 2019) - New guidelines that reduce the amount of rest ...
Mechanized cane measures patients’ rehabilitation process without noticing it
It monitors a person's time of use and weight-bearing while walking, in a nonintrusive way for users and at low ...