Sport and Exercise Medicine
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Call for Abstracts: Brain-Body Interactions Symposium
Submit your abstract for the inaugural Brain-Body Interactions Symposium by Friday 09 August. The event will take place on 11 October 2024.
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Perimenopausal physical activity and the risk of dementia
Physical activity during the perimenopausal period may be crucial in mitigating the risk of cognitive decline in later life.
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Injury risk varies in menstrual cycle
New research monitoring a Women's Super League club for three years suggests players are more likely to get injured at certain points of their menstrual cycle.
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More physical activity time in class reduces obesity in children
More movement in lessons leads to an 8% reduction in children's waist-to-height ratio, says new research from UCL and the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH).
Our work
Our facilities
The research facilities include imaging, laboratory, and clinical facilities housed at the Institute of Sport, Exercise & Health. The exercise physiology labs based on Tottenham Court Road are equipped to assess a wide range of performance parameters covering the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. The institute also houses a fully-equipped gym for controlled exercise training studies.
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The Sport and Exercise Medicine Group
![Professor Mark Hamer](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-mark-hamer.jpg?itok=qh_TLIp8)
![Professor Mike Loosemore](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-mike-loosemore-.jpg?itok=hGoUbwo5)
![Professor Fares Haddad](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-fares-haddad.jpg?itok=lVw0xjMN)
![Professor Courtney Kipps](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-courtney-kipps.jpg?itok=ppinpZus)
![Dr Bruce Paton](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-bruce-paton.jpg?itok=o9-ZAiPH)
![Dr Flaminia Ronca](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-flaminia-ronca.jpg?itok=lKWnhCgl)
![Professor Mathew Wilson](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-mat-wilson.jpg?itok=Zbp7nCsf)
![Dr Snehal Pinto Pereira](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-snehal-pinto-pereira.jpg?itok=qRbcqgxR)
![Professor James Hull](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-james-hull.jpg?itok=IqKDW5h-)
![Dr Charlie Pedlar](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-charlie-pedlar.jpg?itok=8uCNo7p2)
![Dr Jo Blodgett](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-jo-blodgett.jpg?itok=D0fuzAC1)
![Dr Eleanor Tillett](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-eleanor-tillett.jpg?itok=A0XxcknH)
![Dr Hara Trouli](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-hara-trouli.jpg?itok=AnNuhVpi)
Dr Hara Trouli
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Rosalyn Cooke
![Dr Paul Read](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-sem-profile-paul-read-new.jpg?itok=DISe57LZ)
![Dr Nathan Riding](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-profile-nathan-riding.jpg?itok=wPyCFDuN)
![Dr Tom Gurney](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-profile-tom-gurney-v2.jpg?itok=ClzlUwkQ)
![Dr Terun Desai](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgery/sites/surgery/files/styles/small_image/public/research-profile-terun-desai.jpg?itok=0s-N5FyM)
Terun Desai
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Paul Thawley
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PhD students
John Mitchell
Project: physical activity and cognition
Evelyn Watson
Project: sports and social mobility
Natalia Rojas
Project: long COVID in children
Select publications
- Blodgett JM, Ahmadi MN, Atkin AJ, Chastin S, Chan HW ... Teixeira-Pinto AM, Ekelund U, Lee IM, Holtermann A, Koster A, Stamatakis E, Hamer M; ProPASS Collaboration (2023). Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium. Eur Heart J. 2023 Nov 10:ehad717.
- Stamatakis E, Ahmadi MN, Gill JMR, Thøgersen-Ntoumani C, Gibala MJ, Doherty A, Hamer M (2022). Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality. Nat Med. 2022 Dec;28(12): 2521-2529.
- Pearson N, Sherar LB, Hamer M. Prevalence and Correlates of Meeting Sleep, Screen-Time, and Physical Activity Guidelines Among Adolescents in the United Kingdom. JAMA Pediatr. 2019.
- Pinto Pereira, S.M., Garfield, V., Farmaki, AE. et al. Adiposity and grip strength: a Mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank. BMC Med 20. 2022.
- Patricios J, Schneider GM, van Ierssel J, Purcell LK, Davis GA, Echemendia RJ ... Loosemore M, et al (2023). Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool - 6. Br J Sports Med. 2023 Jun;57(11): 651-667.
- Childs C, Barker LA, Gage AM, Loosemore M. Investigating possible retinal biomarkers of head trauma in Olympic boxers using optical coherence tomography. Eye Brain. 2018.
- Schwellnus M, Kipps C, Roberts WO, et al. Medical encounters (including injury and illness) at mass community-based endurance sports events: an international consensus statement on definitions and methods of data recording and reporting. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2019.
- Pedlar CR, Kipps C, Myrissa K, Barry M, Kwaja I, et al. Medical encounters at community-based physical activity events (parkrun) in the UK. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2021.
- Hull JH, Burns P, Carre J, Haines J, Hepworth C, et al. BTS clinical statement for the assessment and management of respiratory problems in athletic individuals. Thorax. 2022.
- Wilson MG, Hull JH, Loosemore M, Haddad FS, et al. Cardiorespiratory considerations for return-to-play in elite athletes after COVID-19 infection: a practical guide for sport and exercise medicine physicians. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020.