Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Research Unit
The Sports Medicine, Biomechanics and Exercise Rehabilitation Research Group
Team
leaders: Assoc.
Prof. Wayne Derman and
Prof. Martin Schwellnus
This group studies two
areas: In the first instance, this group focuses on the effects of exercise
training on chronic disease states as well as medical conditions that are
associated with physical exercise training. Secondly, this group actively
researches the prevention, diagnosis, management and rehabilitation of exercise
related injuries. Research is conducted through the Chronic Disease Risk Reduction
and Reversal program, and the Sports Medicine Clinic at the Sport Science
Institute of South Africa.
Chronic
disease states and medical aspects of physical exercise:
Work underway at present is focused on the following specific areas:
- The role of exercise
training in the rehabilitation of cardiac disease – Evaluation of
patient evaluation programmes.
- The role of exercise
training in the rehabilitation of patients with peripheral vascular disease.
- Other chronic diseases
(diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, rheumatological conditions, fibromyalgia,
hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, renal failure, chronic obstructive airways
disease, cancer patients)
- Medical conditions
associated with exercise training (chronic fatigue, muscle cramping, exercise
associated collapse, upper respiratory tract infections, exercise induced
asthma, allergies, HIV disease, exercise in pregnancy)
Prevention,
diagnosis, management and rehabilitation of sports injuries:
Work
underway at present is focused on the following specific areas:
- Running shoes, injuries
and biomechanics
- Abdominal muscle activity
and injury in ballet dancers
- Is chronic pain integrated
at a cortical level in subjects with impingement pain?
- How does EMG activity
of muscles around the shoulder differ in individuals with shoulder pain?
- The biomechanics of
the shoulder during throwing in a group of cricketers
- The abdominal muscle
activity in fast bowlers with and without back pain during abdominal tasks
- A coaches knowledge
and insight into stretching and warm-up techniques in rugby teams
- The effect of static
stretching on performance
- Causes of lower back
pain in cyclists
- The use of neurophysiological
assessments and EEG to determine the severity of head injuries in rugby
players
- The use of steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs in acute ankle sprain injuries
- The cost of sports
injuries in soccer players
- Effects of eccentric
muscle training on function in osteoarthritis knee patients
- The biomechanics and
neuromuscular characteristic of anterior knee pain and Achilles tendinosis
and there effect with treatment, pain and the use of different shoes
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