Centre for Physical Activity in Health and Disease

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Developing and implementing physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventions to improve health and manage chronic diseases

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We conduct high impact interdisciplinary research to improve human health through regular physical activity and exercise

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Strategic partnerships with businesses, industry and the not-for-profit sector
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Leg muscle being heated in a laboratory setting

Understanding the role of temperature on muscle function in older adults
exercising man

Physical activity and McArdle disease
Netball players

Assessment of injury risk factors and mechanisms in elite netball
child with autism in therapy

Knowledge translation in children's occupational therapy
senior filming talk

Creating digital stories to understand living with multimorbidity
breathing test performed in lab

Respiratory physiology, human performance and health
One leg heating

Muscle heat shock proteins with passive heating
child blowing

Breathing muscle strength in healthy children
male and female toy figures on a diabetes device

Reducing sitting behaviour in people with Type 2 diabetes
Older man sitting

Improving health in older adults by reducing sitting time
Group of people exercising for lung health

Exploring financial incentives to increase pulmonary rehabilitation engagement
three students walking in a park

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Fabry disease
Leg muscle being heated in a laboratory setting

Understanding the role of temperature on muscle function in older adults
exercising man

Physical activity and McArdle disease
Netball players

Assessment of injury risk factors and mechanisms in elite netball
child with autism in therapy

Knowledge translation in children's occupational therapy
senior filming talk

Creating digital stories to understand living with multimorbidity
breathing test performed in lab

Respiratory physiology, human performance and health
One leg heating

Muscle heat shock proteins with passive heating
child blowing

Breathing muscle strength in healthy children
male and female toy figures on a diabetes device

Reducing sitting behaviour in people with Type 2 diabetes
Older man sitting

Improving health in older adults by reducing sitting time
Group of people exercising for lung health

Exploring financial incentives to increase pulmonary rehabilitation engagement
three students walking in a park

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in Fabry disease
Leg muscle being heated in a laboratory setting

Understanding the role of temperature on muscle function in older adults
exercising man

Physical activity and McArdle disease
Netball players

Assessment of injury risk factors and mechanisms in elite netball
child with autism in therapy

Knowledge translation in children's occupational therapy
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