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27Feb

Development of a hypermobility and movement screening tool for elite ballet dancers


Moira McCormack is a physiotherapist who has specialised in ballet and works with the dancers of the Royal Ballet Company. She is a former professional dancer herself. Based at the ISEH her research interests are in hypermobility, classical ballet, injury prevention and performance enhancement.

26Feb

Paediatric service at the ISEH


The ISEH are committed to providing the highest quality of health care provision for people of adult age and for those all-important puberty years too. Young adults aged between 12 and 16 are undergoing hormonal changes but can also be experiencing other ailments which can be disguised as growing pains.

27Jan

New Year New Honour


The start of 2016 has already got off to a fantastic start for one of the Xtreme Everest and Case Medicine team based at the ISEH. Dr Daniel Martin has been awarded an OBE in recognition of his work at the Royal Free Hospital on their high level isolation ward where several Ebola patients were treated throughout last year.

27Jan

A year on foot at the ISEH


Plans to get fitter, lose weight, reduce alcohol consumption and eat more healthily commonly feature as resolutions are made and broken in the New Year. The unexpected insult on our bodies in January is a time when musculoskeletal injuries can occur.

27Jan

Multidisciplinary concussion service now available at the ISEH


The ISEH in collaboration with the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, RFU and FA, has established a multidisciplinary concussion service to address this public health need for both the elite population and recreational athletes with ongoing problems after concussion.

18Jan

ISEH researcher profile: Dr Barbara Jefferis


Dr Barbara Jefferis leads the UCL Physical Activity Research Group (PARG) which works very closely with the ISEH bringing together researchers from different disciplines across UCL with shared interest in physical activity work.

06Jan

These boots are made for walking - Active Movement conference


On Friday 27 November 2015 Active Movement held a conference entitled “Innovation in combatting children’s inactivity and obesity” at the ISEH in London. Dr Farrah Jawad registrar in Sport and Exercise Medicine, gives an overview of the event.

30Nov

ISEH sweeps the board at BASEM


Last year's Sport Medicine, Exercise and Health MSc students had great success at the joint BASEM/ FSEM annual conference in Cardiff this month taking three of the five podium slots and with several others as posters.

30Nov

Move Eat Treat Summit


On the 18 November Move Eat Treat held their annual summit in partnership with the ISEH called ‘‘Improving Education for Healthcare Professionals’.

30Nov

The Olympic sport of canoe slalom and its associated musculoskeletal injuries


Canoe Slalom first featured at the summer Olympics in 1972. Athletes compete to navigate a canoe or kayak through a 300m course of hanging gates in whitewater rapids, striving to achieve the quickest time possible. ISEH consultant Dr Rick Seah gives his insight into common musculoskeletal injuries among elite paddlers.

28Nov

Researchers urge better oral health screening for footballers


A new study by the Centre for Oral Health and Performance, part of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute, has found that the oral health of professional footballers is poor and impacting on wellbeing and performance.

27Nov

ISEH researcher profile: Orla McCourt, Research Physiotherapist


Orla McCourt is a Research Physiotherapist working with the UCL Health Behaviour Research Centre on a study investigating the effects of lifestyle factors on cancer survivorship in patients with the haematological cancer Myeloma.