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30Mar

Oral Health and Performance in Professional Football


On 24 February the ISEH played host to a workshop to discuss the findings of a recent study into the role of oral health in performance in professional football. The study, the largest ever in the sport, was undertaken by researchers at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute (EDI) as part of their ongoing research programme into oral health in elite sport.

26Mar

Starring role for ISEH in BBC blood documentary


The Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) set the scene for a revealing BBC documentary looking at the extraordinary abilities of blood to adapt and keep us alive.

18Mar

Reducing knee pain in cyclists


Cycling is often favoured as a way of improving fitness and leg strength without unduly loading the body, particularly the joints of the lower limb.

04Mar

Tribute to Dr Dan Tunstall Pedoe, Medical Director of the London Marathon


The Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) was sad to learn that Dr Dan Tunstall Pedoe, Medical Director Emeritus of the London Marathon, has passed away in hospital after a lengthy illness.

24Feb

England rugby squad aims to avoid more injuries


With the Rugby Union Six Nations series underway and the Rugby World Cup in prospect, England will be hoping that their depleted squad can avoid further injury, in what England coach Stuart Lancaster has said will be England’s ‘biggest year’ in the sport.

24Feb

Will Jefferson on how modern cricketers stay match fit


With the 2015 Cricket World Cup underway in Australia we spoke exclusively to former England A cricketer Will Jefferson about the game, modern training routines and how today’s cricketers stay fit and avoid injury.

24Feb

Sports Orthopaedics conference is a success from head to toe


Experts and opinion leaders in the fields of sports orthopaedics took part in the highly successful ‘Sports Injuries and Sports Orthopaedics: State of the Art’: conference held at the Royal Society of Medicine on 21 and 22 January which was chaired by the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health's Clinical Director Prof Fares Haddad.

23Feb

Radial pulsed wave shockwave therapy at the ISEH


ISEH consultants and physiotherapists are now able to provide this intervention for patients.

22Jan

Climate change turns the heat on tennis


As the 2015 Australian Open Tennis tournament gets underway in Melbourne, the organisers have updated their extreme heat policy to "ensure conditions are fair for all players".

22Jan

Treating lower back pain in young athletes


Adolescents participating in sport are at risk of developing lower back pain, but often the causes are different than with adult sportspeople. ISEH consultant Dr Eleanor Tillett presented at the 2014 British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) conference on the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of young athletes with lower back pain.

22Jan

Lack of exercise may cause twice as many deaths as obesity


A brisk 20-minute walk each day could be enough to reduce an individual’s risk of early death, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

15Dec

Tendinopathy team launches ground-breaking research study


The new National Tendinopathy Centre (NTC), based at the Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH), is launching a large-scale study into tendinopathy, as part of the ISEH’s commitment to answering challenging medical questions through research, and translating work with elite sports to benefit the general population.