IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH ACTIVITY & SPORT

From how movement and function impact our individual health to how physical activity and sport can benefit our communities, research at the School of Kinesiology is addressing a wide range of complex issues that affect us all throughout our lives.

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Research Areas

Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation

Movement for Health & Well-Being

A movement science student shows a young woman on a rowing machine her smart phone

Childhood Physical Activity & Development

Dr. Leah Robinson (center) with students and kids at the Towsley Children's House

Community Impact

The Business of Sport

University-Wide Initiatives

Dr. Broglio (left) and student in the Michigan Concussion Center

Labs & Centers

Child Movement, Activity, & Developmental Health Laboratory

Using motor skills and physical activity to promote healthy development

Michigan Center for Sport & Social Responsibility

Helping businesses use the power of sport for positive social change

Dr. Palmieri-Smith (left) and students in the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation & Biomechanics Lab

Orthopedic Rehabilitation & Biomechanics Laboratory

Rehabilitating traumatic knee injury and preventing knee osteoarthritis

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Faculty Interests

Dominique Kinnett-Hopkins

The implementation of evidence-based physical activity and exercise interventions for persons with chronic conditions; multiple sclerosis; lupus; qualitative research

Teacher Cesar Reyes and students at Munger Elementary-Middle School

Rebecca Hasson, PhD

Lab:

Childhood Disparities Research Laboratory, Exercise & Sport Science Initiative

Causes and consequences of childhood obesity in multiethnic populations.

Dr. Gates (right) and student in the Rehabilitation Biomechanics Lab

Deanna Gates, PhD

Lab:

Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory

Biomechanics, rehabilitation, prosthetic and orthotics, control of repetitive movements, nonlinear dynamics.

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