Recent Publications

One of the primary goals of the Human Performance Lab is to act as a center for excellence in sports science research. Being a multi-disciplinary field, sport science at the Human Performance Lab encompasses projects ranging from fields such as biomechanics, biomedical engineering, physiology and exercise physiology, orthopaedics, mechanobiology, and exercise rehabilitation. The central theme to these research projects is improving performance, understanding mechanisms of injury and reducing the risk of injury.

Current research projects include:

• Understanding the mechanisms of patellofemoral pain
• Enhancing performance using heat stress
• Investigating the mechanobiology of tendon following exercise and stretching
• Estimating tibial stresses and strains for determining risk of tibial fatigue fractures during running
• Cardiac response to de-training in the elite athlete
• Segmental analysis of the golf swing to improve swing mechanics and understand requirements of flexibility and strength for golfers

Investigators interested in sports science research should contact the Human Performance Lab at or (650) 724-6272.