Exercise and Weight Management in Persons with a Spinal Cord Injury

Exercise and Weight Management in Persons with a Spinal Cord Injury

On the 8th of June, the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport organised the online symposium “Exercise and Weight Management in Persons with a Spinal Cord Injury”. Rewind and catch up here.

Optimising Wheelchair Configuration

Helping Paralympians Go for Gold

Sports biomechanics researcher Barry Mason is closely watching the Paralympic Games this week as they unfold in London (2012).

Improving Wheelchair Athletes' Performance

Research undertaken by members of the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport has led to improved wheelchair configurations and enhanced training strategies for wheelchair athletes (2012).

Spinal Cord Injury Exercise Guidelines

Spinal Cord Injury Exercise Guidelines

Researchers from the NCSEM-EM and the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport together with colleagues in Canada have developed scientific guidelines to inform people with spinal cord injury (SCI) how much exercise is necessary for important fitness and health benefits.

Hot Baths to Improve Health

Hot Baths to Improve Health

Can’t exercise? A hot bath may help improve inflammation and metabolism, study suggests (2018).

Heated suit simulates exercise benefits for people unable to take part in physical activity

A team from Loughborough University is using the prototype device to help people with disabilities, elderly people, and those with chronic diseases that prevent them from taking part in exercise (2019).
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3 v 3 Wheelchair Basketball

3v3 Wheelchair Basketball

Research from the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport has contributed to the development of a 3 v 3 format of wheelchair basketball that has recently been included as a medal event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

The PHC to Present at IWBF Forum

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) have collaborated with The Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom for their assistance to develop the new format of the 3×3 discipline within wheelchair basketball.

Project PRISM

Project PRISM

Para-Athlete Retirement: Insights, Support, Management

The Very Alternative Guide To Spinal Cord Injury

The Very Alternative Guide To Spinal Cord Injury

New book offers a “Very Alternative” way of dealing with sudden paralysis