In a comprehensive review of 38 relevant studies focused on walking cadence and intensity for adults, Tudor-Locke and team conclude that approximately 100 steps per minute qualifies as a good metric for moderate intensity levels in healthy adults, with vigorous walking beginning at approximately 130 steps per minute.
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July 17, 2018
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences has awarded seventeen Dean’s PhD Summer Fellowships for summer 2018. The $7000 awards will provide support for PhD students in excellent standing to pursue their research and complete their dissertations during the summer months.
July 2, 2018
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Julia Choi recently received a five-year, $616,057 grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) faculty early career development (CAREER) program to investigate how the brain learns to control walking. She says such research will help to guide new treatments to improve walking function in people with age-related changes or neurological damage.
June 22, 2018
Kinesiologist Mark Miller and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are seeking men and women 65 to 75 years old for a study on the effects of different types of weight training on muscle function, and whether there is a sex-specific neuromuscular system response to the training.
June 22, 2018
Researchers in the department of kinesiology are seeking volunteers for a study of how different shoes change how people move.
June 20, 2018
Student athletes Meiya Berkey, Nutrition, and Emma Roush, Kinesiology, are featured in the Spring 2018 issue of UMass Magazine.
June 8, 2018
Kinesiology postdoctoral researchers Elroy Aguiar and Scott Ducharme, who work in Catrine Tudor-Locke’s Physical Activity and Health Lab, recently held guest spots on UMass Radio’s Lab Talk with Laura.
May 29, 2018
The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently named Kinesiology major Colleen Sands ‘18 a Rising Researcher for the 2017-2018 academic year.
May 29, 2018
Ten School of Public Health and Health Sciences students recently won UMass Alumni Association Awards for 2018. Awards were distributed based on outstanding academic achievements, leadership, and community service.
May 29, 2018
The International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour and Human Kinetics recently announced the launch of the Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behavior (JMPB), with Professor Emerita of Kinesiology Patty Freedson serving as its editor-in-chief.
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