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Read the latest blogs and articles from sport scientists and other professionals with an interest in sports performance, covering a wide variety of topics including physiology, psychology and biomechanics.

Sport science is a field of work and study concerned with applying scientific principles and techniques to improve sporting performance.Traditionally sport science has included physiology, psychology, and biomechanics but can include any scientific application to sport and the field has developed into areas such as technology and engineering, nutrition and diet, strength and conditioning, and performance analysis.

Per Aagaard of the Danish Institute of Sports Sciences and Clinical Biomechanics recently lectured at the High Performance Centre in Birmingham. The most interesting part of day involved his findings showing that tendon loading via targeted resistance training may enhance injury resilience.

An interesting insight into how telecoms giants Telefonica are investing in technology that will help doctors to monitor rehabilitation from injury remotely.

Practitioners in sport and exercise that aren't tied to a University don't have ready access to the latest databases and journals. When someone blogs on a subject that relates peer-reviewed research to the practical world of sport or exercise, it is very helpful. It gives someone like me a reference to explore.