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Our research mission to transform health
Discover how we’re helping people live independently in good health for longer — and what we are learning about the boundaries of elite human performance that allow everyone to live a healthier life.
About our research mission
How do our early years affect the lives we go on to lead? What determines our sporting potential? And what should individuals and society be doing to ensure more people can live happily and healthily into old age?
These and other important questions are explored by our researchers, often with academic colleagues in the UK and worldwide.
We’re trying to help people live independently in good health for longer, fostering a strong sense of wellbeing.
Our research enables us to understand the underlying mechanisms of health and disease, from which we can design interventions to improve individual, family and community health.
And that fundamental understanding also illuminates elite sporting performance and where the boundaries might lie.
Among our research strengths are:
- ageing and frailty
- chronic disease
- movement impairment
- applied sports science support
- sports engineering and the role of technology in performance
- the contribution of design to optimising health and wellbeing
- sport policy and the social impact of sport
- sports business and mega-events
Our groundbreaking research will lead to new knowledge that accelerates the development of novel, better treatments for Parkinson's disease
Our groundbreaking research will lead to new knowledge that accelerates the development of novel, better treatments for Parkinson's disease
Featured research projects
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Sports shoes: A feat of engineering
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Facial wrinkles detection and inpainting
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Sport in the Middle East
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Women’s football
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Combined action observation and motor imagery
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Brain activity during movements in Parkinson’s disease
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Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) and litigation
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Identifying patellofemoral pain
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Ageing and frailty
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Exercise and rehab equipment
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Genetics in sport
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Mental Rehearsal for Health and Elite Sport
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Musculoskeletal function in master athletes
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Minimising neuromuscular impairment
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Paralympic swimming
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Social impact of sport
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Sports protective equipment
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Smart technology and ulcer detection
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Our research in diabetes is aimed at preventing foot and lower limb complications that often lead to lower limb amputation. We are developing and testing novel technologies including ‘smart insoles’ and ‘sensing socks’ – delivering real world benefits for people living with diabetes
Our research in diabetes is aimed at preventing foot and lower limb complications that often lead to lower limb amputation. We are developing and testing novel technologies including ‘smart insoles’ and ‘sensing socks’ – delivering real world benefits for people living with diabetes
Institute of Sport
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Institute of Sport
Harnessing expertise across the world of sport to push boundaries, improve lives and shape society, The Manchester Metrpolitan Institute of Sport is a home for sport without boundaries, a place built to make a real impact on the world around usResearch groups
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Sports engineering
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Sports Policy Unit
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Neuroscience of Ageing and Impaired Mobility
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Physiotherapy
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Stress, health and performance
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Neurodegeneration
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Musculoskeletal function in health and ageing
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Sports medicine and elite performance
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