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Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8302 6558

Address: University of South Australia 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: https://www.unisa.edu.au/research/arena/

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21.01.2022 Check out ARENA's Grant Tomkinson and co-authors new publication in Sports Medicine: Developing a New Curvilinear Allometric Model to Improve the Fit and Validity of the 20m Shuttle Run Test as a Predictor of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adults and Youth. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-020-01346-0

21.01.2022 Dr Rachel Curtis is an Early Career Research Associate in ARENA and UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance. Her research focuses on understanding and improving people's health. In particular, her research seeks to identify psychological and social risk factors for unhealthy behaviours such as poor diet and physical inactivity, or sedentary behaviour. She is interested in developing innovative programs to help people make and sustain positive lifestyle changes and improve their health and wellbeing. https://people.unisa.edu.au/Rachel.Curtis

21.01.2022 Listen to ARENA's Brad Stenner joined Blighty & Wilds, chatting on the health benefits of golf in response to the 'Reclaim the Fairways' article in The Australian last week. https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=797055

20.01.2022 Does your child play team sport? We would like to hear from them! We are seeking youth athletes aged 12-17 who play team sports, to participate in an online su...rvey about their sport experiences. Upon completion of the 15-minute survey participants can choose to go into the draw to win 1 of 4 $50 gift cards. Click here for more information: https://research.unisa.edu.au/redcap/surveys/?s=H3DFD3MNYH Ethics approval granted by the University of South Australia Human Research Ethics Committee (protocol number 203229).

18.01.2022 For most of our lives, the rhythms of our days are governed by crystallised routines: we get up, have breakfast, go to school or work, have lunch, dinner, watch TV, go to bed. For families, weekly routines often revolve around kids’ sport or active hobbies. Then there are times in life when our routines are upended. Mostly these are life transitions like starting school or retiring. Less often, disruption stems from individual crises like sickness or job loss. Even rarer are social upheavals. The COVID pandemic is certainly one of those. But what will this mean for their long term health and fitness? Read the full article from ARENA's Tim Olds, Carol Maher and Verity Booth in The Conversation.

18.01.2022 Dementia is a condition that affects close to half a million Australians and almost 1.6 million people involved in their care. To mark Dementia Action Week and World Alzheimer’s Day, our researchers are sharing their latest insights about dementia in a new podcast series, Re-imagining Ageing. Developed in partnership with Radio Adelaide the 7-part series shares insights and research on how to live well, age well, and reduce the risk of dementia. Project lead and cognitive age...ing expert, ARENA's Dr Ashleigh Smith, says maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle is essential to help reduce the risk of dementia later in life. While there is no known cure, between 40-48% per cent dementia after the age of 65 in Australia can be potentially avoided through modifiable factors such as improved physical activity, getting enough sleep, and eating a healthy, balanced diet. Listen to the podcast series at the link below. https://soundcloud.com/universitysa

17.01.2022 ARENA's Dr Courtney Davis is a post-doctoral research associate, working in the areas of health, nutrition, activity and rheumatology in UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences. She has extensive experience working on a range of NHMRC funded, industry partnered, and sponsor led intervention studies, as well as observational trials.

15.01.2022 Check out ARENA's Grant Tomkinson and co-authors new publication in Sports Medicine: Temporal Trends in the Handgrip Strength of 2,592,714 Adults from 14 Countries Between 1960 and 2017: A Systematic Analysis. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-020-01339-z

15.01.2022 Do you have high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes? ARENA researchers are exploring the effect of exercise on novel measures of heart function and are seeking women with high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes to be involved. Click here for further information: https://bit.ly/37vNAsL

12.01.2022 The Australian Brain Alliance EMCR Brain Science Network are running their next Jobs Outside the Bubble webinar on 14 September. Zoom link to register: https://unisa.zoom.us/we/register/WN_lQyBifqRR0aYrxYLnluncA

12.01.2022 Do you know someone who could benefit from a unique 12-week long exercise program at UniSA? Our researchers are seeking male volunteers aged 35 to 54 years to t...ake part in a project designed to assess how two different group-based exercise programs influence quality of life and physical activity levels. Demographic: Males aged 35 to 54 years Intervention: 12 weeks of exercise (2 x 1hr sessions/week). Group A: group circuit training (think boot camp and F45). Group B: Team-sport training and gameplay (designed to reintroduce people to sport and teach fundamental skills of Aussie Rules) Where: UniSA Mawson Lakes When: Monday and Wednesday evenings beginning late March 2021 https://www.unisa.edu.au//a-comparison-of-two-group-based/

12.01.2022 Do you have a child aged 5-12 years in Adelaide? We are seeking volunteers to participate in a research study using ultrasound to measure their foot and leg muscles. All participants go into the draw to win 1 of 3 $50 gift cards. Please get in touch with Milly Leung: [email protected]

11.01.2022 Volunteers needed for the ACTIVate study Exploring the relationships between lifestyle and brain health We’re currently recruiting adults aged 60-70 years wit...h different diets and lifestyles. Whether you’re active or inactive, a meat eater, vegetarian or vegan, we want to hear from you. We’ll be tracking participants over 3 years and will ask you to attend assessment visits at the University of South Australia and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) at Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3. If you are interested in participating, or would like more information, please phone 8302 1365 or email [email protected]

11.01.2022 Maximal handgrip strength (HGS) is a convenient and reliable, but incomplete, assessment of muscle function. Digital handgrip dynamometers and accelerometers provide unique opportunities to examine several aspects of muscle function beyond strength capacity, while also maintaining procedural ease. Evaluating muscle function with new HGS technologies and protocols may provide a more comprehensive assessment of muscle function beyond maximal strength, without sacrificing feasibility. Read ARENA's Grant Tomkinson et al., Special Article in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, introducing a novel framework for assessing multiple attributes of muscle function with digital handgrip dynamometry, accelerometry, and refinements to current HGS protocols.

10.01.2022 Do you play team sport? ARENA is seeking athletes from various field-based team sports to investigate the impact of the menstrual cycle on performance, fatigue and wellbeing. https://www.unisa.edu.au//menstrual-cycle-phase-effects-o/

08.01.2022 ARENA researchers in collaboration with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute have developed an online calculator that helps parents and caregivers determine how long children should be spending on schoolwork, rest and play. ARENA's Dr Dot Dumuid says the new time tool, the first of its kind, will help parents tailor their children’s days based on their personal needs. Focusing on key health outcomes physical health, cognitive/academic abilities, and mental health and wellbeing the novel time tool lets you identify and personalise optimal times for your child’s sleep, sedentary behaviours, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (sports and exercise).

07.01.2022 ARENA's Dr Brad Stenner is the Academic and Clinical Lead for the Invictus Pathways Program and a lecturer in UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance. Invictus is a world-leading student led program provides exercise and allied health services to veterans and first responders. His background as a clinician is in the area of physical rehabilitation, work injury and vocational rehabilitation. He has a keen interest in musculo-skeletal injury and treatment, and the role of occupational therapy in the treatment of these disorders. https://people.unisa.edu.au/Brad.Stenner

05.01.2022 Forward with Dementia is launching a website and running webinars to improve the diagnostic conversation and post-diagnostic support to improve how dementia is diagnosed and the support people with dementia and carers are given after diagnosis.

05.01.2022 Are you a cyclist or triathlete riding more than 100 km/week? We need you! Through prescribed cycling training and exercise testing, UniSA researchers are eval...uating the effects of dried fruits and nuts on exercise performance and recovery. You will receive a $350 honorarium and free VO2max testing. To learn more go to this link: http://www.unisa.edu.au//Clini/Volunteers/Cyclists-WANTED/

05.01.2022 Sue Ward is a PhD candidate in ARENA and HDR Representative on the ARENA Steering Committee. Her thesis 'Diet quality, adiposity, and chronic pain' is supervised by ARENA's Alison Hill and Alison Coates, as well as Katherine Baldock and Carolyn Berryman. https://people.unisa.edu.au/Sue.Ward

02.01.2022 A huge congratulations to ARENA's own Dr Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director: Nutrition and Food Sciences at UniSA who is among an elite group of nutrition and health experts selected to review the Australian Dietary Guidelines in her recent appointment to the NHMRC’s Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee.