March 9, 2010

Dr. Sue Stanton wins Faculty of Medicine 2009 CME/CPD Awards- Innovation

Darlene Reid

Whether you’re a Paralympic athlete, a weekday warrior or a Sunday jogger, identifying your optimal workout window could certainly improve your quality of life. But if you’re recovering from a period of inactivity due to injury or have a chronic respiratory illness, identifying optimal exercise protocols and avoiding muscle injury could be life changing — not  just life enhancing.Through cutting edge science and funding from MSFHR, Dr. Darlene Reid, Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, UBC and Director, Muscle Biophysics Laboratory at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, is working on the development of two tools that could revolutionize the way we think about and perform exercise..
http://www.msfhr.org/news/features/2010/03/Reid
Story courtesy of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.