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For the coming three years, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will be supporting a project at the Department of Biomechanics in Sports of Prof. Dr. Ansgar Schwirtz. The project of Dr. Wolfgang Seiberl, involving an examination of the stretch-shortening cycle of the human musculature, will receive… [read more]

The Chair of Sport and Health Education is carrying out a new third-party funded project. For "genEffects", the team of Prof. Dr. Yolanda Demetriou is cooperating with the Heidelberg University of Education (Prof. Jens Bucksch) as well as the Technical University of Chemnitz (Prof. Dr. Anne Kerstin… [read more]

"Sport, Recovery and Performance" is the title of a new book published by Routledge Publishing House and written by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Beckmann together with Prof. Dr. Michael Kellmann (Ruhr University Bochum). The anthology is a collection of contributions from various scientists active in varied… [read more]

Daniel Goeder has received the promotional award from the German High Pressure League (DHL) and has been distinguished for "sport and non-medicinal therapy of hypertension". The prize is endowed with 1,200 euros and was assigned for the master's thesis of the student. This was completed by Goeder at… [read more]

In Germany in 2013, 482,510 humans fell ill with cancer. According to an estimate made by the Robert Koch Institute, there are approximately four million in the Federal Republic of Germany who will have suffered from cancer in the course of their life. One of the triggers for the development of a… [read more]