{"id":90483,"date":"2018-09-12T12:49:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T16:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483//?p=90483"},"modified":"2018-09-14T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:17:01","slug":"ucf-athletics-kinesiology-program-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483//ucf-athletics-kinesiology-program-collaboration/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Athletics, Kinesiology Program Team Up for Student-Athletes’ Well-Being"},"content":{"rendered":"

Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Athletics and the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s new School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy are partnering to enhance the well-being and performance of the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s student-athletes./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n

Kinesiology faculty member Michael Redd is now working with coaches as the first director of sports science appointed by the athletics program. He also is supervising Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ students selected for a new sports science internship program./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cHaving a sports scientist on the performance team is not a novel concept,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d said Jeff Stout, interim dean of the new College of Health Professions and Sciences, home to the school. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cBut giving sports science students the ability to work with Division I athletes is an opportunity that few students may experience./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019re not aware of any other universities that offer such an internship opportunity for select graduate and undergraduate students,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d said Redd, who completed his doctorate in exercise physiology (an area of kinesiology) in August./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n

Under Redd/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s supervision, the interns will help bridge the gap between science and application./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cWearable devices provide physiological, performance and biomechanical data points that require special advanced training to interpret,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d Stout said. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201cSports scientists can then create specific algorithms to analyze the data to inform coaches of their team/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s training volume and its relationship to an athlete/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u2019s fatigue scores, hydration, heart-rate variability and performance./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90483/n