Multidisciplinary Research Unit on Sport, Health and Society

URePSSS | ULR 7369
Biology and health Humanities and social sciences Research unit Precision health Culture, societies, changing practices

Our unit is interested in the field of sport, physical activity or inactivity and its interrelation with the health of populations or physical performance. Our research topics take into account the socio-economic context (health benefits of exercise; sport and society) as well as public health priorities, particularly with respect to chronic pathologies (respiratory, metabolic or neuromuscular) or situations of vulnerability (physical, social, economic, psychological). We are open to all academic and industrial collaborations and propose services in line with our expertise.

Informations

Director: Serge Berthoin

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413 avenue Eugène Avinée
59120 LOOS

Mots-clés

Physical activity, Physical education and sports, Social link, Literacy, Exercise physiology, Physiopathology and exercise, Neuromuscular plasticity, Sport, Regulation, Vulnerability

Localisation

  • Physical activity
  • Adapted physical activity
  • Respiratory adaptations and dysfunctions during exercise
  • Adaptations and metabolic dysfunctions to exercise
  • Adaptations and dysfunctions of neuromuscular function
  • Social change through physical and sports activity
  • Physical education and sport
  • Coaching
  • Physical literacy
  • Neuromuscular physiology
  • Behavior regulation
  • Sport
  • Sport and society

Examples of projects:

  • Improvement of PSA penetration rates within socially vulnerable and sedentary populations
  • We are interested in the impact of post-translational modifications on the functions of alphaB-crystallin, a molecular chaperone with strong therapeutic potential in proteinopathies.
  • We are interested in the prediction of glycemic variations as a function of exercise characteristics in people with diabetes (DOI 10.2337 / dc19-1928). Our results will contribute to the development of connected objects (artificial pancreas type) to avoid hypo and hyperglycemia.
  • From a perspective of employee well-being and prevention, we are interested in the use of a remote therapeutic coaching platform offering physical exercises.
  • Identify the sports practice formats most popular with young adults in Europe. The challenge is to better understand the European socio-cultural effect on the formats popular with young adults in a period of dropping out of physical life.

Cellular and molecular biology

  • Design and testing of innovative therapeutic approaches to reduce the deleterious effects of prolonged bed rest (muscle atrophy, postural instability, etc.).
  • Identification of potential therapeutic targets

Physical activity and sport

  • Analysis of levers and barriers to physical activity
  • Design of physical activity promotion programs based on populations, contexts and lifestyles
  • Use of digital technology to promote physical activity
  • Management and monitoring of training load and fatigue
  • Objective and subjective measure of sleep

We possess a wide range of equipment and analytical tools related to our area of expertise:

  • Training room
  • Dynamometers
  • Accelerometers
  • Echographs
  • Catwalk
  • Cryostat
  • ...

Private
Naturex, Beussent Lachelle, Orange Health Care, Mutualité Française, Damart, Fédération française de voile, L'Union Française des Oeuvres Laïques d'Education Physique,  Caisse d'assurance retraite et de la santé au travail, Société Francophone du Diabète, Gait-UP, Mutielle JUST, Axomove, Clinique de la Mitterie, AFM-Téléthon, Centre national d'études spatiales

Acadéemic
Universite d'Artois, ULCO, Sorbonne Universite, Universite de Montpellier, ...
University of Montreal (Canada), Stanford University (USA), Edinburgh Napier University (UK), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)

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