Advancing Human Exercise Physiology: Integrating Sports Nutrition, Sports Science and AI Innovations
Human exercise physiology is the cornerstone to understand the demands of physical activity, which in turn provides the rationale to inform accompanying training and sports nutrition interventions. As such, this symposium will open with Prof. Paul Greenhaff sharing his experience and advice on the importance of contemporary human exercise physiology research.
In reflection of these demands Prof. Louise Burke will discuss the corresponding sports nutrition interventions to support exercise physiology. In this talk, evidence informed practice will be covered before discussing those gaps in the literature for research opportunity.
The consequence of the physical demands and physiological response to exercise is a refractory period where the body begins remodeling processes to adapt to the stimulus encountered. Prof. Shona Halson will reflect on why this occasion has grown in importance in professional sport before reviewing interventions to maximise adaptation, as well as speed the restoration of physiological function and the conflict this sometimes ensures.
Finally, it is impossible to avoid the role that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has begun to play in our daily lives, the lives of athletes and research in sport and exercise science. To conclude the symposium, Dr. Ali Boolani will discuss the efficacy, promises and pitfalls of AI and its potential application to the field of both human exercise physiology and corresponding sports nutrition interventions.
CHAIR
Dr. Ian Rollo
Principal Scientist
Gatorade Sports Science Institute
Leicester, United Kingdom
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SPEAKERS
Prof. Paul Greenhaff
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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The Value of Contemporary Human Physiology in Sport and Exercise Sciences
Whilst animal models have provided important mechanistic insight, it is irrefutable that the human is the most appropriate model to understand acute responses and chronic adaptation to exercise intervention in humans. Moreover, advances in non-invasive techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, combined with powerful ‘omics technologies and stable isotope tracers, now allow us to approach the human as the ultimate experimental model for increasing understanding of human adaptation to exercise, which will be a focus of this presentation. A further focus will be to develop the view that the most impactful advances in the field of sport and exercise science, including human cellular and molecular biology research, will be best achieved when study design and physiological end-point measurements are optimised to bring temporal and tissue specific resolution.
Prof. Louise Burke
Australian Catholic University
Canberra, Australia
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Sports Nutrition to Augment Exercise Physiology
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Prof. Shona Halson
Australian Catholic University
Brisbane, Australia
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Evaluation of Interventions to Maximise Adaptation and/or Restore Physiological Function After Exercise
This presentation will critically evaluate interventions athletes commonly use to restore physiological function after exercise and describe the potential positive and negative influences on adaptation.
Dr. Ali Boolani
Associate Principal Scientist
Gatorade Sports Science Institute
Valhalla, USA
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Artificial Intelligence in Exercise and Sports Science: The reality, the hype, the promises and the pitfalls
ChatGPT’s release increased the attention of the role that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play in our daily lives, including how AI can evolve Exercise and Sports Science. Although the use of advanced computational models is not new in the field of exercise and sports science, the increased focus has brought about significant advances, while also raising questions about the efficacy, promises and pitfalls of AI in the field. The purpose of this talk is to identify the differences between the reality and the hype of the use cases of AI in the field of exercise and sports sciences, from wearable technologies to marker-less motion capture, to data quality, interpretability and context, to the athlete digital twin. The talk will also help identify some promises and pitfalls of this technology, including ethical dilemmas.