Faculty & Students in the News

Fall 2008

Dr. Duane Knudson was recently interviewed and quoted on his research on the biomechanics of stretching in the Sunday Play magazine in the NY Times. In 1998 he was one of the first to write about the lack of evidence for a beneficial effect of stretching in warm-up for vigorous physical activity. He has helped document how stretching results in short-term (30-60 minutes) muscular weakness and the dosage of stretching that creates this effect.  The NY Times article is available at: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sports/playmagazine/112pewarm.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin