20th anniversary of the Children's Health and Exercise Centre, University of Exeter, UK.In recent years, partly because of the ever-younger extension of high quality sport representation and partly, paradoxically, due to ever-increasing levels of obesity in the young, the discipline of paediatric Adj. 1. paediatric - of or relating to the medical care of children; "pediatric dentist" pediatric physiology has moved from being an interesting curiosity to an extremely important area of practical knowledge. For example, children thermoregulate ther·mo·reg·u·late v. To regulate body temperature. qualitatively and quantitatively differently from adults--before puberty their sweat rate per square metre Noun 1. square metre - a centare is 1/100th of an are centare, square meter area unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas of skin is less than half their adult level--and they may well have, proportionate to mass, 40% greater body surface area than an adult. On the musculo-skeletal side, they come late into 'kinetic-balance', into an appropriately economic mode of running or walking, so such effort is harder for them. In many other areas children, especially younger children, differ importantly from adults, and those involved in any aspects of their exercise, sport or medicine should be well aware of this. Hence the importance of the discipline, and hence the reason for a very hearty celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Children's Health Children's Health Definition Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. and Exercise Centre (CHERC CHERC Collaborative Health, Education and Research Centre ), which, as is demonstrated here, has pioneered and expanded the entire discipline, as one of the world's leading paediatric laboratories. Prof. Emeritus N.C. Craig Sharp, Centre for Sports Medicine sports medicine, branch of medicine concerned with physical fitness and with the treatment and prevention of injuries and other disorders related to sports. Knee, leg, back, and shoulder injuries; stiffness and pain in joints; tendinitis; "tennis elbow"; and and Human Performance, Brunel University Brunel University is a university situated in West London, England. History Brunel is one of a number of UK universities created in the 1960s following the Robbins Report on higher education (often called the plate glass universities). , West London. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Children's Health and Exercise Centre (1987-2007) past and present members of the centre were invited to contribute a review article on paediatric exercise science. The collection of reviews, written by current and former PhD students, visiting research fellows and professors, visiting interns and current members of CHERC, discusses an array of topics, which have helped shaped the work of our centre. We would also like to take the opportunity to acknowledge all those associated with CHERC over the past 20 years, in particular the many children who have participated in our research studies. Prof. Craig A. Williams Assoc. Prof & Co-Director of CHERC School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter Children and Exercise Section Editor J Sports Sci & Med |
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