Inside the U of M sports science lab: ‘Prehab’ instead of rehab
Daily Memphian reporter Danielle Lerner undergoes a VO2 max test, which measures the maximum amount of oxygen a person can intake during exercise, at the University of Memphis Human Performance Center on Tuesday, Oct. 6. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Daily Memphian reporter Danielle Lerner participates in a movement screening, which includes one-footed hops over a small obstacle, at the University of Memphis Human Performance Center. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Daily Memphian reporter Danielle Lerner measures her maximum vertical at the University of Memphis Human Performance Center. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Daily Memphian reporter Danielle Lerner gets fitted with spherical markers that will be used to create a 3D model of her body. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Daily Memphian reporter Danielle Lerner warms up under the watchful eye of Max Paquette at the University of Memphis Human Performance Center on Tuesday, Oct. 6. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Daily Memphian reporter Danielle Lerner gets encouragement from Adriana Miltko while using the dynamometer at the University of Memphis Human Performance Center on Tuesday, Oct. 6. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Scientists at the Human Performance Center help Memphis basketball players be their best. Daily Memphian reporter Danielle Lerner got put through the wringer.
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Memphis Tigers Memphis Tigers Basketball Darby Rich Penny Hardaway DJ Jeffries College Basketball University of Memphis Human Performance Center Daniel GreenwoodDanielle Lerner
Danielle Lerner covers Tigers basketball for the Daily Memphian. She previously covered college hoops at The Athletic and the Louisville Courier-Journal, where she also wrote about professional soccer, horse racing, college football and, occasionally, tacos.
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