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Exercise Science Program
Human Performance Research Laboratory
The Human Performance Research Laboratory (HPRL) is a spacious facility designed to conduct research, exercise testing, and educational demonstrations in various aspects of exercise and evironmental physiology and athletic training/sports medicine. The laboratory is utilized by faculty and students in the exercise science and athletic training programs. This page will describe the facilities and equipment contained within the Human Performance Research Laboratory. |
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Exercise Testing Equipment
The Human Performance Research Laboratory has equipment to measure the metabolic responses during exercise, pulmonary function, ECG, body composition, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility. The equipment includes:
- SensorMedics Vmax Metabolic Measurement System
- ParvoMedics TrueOne 2400 Metabolic Measurement System
- Quinton treadmill
- Lode Corival and Bosch electronically braked cycle ergometers
- Monark cycle ergometers
- Monark Wingate Testing cycle ergometer
- Various ECG equipment
- Underwater weighing tank, skinfold calipers
- RJL Systems Quantum X BIA
- Weight training and flexibility equipment
- Heart rate, blood pressure monitoring equipment
- Kin-Kom Isokinetic dynamometer
Environmental Physiology Equipment
The Human Performance Research Laboratory has equipment to measure the physiological responses during rest and exercise under various environmental conditions (heat, cold). The equipment includes:
- Thermotron Environmental Testing Chamber
- ParvoMedics TrueOne 2400 Metabolic Measurement System with CO2 rebreathing (Cardiac Output)
- Columbus Instruments Iso-Thermex Temperature Monitoring System
- MoorLab Laser Doppler Flowmetry System
- WR Medical Q-Sweat Quantitative Sweat Measurement System
- ADInstruments PowerLab 8/30 Data Acquisition System
- PolyScience 28L Circulating Water Bath
- Thermocouple Probes
Biochemistry Equipment
The Human Performance Research Laboratory has a biochemistry room for the measurement of various chemicals in human blood. The equipment includes:
- ThermoSpectronic Genesys 10UV spectrophotometer
- Analox GM7 analzyer for the measurement of lactic acid, glucose, pyruvate, ammonia, etc.
- So-Low -85°C laboratory freezer
- Chemistry glassware
- Portable glucose and lactate analyzers
- Chemical hood
- Eppendorf 5702R Centrifuge
- Scales, pH meter
