Major Research Issues
- The effects of exercise on hypertension, lipoprotein levels, glucose tolerance, obesity, and other heart disease risk factors.
- The effects of exercise and hormone status on bone density.
- The effects of exercise on the aging process.
- Nutrition, exercise, and body composition.
- Body composition and bone mineral density.
- Physiological determinants of athletic performance.
- Exercise and endocrine function.
- Acute and chronic responses to exercise in individuals from special populations.
- Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Facilities
- The Human Performance Laboratory is equipped for metabolic determinations with a Sensormedics 2900 metabolic cart with breath-by-breath and non-invasive cardiac output capabilities, Sensormedics Max-1 electrocardiograph and treadmill system, electronic- and friction-braked cycle ergometers, an arm ergometer, a Yellow Springs lactate analyzer, and blood chemistry analysis capability.
- The Bone Research Laboratory is equipped with a Hologic QDR-1000/W dual-energy x-ray bone densitometer. The Anthropometry Laboratory is equipped with an underwater weighing tank and oxygen-dilution residual lung volume determination system.