Facilities
Exercise Science Specialization -
MS in Movement Science
Human Performance Laboratory
Our Human Performance Laboratory, located on the Miami Shores campus, contains state-of-the-art equipment that you will learn to use during weekly lab sections that are associated with the upper-level major courses.
Examples of the more advanced equipment available for student use and research include:
- Two metabolic gas analyzers
- pulmonary function analyzer
- electrocardiographs
- multi-frequency bioelectric impedance analyzer
- air displacement plethysmograph (BodPod©)
- underwater weighing tank
- DEXA
- Wingate Test Cycle Ergometer
Two motorized treadmills
Current HPLS Research Projects:
Tracking performance and body composition over the course of a female athlete’s college career
Several performance-related variables of female college athletes will be measured over a 5-yr period to gauge the long term changes that occur while the athlete continues to compete at the college-level and to develop a performance profile of female college-athletes by sport. |
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Video analyses to assess the validity and reliability of the sit-and-reach flexibility (SR) test
The purpose of this study is to use video analyses to 1) test the validity and reliability of the SR test in men and women, 2) assess spine posture during the SR test and 3) determine the contribution of arm and leg length difference on SR performance.
Testing the feasibility of a NEAT approach for increasing daily energy expenditure
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a NEAT program as an alternative to a traditional exercise program to increase energy expenditure throughout a typical day. This is a pilot study that may lead to a larger study that will test the effectiveness of a NEAT program on weight loss/maintenance and other health and fitness parameters.
Comparing anaerobic performance during repeated sprints between men and women matched for aerobic capacity relative to fat free mass
Repeated sprints will be performed by men and women matched for maximal oxygen uptake relative to fat free mass and training history. Changes in anaerobic power and the relative contribution of aerobic power to sprint performance will be compared between men and women.
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