The Department of Kinesiology
The facilities for the Department of Kinesiology are located in the University's new Health and Human Services building. This state-of-the-art facility, opend in the fall of 2004, provides offices, classrooms,and both teaching and research laboratories to support the department's many programs.
Exercise Biology Research Labs: The Exercise Biology
Research Laboratories consists of five separate work areas; two skeletal muscle physiology labs, a cell culture lab, a microscopy lab, and a comprehensive small animal vivarium. These labs include equipment such as water purification systems, a compound microscope, an inverted microscope equipped with phase contrast, Nomarski optics and camera, a high speed centrifuge, pH meters, analytic balances, CO2 incubator, refrigerated centrifuge, a cell harvester, ultra-low temperature freezers, cryostat, a liquid nitrogen storage dewar, and a hematology analyzer (Coulter), rodent treadmills, and surgical supplies and equipment. The labs are used primarily by Drs. Pizza and
McLoughlin and their undergraduate and graduate students.
CardioPulmonary and Metabolism Research Lab: The CardioPulmonary and Metabolism Research Lab provides comprehensive facilities for the study of the effects of exercise on these systems. It includes comprehensive instrumentation for respiratory gas analysis, cardiovasular function, peripheral blood flow monitoring, blood chemistry assessment, and hydrostatic weighing. The lab is directed by Dr. Barry Scheuermann and used in support of his research and that of the undergraduate and graduate students who he advises.
Applied Biomechanics Labs: The Applied Biomechanics Labs includes two main areas; a Motion Analysis Lab and a Human Performance and Fatigue Lab. The Motion Analysis Lab is a 1600 square foot area that is used for both instruction and research. It provides a venue for assessment of dynamic motion through a state-of-the-art 8 camera 3-D video system, three force plates, and a 16 channel telemeterized EMG system. The Human Performance and Fatigue Lab provides for comprehensive evaluation of muscle function through a Biodex Isokinetics system and a BTS electromyography system. These two areas are used primarily by Drs. Pincivero and Armstrong and their students.
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Athletic Training Research Laboratory: The primary focus of the Athletic Training Research Laboratory is on the assessment of neuromuscular control related to lower extremity injury. IThe lab contains a MotionMonitor data acquisition system with 5 Ascension "Flock of Birds" magnetic trackers; Standard and Extended Range Transmitters and a Bertec NC-4060 force plate. Additional equipment include a PC, scanner, Star Excursion BalanceTesting Pad and Movin' Step Balance Pads. This lab is in support of the research of Drs. Gribble and Leonard and the students that they advise.
Kinesiotherapy Center: This KT Center, located in the University's Health Education Center building, is operated as a rehabilitation clinic for patients who are referred by area physicians. Exercise therapy and aquatic therapy are used to treat patients with a wide range of conditions and disabilities. A special feature of the clinic is the Perceptual Motor Development Program that is offered to area children. This program pairs student clinicians with children who have various types of disabilities, to provide
a structured program of fine and gross motor activity.
Human Anatomy and Physiolgy Teaching Laboratory: The department has a state-of-the art teaching facility for instruction in human anatomy and physiology. It provides for the study of structure and function from the cellular level
to examination of human cadaver specimens. Extensive use is made of computer and media technology.
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Exercise Physiology Teaching Laboratory:
The department provides a dedicated
teaching laboratory for instruction in
exercise physiology, clinical exercise testing, human physiology, and cardiopulmonary physiology. It is equiped with state-of-the-art instrumentation for such thngs as cardiac monitoring, graded exercise testing, and respiratory gas analysis.
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