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Human performance current research

 

Human Performance Lab Staff

"Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE Study)."  A phase-3 randomized controlled trial of lifestyle interventions to preserve ability to walk in older adults.  The primary aim is to assess the long-term effects of the proposed interventions on the primary outcome of major mobility disability, defined as inability to walk 400 meters. 

 

Human Performance Faculty

"Effects of Pre-Sprint Pedaling Cadence on Power Outcomes in the Wingate Test"

  • Currently recruiting healthy, vigorously-exercising males & females, ages 18-35, as study participants
  • Principal Investigator: William Lunn, PhD
  • Study commenced: April 2011

 

"Physiological Indexes Influencing Human Body Composition Determination Comparing Skinfold Measurement to Hydrostatic Weighing"

  • Currently recruiting healthy, fit, 18-30-year-old males as study participants
  • Principal Investigator: William Lunn, PhD
  • Study commenced: Oct 2010 


Human Performance Students

"The Effects of Caffeine on Select Physiological Markers of Exercise Recovery Among Aerobically Trained Young Men"

  • Currently recruiting healthy, fit, 18-30-year-old males as study participants

  • Principal Investigator: Ian Crandall, BS
  • Study Commenced: Nov 2011

 

"The Effects of Adding Deep Water Running to a Land Running Training Program on Running Performance Compared to Land Training Only in Healthy Collegiate Men"

  • Currently recruiting healthy, fit, 18-30-year-old males as study participants

  • Principal Investigator: Ashley Dress, BS
  • Study Commenced: Aug 2011

"The Effect of Atorvastatin on the Blood Pressure Response to Exercise" (E. Dostaler, 2nd author). 

  • Presented at the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, April 2010. 
  • Currently in review for publication.  

 

Sollanek K, Kenefick R, Cheuvront S, & Axtell R. Potential Impact of a 500-mL Water Bolus and Body Mass on Plasma Osmolality Dilution" 

  • Presented at New England American College of Sports Medicine Fall Meeting, Providence, RI, November 2010
  • Published in European Journal of Applied Physiology