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 Low-Carbohydrate Variants on High-Intensity Exercise Performance"
- Currently recruiting healthy, vigorously-exercising males & females, ages 18-35, as study participants
- Principal Investigator: William Lunn, PhD
- Study commenced: February 2012
"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
"Arterial Stiffness Among Highly Active African American Men"
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Currently recruiting healthy, fit, 18-30-year-old males as study participants
- Principal Investigator: Jason Pereira, BS
- Study Commenced: August 2012
"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
