Exercise and Applied Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory

Location: building 41, room 326
Telephone: 4139
Contact: Herb Groeller, Marc Brown, Greg Peoples and Nigel Taylor

Research Facilities:

• Electronic ergometers and treadmills
• Cardiac output: impedance cardiography
• Heart rate: portable monitors and electrocardiogram
• Skin blood flow: laser-Doppler flowmetry, venous-occlusion plethysmography
• Surface and intramuscular electromyography
• Lower-body negative pressure
• Respiratory gas analysis systems
• Respiratory mechanics measurements
• Psychophysical and cognitive function tests
• Also see: Thermal Physiology Laboratory

Research Projects:

This Laboratory conducts a wide range of basic and applied human physiology research projects, and these fall within the following general categories.

• Neuromuscular adaptation
• The role of fatigue in adaptation to resistance training
• The effect of detraining on the expression of muscle strength and power
• Muscular and cardiopulmonary changes to positive and negative work
• Ageing in sedentary and habitually active adults: cardiopulmonary and neuromuscular  functions
• Cardiovascular rehabilitation
• Respiratory mechanics during exercise and work
• Development of physical employment standards for workers in physically demanding trades
• Physiological, physical and nutritional assessments of workers and the working environment
• Optimisation of the worker-environment interface: analysis and the provision of design specifications
• Clinical or field-based physical fitness assessment

More details concerning these projects can be found under the Publications and Students pages attached to the home page.