Course Description
Laboratory experiences in exercise physiology, including use of common measurement tools in exercise physiology. Major principles in exercise physiology.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to write a lab report for each
lab session. The reports will be in scientific journal style and
will be graded (consisting of 20% of total grade). These reports
will summarize each lab experience and include data collected.
Athena Title
EX PHYSIOL LAB
Undergraduate Corequisite
KINS 4630/6630
Graduate Corequisite
KINS 4630/6630
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Prepare a publication quality figures of data using Microsoft Excel. 2. Collect standard subject data and testing condition data 3. Demonstrate ability to use standard laboratory ergometers (cycle and treadmill). 4. Measure muscle force development and perform tests of motor control. 5. Demonstrate how muscle emg and muscle fatigue can be measured. 6. Explain basic principles behind motor control. 7. Explain how muscle soreness and injury result from exercise and the time course of muscle soreness. 8. Demonstrate how anaerobic power can be measured using the Wingate test. 9. Use open-circuit spirometry and the Douglas bag method to measure aerobic energy expenditure. 10. Explain the key elements to the measurement of maximal oxygen uptake. 11. Explain how tests that estimate maximal oxygen uptake are performed. 12. Describe how exercise and stress alter blood pressure. 13. Discuss how exercise alters respiration and the impact of breathing restrictions on exercise performance. 14. Discuss how increased room temperature alters exercise capacity. 15. Gain practical experience with three methods of estimating of Body composition. 16. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the different methods of measuring body composition. 17. Descrive how to measure limb volume and how exercise might alter limb volume.
Topical Outline
LABORATORY 0: Presentation of Laboratory Results using Microsoft Excel LABORATORY 1: Laboratory Procedures and Environmental Measurements, Ergonometry LABORATORY 2: Muscle Force Development and Motor Control LABORATORY 3: Muscle emg, Motor Recruitment, and Fatigue (Biopac lab) LABORATORY 4: Muscle soreness and injury LABORATORY 5: Anaerobic Power - The Wingate Test LABORATORY 6: Measurement of Aerobic Energy Expenditure During Exercise Using Open-Circuit Spirometry and the Douglas Bag Method LABORATORY 7: Measurement of Maximal Oxygen Uptake LABORATORY 8 Estimation of Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Physical Work Capacity LABORATORY 9: Blood Pressure Response to Exercise LABORATORY 10: Respiratory Responses to Exercise LABORATORY 11: Thermal Responses to Exercise in the Heat LABORATORY 12: Estimation of Body Composition from Body Density, Skinfold Measures and Bioelectrical Impedance LABORATORY 13: Effect of Exercise on Leg Volume
Syllabus