Department of Counseling, Health and Kinesiology

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Kinesiology Labs

The Health and Kinesiology department is located in the new Science and Technology building which is home of all state of the art Kinesiology labs.  Learn more about the Kinesiology labs below by clicking on the lab name.


The Human Performance Laboratory houses equipment for undergraduate and graduate class laboratories and research data collection, which includes Portable Metabolic System K5, Velotron, MFI Medical Quinton Q-Stress Test System, exercise testing treadmills and cycle ergometers, 12-lead ECG, Quantum X and commercial BIA, various skinfold calipers, a ParvoMedics TrueOne® 2400 Metabolic Cart, Spiropet and MicroLab spirometers, heart rate monitors, automated, aneroid and mercury blood pressure cuffs, lipid, glucose, and lactate analyzers, O2  saturation monitors, stopwatches, metronomes, goniometers, inclinometers, hand dynamometers, pedometers, and other fitness testing equipment. Students are exposed to laboratory experiences, research opportunities and use of technology commonly employed in the kinesiology field.

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This lab is designed to teach and conduct health- and fitness-related assessments. It houses equipment that includes a Power Cycle (Austin, TX), Bod Pod, Bone Densitometer (DEXA), Electromyography (EMG), Cybex Orthotron KT, Lafayette Manual Muscle Test System, two centrifuges, one micro centrifuge, refrigerator, freezer, lipid, lactate, and cholesterol analyzers, as well as blood collection supplies including catheter, clamps, syringes, etc.

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This lab is designed to conduct research related to the human movement, performance, and motion analysis. It houses equipment that includes Isokinetic Extremity System (Cybex NORM, CSMi), Force Measurement System (BP600600, AMTI), EMG System (PS850, Biometrics), High Speed Camera system (OptiTrack Prime 13, Naturalpoint), and Human movement Monitoring System (Opal-09, APDM).

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This lab is designed to conduct animal research related to the muscle hypertrophy, atrophy, strength, and power analysis. It houses equipment that includes Muscle level system (305C-LR & 310C, AURORA), Anesthesia system (Vetflo, Kent), Isolated Pulse Stimulator (2100, A-M system), Six channel Electro acupuncture (ES-160, ITO®), Inverted Fluorescence Microscope (IX70, Olympus), Microscope (2SM series, United scope), and other training equipment.

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This lab is designed to support further biochemical analysis for both human and animal samples from the labs. It houses equipment that includes Microplate Reader (Synergy HTX, Bio-Tek), Micro Centrifuge (CNR-00163, VWR), Micro plate Washer (Cole-Parmer), Blood analyzer (LDX), Shaker Incubator (Boekel), -80 Freezer (New Brunswick Innova U725) and several freezers.

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This lab is designed to teach Kinesiology and educational science related course. It houses typical biological and biochemical equipment for undergraduate and graduate class laboratories and research data collection. Students are exposed to laboratory experiences, research opportunities, and use of technology commonly employed in the kinesiology field and educational sciences.

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