HKS Facilities
Health, Kinesiology and Sport Department Facilities
The Health, Kinesiology, and Sport Classrooms and Computer Lab are equipped with Smart Board庐 technology, projectors, and PCs with internet access.
The Human Performance Laboratory is the primary research and student clinical-learning setting for exercise physiology. This laboratory contains the necessary equipment to perform all the classical physiological measurements during exercise including a Sensor Medics metabolic cart for cardiopulmonary/ECG exercise testing, treadmills and several cycle ergometers for aerobic exercise testing, a Biodex鈩� Isokinetic Dynamometer and a Biodex鈩� Balance Assessment System, an AMTI鈩� force plate designed to measure forces and moments used in research and clinical studies looking at balance, gait, and sports performance. The lab is equipped with a state-of-the-art Hologic鈩� dual x-ray absorptiometer (DXA) for estimating body composition and bone density and Bioelectrical Impedance (BIA) measurements for the measurement of body composition and total body water.
The Department Weight-Room contains resistance exercise testing and training devices
to test muscular strength and endurance with single-and multi-joint exercises and
the Gymnasiums are available for class and lab instruction that provide students the
opportunity to work with the latest exercise-related tests and equipment.
The Molecular and Biochemistry Exercise Research Laboratory is equipped with a number
of biochemistry analyzers that can assay muscle tissue and various substrates, hormones,
and gene expression (e.g., microplate reader, electrophoresis, real-time PCR, etc.).
This lab has the capacity to conduct a vast array of biochemical and molecular biology
techniques used in exercise physiology and nutrition research.
