Exercise Intervention Lab

Location:  Room 189 Forker

Coordinated by: Elizabeth Lefferts and Elizabeth Stegemöller

The Exercise Intervention Lab conducts human research on the effects of lifestyle physical activity, sedentary behavior, resistance and aerobic exercise training, cardiorespiratory fitness, and muscular strength on various health outcomes such as hypertension, Parkinsons disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, sarcopenia, and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in adults and older adults.

Lab Equipment

Technogym Wellness System including a total of 25 exercise equipment (13 aerobic and 12 resistance exercise equipment), full-body DXA scanner, SphygmoCor devices to measure central hemodynamics (aortic stiffness and central blood pressure), spirometer to measure lung function, Fit3D body shape and image analyzer, InBody 720 body composition analyzer, 24-hour heart rate monitors, over 300 accelerators and pedometers, Fitbit activity monitors, and many more health and fitness equipment.