FIT Research and Projects
- PI: Martha Meraviglia, PhD, RN, College of Nursing:
- Promoting Healthy Behaviors in Low-Income Cancer Survivors
Reviewed and monitored physical activity/exercise materials for intervention
- PI: Jeanne H. Freeland-Graves, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Bugao Xu, School of Human Ecology:
- Evaluation of a rotary laser body scanner for body volume and fat assessment
Performed DEXA and underwater weighing body composition testing for this NIH funded study
- PI: Roger Farrar, PhD and Jan Todd, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education:
- Firepower
Performed DEXA Body Composition, vertical jump, and strength testing
- PI: John Bartholomew, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education:
- I Can
Performed height, weight, accelerometer, pedometer and time on task measures for this NIH funded study.
- PI: John Ivy, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education:
- Effect of water-soluble olive extract supplementation on antioxidant status, exercise performance, muscle metabolism, muscle damage and inflammation
- The effect of chocolate milk on exercise recovery and training adaptation
- Effect of Neutraceutical Compounds on Weight Loss in Active and Inactive Overweight Adults
- Effect of an Amino Acid Supplement on Glucose Tolerance in Healthy Overweight Adults
- The effect of a carbohydrate and protein supplement on resistance exercise performance, hormonal response, and muscle damage
Performed DEXA Body Composition for all of these studies
- PI: Lisa Griffin, PhD and John Ivy, PhD, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education:
- Functional electrical stimulation cycling improves body composition, metabolic and neural factors in persons with spinal cord injury
Performed DEXA Body Composition in spinal cord injured participants
- PI: Lisa Griffin, PhD, & Hirofumi Tanaka, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education
- Muscle spasticity associated with reduced whole-leg perfusion in persons with spinal cord injury
Performed DEXA Body Composition in spinal cord injured participants
- PI: Philip R. Stanforth, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education:
- How fat in android, trunk, and peripheral regions varies by ethnicity and race
Performed DEXA Body Composition in college aged females
- PI: Roger Farrar & Philip R. Stanforth, Department of Kinesiology and Health Education:
- Submaximal treadmill and stairmaster protocols to estimate VO2max
Performed submaximal and maximal VO2 testing on firefighters