Equipment List
Performance Testing Equipment
- ParvoMedics True One 2400 metabolic cart
- TrackMaster Treadmill
- Quinton Treadmill
- Ergomedic Monark cycle ergometers
- Biodex System IV Isokinetic Dynamometer
- 3D electromagnetic motion tracking system
- Bertec non-conductive Force Plate
- Upper and lower body Resistance Training equipment
- Hand grip dynamometers
- Hydrostatic weighing tank (i.e. body fat analysis via underwater weighing)
- Skin fold calipers
- Bioelectrical impedance analyzers
- Polar heart rate monitors
- Automated blood pressure monitors
- Stethoscopes & Sphygmomanometers
- Digital thermometer with assorted temperature probes
- Weighing scales
Analytical Equipment
- Cell culture facilities with laminar flow hood and incubator
- Inverted microscope
- Hormone and protein facilities with microtiter plate reader and washer
- Various Centrifuges
- Blood lactate analyzers
- Blood glucose analyzers
Wireless Internet PCs for data entry, nutritional diet record analysis, database management and statistical analyses are also included in the HPL. A nutritional work area is available for food and supplements storage and sample preparation of supplements. Televisions with video and DVD set up are available for long-term sampling scenarios and laboratory stays short of metabolic ward requirement.
