Non-Invasive Exercise Muscle Physiology Lab

Equipment

Comprising one large room and one small room, we have a total of four examination/testing stations. The stations are each capable of both arm and leg cardiovascular and metabolic measurements, including two motorized adjustable exam tables. Our equipment includes:

• Two portable ultrasound units (both from GE Medical)
• Continuous blood pressure monitor (Finometer, MIDI)
• Portable Vascular Laboratory (Biomedix)
• Three Biopac data acquisition units (MP100 and MP150) with numerous physiological modules
• Three Hokanson rapid cuff inflators with three 10- to 30-gallon commercial air compressors
• Three ankle and one knee extensor ergometers; one of these is nonmagnetic for use in the BIRC
• Digital finger flexor ergometers
• 12 electrical stimulators including one Grass and one Digitimer
• Four different NIRS devices (Artinis Portamon, Artinis Oxymon, Nonin, and 16-channel Cogniscope from NIM, Inc.)

Research

• Electrical stimulation training of people with spinal cord injuries (NIH)
• Muscle metabolism and blood flow in people with peripheral arterial disease (Novartis and American Heart Association)
• Analysis of muscle mitochondrial capacity and muscle blood flow in various patient populations (Biogen, Novartis)
• Muscle mitochondrial capacity in divers after prolonged submersion (Navy Experimental Diving Station)
• Muscle mitochondrial function in people with genetically identified mitochondrial disease
• The influence of resveratrol on muscle mitochondrial capacity
• Development of a new fatigue test
• Determination of the effect of exercise on post-prandial glucose levels in people with diabetes
• Muscle blood flow