The mission of the Clinical Exercise Research Center is to promote health and rehabilitation using exercise as a stimulus to elucidate the mechanisms and define adjunctive therapy by which people will optimally adapt, heal and overcome debilitating disease or injury.
Investigations include:
- Hormones and the influence on body composition, muscle strength, metabolism and rehabilitation
- Resistance training studies to improve strength and physical function in at-risk populations, including cancer patients
- Studies using skeletal muscle biopsy tissue to understand myogenic regulators
- Human skeletal muscle cell culture experiment
- Determining physiological limits, fatigue and overtraining elite athletes
Ongoing Studies:
- The efficacy of testosterone administration in recovery from rotator cuff surgery
- Improving cognitive and physical function with virtual reality treadmill training in older adults
- The effectiveness of blood flow restrictive exercise training to reduce hamstring injuries
- Determining the optimal load for maximal power production in weightlifting pulling derivatives