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Labs and Equipment

Lab spaces and equipment

Four laboratories 

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµAPK is equipped with a brand-new, 3,000-square-foot laboratory space in which all exercise physiology students can use the following equipment: 

  • A 1,000-square-foot movement analysis laboratory with high-speed cameras, accelerometers, and analysis software
  • A Hologic Horizon A DXA scanner
  • A Cosmed metabolic cart with treadmill, 12 lead ECG, breath-by-breath metabolic analysis, and three Monark cycle ergometers
  • A blood clinical panel analyzer
  • Indirect cardiac output analyzer
  • Heart rate monitors
  • Portable lactate analyzers
  • Four computers for off-instrument data analysis

Other facilities on campus which are used to support this work include the existing biomedical research laboratories, the analytical chemistry laboratories, and an off-campus shared laboratory space that is part of the 16-Tech collaboration with Indiana University-Indianapolis, the Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµAPK Tom and Julie Wood College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Tools of the trade

You will have access to our robust array of laboratory equipment, including:

  • Six-camera motion analysis system for analyzing human movements
  • Hologic Horizon A DEXA Scanner for accurate measurements of bone density and body composition
  • COSMED Metabolic cart with a full complement of cardiorespiratory endurance testing equipment (with treadmill, cycle ergometer, and 12-lead ECG) for the assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness and performance
  • A Physio Flow device for the measurement of cardiac output
  • KOKO computer-based spirometer for the testing and assessment of respiratory function
  • A variety of bench-top and handle-held analyzers for the assessment of things such as cholesterol, lactate, and clinical chemistry
  • Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer with Laptop, chip priming station, and vortexer for microfluidic analysis of DNA, RNA, or protein
  • Zeiss Confocal for super-resolution microscopy
  • Operetta CLS High Content Analysis System for phenotypic characterization of complex cellular models
  • Flexcell Tension System to apply cyclic or static strain to cultured cells, mimicking stress and exercise in vitro