Department of Health and Kinesiology
Research Facilities
The Laboratory for Exercise Biochemistry and Metabolism The Laboratory for Applied Autonomic Neurophysiology The Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research The Laboratory for Motor Learning/Control Study
The Laboratory for Exercise Biochemistry and Metabolism
Dr. Donovan Fogt, Director PE 2.01.09D Phone: 210-458-5405
The Exercise Biochemisrty and Metabolism Lab was established Fall 2005 by Dr. Donovan Fogt to assess acute and long-term relationships between adult metabolic profile and subsequent responses to dietary manipulation and physical activity. This lab is equipped for collection, storage and analysis of human blood, muscle, and adipose tissues. Namely, we will determine tissue protein expression, quality/capacity of cellular metabolism, and determination of hormonal responses to dietary and exercise manipulations.
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The Laboratory for Applied Autonomic Neurophysiology
Dr. William H. Cooke, Director
PE 2.01.09F
Phone: 210-458-7408
The primary focus of this laboratory is the study of autonomic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular regulatory mechanisms in humans. The laboratory is equipped with the following:
- Electrocardiogram for registration of cardiac electrical potentials
- Finometer for non-invasive assessment of beat-by-beat arterial pressure using finger photoplethysmography
- Carbon dioxide analyzer for monitoring of breath-by-breath end tidal CO2
- Pulse oximetry for monitoring arterial hemoglobin saturation
- Transcranial Doppler ultrasound for assessment of cerebral blood flow velocity
- Nerve traffic analysis system for direct microneurographic recordings of peripheral nerve activity
- Motorized tilt table to induce orthostatic stress
The Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research
Dr. John Zhang, Director
Biotechnology, Sciences and Engineering Building 3.408
Phone: 210-458-6229
My primary research interest has been focused on yocardial remodeling following infarction. After myocardium infarction (MI), the heart undergoes extensive myocardial remodeling by accumulating fibrous tissue in both infarcted and noninfarcted myocardium, which distorts tissue structure, increases tissue stiffness, and accounts for ventricular diastolic dysfunction. We have been investigating factors (such as renin, angiotensin II, angiotensin converting enzyme, tissue growth factor β1, Metalloproteinase-1, nitric oxide, and nitric oxide synthase) involved in post-MI myocardial remodeling. Recently, we started an investigation on the effect of post-MI exercise training on myocardial remodeling. Cardiac function, tissue fibrosis, and other remodeling related changes are determined by echocardiogram, immunohistochemistry, protein detection, and gene expression in the post-MI exercise animal model. The ultimate goal of my research is to provide clinically relevant information regarding the pathophysiology of post-MI recovery through exercise training and the combination of pharmaceutical treatment and exercise training.
My second area of research is to study the effect of exercise on lipid metabolism. It has been hypothesized that postprandial lipoprotein metabolism may play an essential role in cardiovascular disease. We have established fat loading and exercise model to study the effect of exercise on postprandial hypertriglyceridemia and blood lipoprotein metabolism. The pathway of exercise-induced lipoprotein lipase activity still remains unknown. Due to the complexity of in vivo study of lipoprotein lipase, we intend to develop a new model to study lipoprotein lipase by using cultured cells.
Dr. Robbi Beyer, Director
UTSA Downtown Campus, Durango Building 0.220
Phone: 210-458-2598
The Motor Development Clinic is a hands-on learning experience for UTSA students. The clinic is designed to help children who are experiencing movement problems due to a lag in the growth and development process, or poor personal social skills, or the inability to process information. The number of clients served each semester varies according to staff and available hours.
Most clients are experiencing movement difficulties in one or more of the four basic categories of movement.
- Perceptual skills (body and spatial awareness, identification of body parts)
- Locomotor skills (walk, run, hop, jump, skip)
- Object Control Skills (throwing, catching, kicking, striking)
- Physical and motor fitness
UTSA students, as clinicians, will be given the opportunity use a variety of assessment devices, dependent on the client’s age and motor needs, carefully assessing each child. A formal written evaluation of the assessment is provided in a conference with parents, which includes all test scores and a movement program recommendation.
The movement program is open to all children between the ages of five and 13 who are able to benefit from this type of instruction.
The Laboratory for Motor Learning/Control Study
Dr. Wan X. Yao, Director
Main Building 0.412
Phone: 210-458-6230
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
1. The effect of feedback and practice schedules on the acquisition of motor skills
2. Neuromechanisms underlying muscle contractions and force/motor skill transfer
MAJOR EQUIPMENT:
- Arial Dynamics Motion Analysis system for recording and analyzing 3-D motions
- Biopac MP150 system for conducting electromyography (EMG) and electroencephalography (EEG) studies, and
- AMTI 3-D force plate
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