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The Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP) is a research laboratory and the Human Performance Teaching Laboratory (HPTL) is a teaching laboratory directed by Don Dengel, PhD, a professor in the School of Kinesiology. The LIHP and HPTL are both housed in Mariucci Arena. Recently, the two laboratories had to make major adjustments in the […]

Madeline Czeck, MS and doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology is the lead author of an article entitled “Relationship of Apolipoproteins With Subclinical Cardiovascular Risk In Youth” that was recently published in The Journal of Pediatrics.

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Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, is a co-investigator on a grant funded by the National Institutes of Health.

A team of School of Kinesiology graduate students took third place in the 2020 American Physiology Society’s Integrative Physiology of Exercise conference Quiz Bowl. This “Jeopardy”-like competition tested the participants’ knowledge of the Integrative Physiology of Exercise. The UMN team received $500 for their third place victory. Team members were Will Juckett, Nick Foreman, and Anton […]

Katie Bisch, MS a graduate of the School of Kinesiology is the lead author of an article entitled “Positional Body composition of female division I collegiate volleyball players.” that was recently published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  The study examined body composition in ninety National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I female […]

Bisch, KL, Bosch, TA, Carbuhn, A, Stanforth, PR, Oliver, JM, Bach, CW, and Dengel, DR. Positional body composition of female division I collegiate volleyball players. J Strength Cond Res 34(11): 3055-3061, 2020-The primary study objective was to measure positional differences in total and regional body composition among female NCAA Division I collegiate volleyball players using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The secondary objective was to examine normative age curves for fat and lean mass (LM)...

We sought to examine the relationship between upper-leg compartmental lean mass, muscle-specific strength, and explosive strength following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Twleve adolescent female athletes with prior anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were individually-matched by age (16.4±0.9 vs. 16.4±1.0 yrs.), body mass index (23.2±2.1 vs. 23.2±2.7 kg/m²), and sport to 12 female athlete controls. One total-body and 2 lateral-leg dual X-ray absorptiometry scans measured...

Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), and Nicholas Evanoff, MS, doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology and Lab Manager of the the LIHP, published a paper in the International Journal of Sports Medicine entitled “Re-Opening Exercise Science Laboratories and Testing During the […]

Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is a co-investigator on a grant funded by Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.  The 3-year grant titled “Cardiac and Carotid Structure and Function in Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII” will examine the longitudinal effects of recombinant human beta-glucuronidase on cardiac […]

School of Kinesiology doctoral student, Erica Roelofs, MS is the lead author of an article entitled “Body composition of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division I female soccer athletes through competitive seasons” in the International Journal of Sports Medicine.  The study examined body composition of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I female soccer players by […]

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced primary/grade schools and university closings as well as forced the suspension of a number of medical and laboratory testing procedures. Exercise science laboratories whether in clinical, research or educational locations were also forced to pause testing procedures. As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to subside in some areas of the world, exercise science laboratories are contemplating how to create a safe environment to resume some...

Nicholas Evanoff, MS, doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology and laboratory manager of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is a co-author of an article “Feasibility of intraoperative aortic root imaging in congenital heart surgery”, in Echocardiography: A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques.  The publication suggests that vascular imaging is possible […]

Postdoctoral fellow in the School of Kinesiology, Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD is the lead author of an article entitled “Assessing agreement of lateral leg muscle and bone composition using dual X-ray absorptiometry” in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry.  This study examined a newly developed method of measuring upper leg anterior/posterior compartmental composition using a Hologic Horizon […]

Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is a co-author of the article “Cerebral blood flow characteristics following hemodialysis initiation in older adults: A prospective longitudinal pilot study using arterial spin labeling imaging” in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical.  The study reported that after 6 months […]

CONCLUSION: The significant decline in CBF after hemodialysis initiation and the observed association between longitudinal changes in regional CBF and 3MS scores suggest that decreased brain perfusion may contribute to the observed cognitive decline.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that greater levels of apolipoprotein AII, E, and CIII:CII are associated with increased arterial stiffness in children and adolescents, both with and without adjusting for percent body fat. These specific apolipoproteins may be useful as biomarkers of cardiovascular risk.

The purpose of this study was to examine body composition of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I female soccer players by position and season. One hundred seventy-five female athletes were categorized by positions of forward (n=47), midfielder (n=51), defender (n=57), and goalkeeper (n=20). A dual X-ray absorptiometry scan assessed percent body fat, total lean mass, total fat mass, arm and leg lean mass and fat mass, and visceral adipose tissue. Goalkeepers had significantly...

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of the article “Association of compartmental leg lean mass measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry with force production” in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  This study examined the association of a new method of measuring upper leg anterior/posterior compartmental […]

Donald R. Dengel, PhD, exercise physiology professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP),  is the lead author of an article, “Body composition and bone mineral density of division 1 collegiate track and field athletes, a consortium of college athlete research (C-CAR) study,” in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry. The […]