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Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, was recently invited to present at the 2019 National Lipid Association Fall Clinical Lipid Update in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 14, 2019. The title of Dengel’s presentation was ”Increasing Physical Activity in Special Populations.”

Madeline Czeck, Kinesiology MS student, is the lead author on an article published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. The article, “Total and regional body composition of NCAA division I collegiate female softball athletes,” examines body composition of 128 NCAA Division I female softball players using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Although no significant differences […]

Kara Marlatt, PhD, MPH., a 2015 graduate of the School of Kinesiology, is lead author on an article published in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. “The effect of atorvastatin on vascular function and structure in young adult survivors of childhood cancer: a randomized, placebo-controlled pilot clinical trial,” examines the use of statins […]

The purpose of the present study was to generate normative values for total and regional body composition in male and female Division 1 collegiate track and field athletes using dual X-ray absorptiometry. We also sought to examine body composition by event and sex. Data were used from the Consortium of College Athlete Research group. A total of 590 (male [M]/female [F] = 274/316) athletes had their height, weight, total and regional fat mass (FM), lean mass, and bone mineral density (BMD)...

CONCLUSIONS: OWR had higher body fat in all measured regions than NWR. DXA could not demonstrate any acute fat mass changes after a prolonged run.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate total, regional, and throwing versus non-throwing arm body composition measures across the 4 major positions of NCAA Division I female softball players using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (n=128). Total and regional total mass (TM), fat mass (FM), lean mass (LM), bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC), and visceral adipose tissue were measured. Athletes were separated into: pitchers (n=32), catchers (n=13), outfielders (n=39), and...

Madeline Czeck, graduate student in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of the article, “Total and Regional Body Composition of NCAA Division I Collegiate Female Softball Athletes,” in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. The publication compared NCAA Division I female softball players’ throwing arm body composition to their non-throwing arm. Four major positions […]

An article co-authored by Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., was picked up by the PedEndoGram, a monthly collection of the three most important publications in pediatric endocrinology compiled by the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The PedEndoGram is distributed world-wide to pediatric endocrinologists and nurses. The article, “Use of an […]

Maddy Czeck, graduate student in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of the article, “Total and regional body composition of NCAA division I collegiate baseball athletes,” in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. The publication examines the body composition of over 200 NCAA Division I male baseball players using Dual X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA). […]

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, recently co-authored an article titled “Use of an aromatase inhibitor in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: impact of Anastrozole on bone mineral density and visceral adipose tissue’” that was published in Clinical Endocrinology. The study found […]

Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, recently co-authored an article, “Body composition and visceral adipose tissue in female collegiate equestrian athletes,” in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. The study discovered that equestrian riders have less fat mass and more muscle mass […]

CONCLUSION: Unlike a previous study in which agreement of lateral vs frontal leg composition measurements of equal area was reported utilizing the GE Lunar iDXA, agreement was not observed using the Hologic Horizon A DXA scanner. Therefore, lateral view assessment may not be reliably performed on DXA scanner models produced by different manufacturers.

CONCLUSION: Anastrozole significantly reduced bone age advancement in children with CAH and advanced bone age (>2SDs) without adverse effects on BMD or VAT. Longitudinal studies of anastrozole in children with CAH are needed to validate these findings.

Tyler Bosch, PhD, 2014 graduate of the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of an article recently published in Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. “Body composition and bone mineral density of division 1 collegiate football players: A consortium of college athlete research study” is the largest study done on total and regional body […]

Donald R. Dengel, PhD, professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology at the School of Kinesiology is a co-author of an article recently published in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry. The article entitled “DXA-determined regional adiposity relates to insulin resistance in a young adult population with overweight and obesity” examined […]

This study's purpose was to evaluate total, regional, and throwing versus non-throwing arm body composition measurements between various positions of NCAA Division I male baseball players using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Two hundred and one collegiate baseball athletes were measured using DXA. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT), total and regional fat mass (FM), lean mass (LM), and bone mineral density (BMD) were measured. Athletes were separated into: pitchers (n=92), catchers (n=25),...

Has football players’ athletic performance changed over the past 10 years? Don Dengel, PhD, professor in the School of Kinesiology, co-founder of Dexalytics, and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Physiology (LIHP), and Charles Jedlicka, graduate student in the School and research assistant in LIHP, co-authored an article, “Are NFL Combine Invitees getting bigger, faster, […]

To examine measures of total and regional body composition using dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in NCAA Division I collegiate equestrian athletes, 31 female collegiate equestrian athletes were matched to a population of normal controls by age and body mass index. Total and regional fat tissue mass (FM), lean tissue mass (LM), bone mineral density (BMD), and abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) were measured by DXA. Equestrian athletes had a significantly (p=0.03) lower total body fat...

Michelle Harbin, MS and doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology is the lead author of an article published in the American Journal of Hypertension. The article, Measurement of Central Aortic Blood Pressure in Youth: Role of Obesity and Sex, provides evidence that obesity related impairments in central aortic blood pressure and increased cardiovascular disease […]

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, is a co-author of an article published in the International Journal of Cardiology Heart & Vasculature. The article, VE/VCO2 slope in lean and overweight women and its relationship to lean leg mass, suggests that the VE/VCO2 […]