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Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, is lead author of an article published in the journal Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. The article, “Vascular Structure and Function in Cancer Survivors After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation,” examines the effects of hematopoietic cell […]

Elyse Prescott, an undergraduate student in the School of Kinesiology, has received a U of M Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) award. Prescott will assess the accuracy of a handheld device in evaluating total and regional measures of body composition and muscle quality. The project is under the direction of Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor […]

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest V(E)/VCO(2slope) may not differentiate between low and high cardiorespiratory fitness in healthy individuals and muscle mass may play a role in determining the V(E)/VCO(2slope), independent of disease.

Andrea Santi, B.S., graduate of the School of Kinesiology, published an article in the Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders journal. “High body mass index masks composition differences in physically active versus sedentary participants” examines body composition differences between insulin sensitive and insulin resistant overweight individuals. Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School and director of […]

Michelle Harbin, Ph.D. student in the School of Kinesiology and member of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is the lead author of an article published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Validation of a three-dimensional body scanner for body composition measures” highlights the inaccuracy of infrared 3D body scanners in determining total body fat […]

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, had two studies presented at the Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB, held in Paris, France on June 16-21, 2018. The two presentations are entitled “Evaluation of A Method for Simultaneous in vivo Measurements of Blood T1 and T2” and […]

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 Journal of Pediatrics. The article, “Relationships of anxiety and depression with cardiovascular health in youth with normal weight to severe obesity,”  analyzes the relationships between self-reported depression […]

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 Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. The article, “Association between carotid intima media thickness, age and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents,” examines the relationship between age, body mass […]

CONCLUSIONS: Early life stress, as represented by height-stunted growth in institutional care, may be associated with early pathways to cardiovascular and metabolic risk in youths even after moving into well-resourced homes early in life and in the absence of increased adiposity. These findings suggest that postinstitutionalized youths with a history of height stunting may need to be closely monitored for emergent cardiometabolic risk factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Using BMI to classify obesity masks body composition differences in high BMI individuals discrepant for insulin resistance and physical activity status.

CONCLUSIONS: In a cohort of youth with a wide range of adiposity levels, central aortic BP was elevated among individuals with SO and associated with BMI but not body fatness.

This study examined the effects of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and associated preparative regimens on vascular structure and function. Measures of carotid artery stiffness and brachial artery endothelial-dependent dilation were obtained in patients who had survived ≥ 2 years after HCT for hematologic malignancy and were diagnosed at ≤21 years. HCT survivors (n = 108) were examined: 66 received total body irradiation (TBI) alone or with a low-dose cranial radiation boost...

Seth Brayton, M.S., graduate of the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of an article recently published in the journal, Cogent Medicine. The article, entitled “The impact of high BMI on acute changes in body composition following 90 min of running,” is the result of a study that examined acute changes in body composition […]

Obesity is a well-established risk factor for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and body fat distribution has important implications for this metabolic risk. In this cross-sectional study, we used dual X-ray absorptiometry body composition data from 123 young adult participants with overweight or obesity, and correlatedwith 2 indices of insulin resistance calculated from oral glucose tolerance tests. Participants were 70% women, with mean (standard error) age 30.1 (0.6) yr, body...

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology, has been awarded the Henry L. Taylor-Arthur S. Leon Professorship in Exercise Science and Health Enhancement. Dr. Dengel is the director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, which provides clinical vascular, metabolic, exercise and body composition testing for researchers across the University of […]

Kinesiology professor Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., was interviewed for CEHD’s Improving Lives Vision 20/20 blog on the body analytics software, Dexalytics. In the article, “The Potential of Dexalytics to Improve Sport Performance,” Dengel, director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology describes the software program, which uses data gathered from dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans to […]

Raymond-Pope, CJ, Dengel, DR, Fitzgerald, JS, and Bosch, TA. Association of compartmental leg lean mass measured by dual X-ray absorptiometry with force production. J Strength Cond Res 34(6): 1690-1699, 2020-We recently reported a novel method for measuring upper leg anterior/posterior compartmental composition. The purpose of this study was to determine the association of this method with measures of muscle-specific and explosive strength and to compare this method with traditional dual energy...

The School of Kinesiology was well-represented at the 65th annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) held in Minneapolis May 29-June 2. The conference attracted academicians, professionals and students involved in sports medicine, exercise science, and health and fitness from around the country.  The ACSM meeting is one of the most important […]

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 recently published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology. “Bone mineral density and body composition in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia” examined bone mineral density and body composition in children with congenital adrenal […]

We compared the symmetry of carotid arteries in youth with high-resolution ultrasound. Participants (n=230 (121 females),13.8 ± 2.9 years old) were assessed for: intima media thickness (cIMT), lumen diameter (cLD), incremental elastic modulus (cIEM), diameter compliance (cDC), cross-sectional compliance (cCSC), diameter distensibility (cDD), and cross-sectional distensibility (cCSD). No significant differences (P >0.05 all) were found for cIMT (0.49 ± 0.09 mm vs. 0.49 ± 0.08 mm), cIEM (1095 ±...