Recent Lab News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Michelle Harbin, M.S. and doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology and member of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is the lead author of a peer-reviewed article, entitled “Associations of sex, age and adiposity in endothelium-independent dilation in children“. The article is published in the journal Physiological Measurement and examines the association of age, sex and […]

Michelle Harbin, M.S. and doctoral 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 Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. The article entitled “Intra- and inter-day reproducibility of low-flow mediated constriction response in young adults” examined the relationship of low-flow mediated […]

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, presented at Iowa State University’s Department of Kinesiology on April 5, 2018. The title of Dengel’s talk was, “Developing a Teaching Laboratory for Kinesiology Sciences.”

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, presented at George Mason University’s Department of Kinesiology on March 26, 2018. The title of Dr. Dengel’s talk was “Frontiers in Body Composition Analysis: From Infants to NFL Players.”

Christiana Raymond-Pope, M.S., doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology, is the lead author of an article published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The article, “Total and segmental body composition examination in collegiate football players using multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis and dual x-ray absorptiometry,” examines the influence of player position on the […]

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, presented at East Carolina University’s Department of Kinesiology in Greenville, NC, on February 27. The title of Dr. Dengel’s talk was, “From Peripheral to Cerebral Blood Vessels: The Impact of Vascular Dysfunction.”

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, and colleagues have published in the online publication, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. The article, “Association between carotid intimata media thickness, age, and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents,” describes their study to determine the relations […]

Joe Ostrem, Ph.D., a 2016 graduate from the School of Kinesiology and former member of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is the lead author of an article recently published in the journal, Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. The article, entitled “Intra- and Interday reproducibility of high-flow-mediated constriction response in young adults” examined the reproducibility of […]

Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, presented at the University of Utah in the Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Recreation on February 5. The title of Dr. Dengel’s talk was “Measuring Vascular Function: From Peripheral to Cerebral.”