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Exercise Physiology Lab

The Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Johnson State College provides a place for undergraduate students to gain hands-on training with the skills and techniques required for professions in the health sciences, such as cardiopulmonary rehabilitation specialists, clinical exercise physiologists, personal training, and applied exercise physiologists.

The laboratory is also the site for important research being conducted by Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, Dr. Hans Haverkamp, and undergraduate students. Dr. Haverkamp's research focuses on understanding respiratory system function during whole-body exercise in health and disease. His current project investigates the effects of altered pre-exercise lung function on the pulmonary system responses to aerobic exercise in asthmatic adults.

 

 

 

In these studies, subjects are instrumented for the assessment of a variety of measurements of ventilation and the mechanics of breathing during exercise. This ongoing research project is funded by a grant from The Vermont Genetics Network and has resulted in several presentations at the regional and national levels.

 

 

 

     

Large Exercise Equipment

 

• Treadmill

• Velotron magnetically-braked cycle ergometer
• Monark cycle ergometers

 

Equipment for Research and Teaching

• Parvo-medics metabolic cart
• AEI technologies oxygen and carbon dioxide analyzers
• Hans-Rudolph pneumotachographs
• Vacuumed pressure transducers
• MedGraphics pulmonary function system
• Digital flowmeter
• Computerized electrocardiography system
• Water-sealed Collins spirometers
• Parkinson Cowan flowmeter
• Portable blood lactate analyzers
• Blood glucose analyzer
• Manual blood pressure cuffs and sphygmomanometers
• Tympanic temperature gauges
• Three laptop computers
• Two desktop computers
• Two printers

   

 

Student Research

Undergraduate students play an important role in the research taking place in the Exercise Physiology Lab. Each summer and during the academic year, several students work in the lab as research assistants. Students are involved in all aspects of the research process and are crucial for the research being completed in the lab. Moreover, students attend scientific conferences and prepare and present their research findings at these conferences.

 

Upcoming Research Presentations

American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 31- June 4, 2011.

Session Title: Symposium: “New insights into airway function during and after exercise in the asthmatic athlete”

Presentation Title: Airway function during exercise in that asthmatic athlete

American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, May 31- June 4, 2011.

Poster presentation: Acute, inflammatory-based airflow limitation does not affect pulmonary responses to exercise in asthmatic subjects

 

Representative Publications

H.C. Haverkamp, J.A. Dempsey, J.D. Miller, L.M. Romer, A.T. Lovering, and M.W. Eldridge. Repeat Exercise Normalizes the Gas Exchange Impairment Induced by a Previous Exercise Bout in Asthmatics. J. Appl. Physiol. 99:1843-1852, 2005.

H.C. Haverkamp, J.A. Dempsey, J.D. Miller, L.M. Romer, D.F. Pegelow, J.R. Rodman, and M.W. Eldridge. Gas Exchange During Exercise in Habitually Active Asthmatic Subjects. J. Appl. Physiol. 99:1938-1950, 2005.

H.C. Haverkamp, J.A. Dempsey, D.F. Pegelow, J.D. Miller, L.M. Romer, M. Santana, and M.E. Eldridge. Treatment of Airway Inflammation Improves Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Performance During Exercise in Habitually Active Asthmatic Subjects. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 120(1):39-47, 2007.

A.T. Lovering, L.M. Romer, H.C. Haverkamp, D.F. Pegelow, J. Hokanson, and M.W. Eldridge. Intrapulmonary shunting and pulmonary gas exchange in healthy humans during normoxic and hypoxic exercise. J. Appl. Physiol. 104(5):1418-1425, 2008.

E.P. Riesenfeld, L.M. Rinaldi, M.A. Sullivan, J.A. Thompson-Figueroa, H.C. Haverkamp, J.M. Skelly, J.H.T. Bates, and C.G. Irvin. Inhaled Salmeterol and/or Fluticasone Alters Structure/Function in a Murine Model of Allergic Airways Disease. Respiratory Res. 11:22, 2010.

H.C. Haverkamp, J.D. Miller, L.M. Romer, M.W. Eldridge, and J.A. Dempsey, Physiological Responses to Exercise. In: The Physiologic Basis of Respiratory Disease. Eds. Q. Hamid, J. Shannon, & J. Martin. Hamilton, BC Decker Inc. Publisher, 2005, Chapter 45, pp. 525-540.

A.T. Lovering, H.C. Haverkamp, & M.W. Eldridge. Responses and Limitations of the Respiratory System to Exercise. In: Clinics in Chest Medicine: The Lung in Extreme Environments. Eds. R.B. Schoene & S. Ruossos. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co, 2005, volume 26, pp. 439-457.

H.C. Haverkamp. Pulmonary Limitations to Exercise Performance. In: Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease. Eds. F.C. Mooren & F. Skinner. Berlin, Heidleberg, New York, Springer Publications. In Press.

H.C. Haverkamp. Pulmonary System: Chronic Responses to Training. In: Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease. Eds. F.C. Mooren & F. Skinner. Berlin, Heidleberg, New York, Springer Publications. In Press.

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