Graduate Studies in Exercise Science

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Exercise Science Graduate Group

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310 Life Sciences
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 752-2981
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Hypertension is a major antecedent of stroke, heart failure, and end-stage disease ... »Click image for larger version.	The sled system shown above is being used to study the significance of various patterns of muscle activation on vertical impulse ... »Click image for larger version.	Triathletes are shown being tested during exercise in the laboratory ... »Click image for larger version.
Opportunities exist at UC Davis for research in occupational and applied ergonomics. For example, the California State Department of Industrial Relations supported a research project ... »Click image for larger version.	A wide variety of activities fall within the research scope of the EXSGG, including tasks of daily living, manual labor, exercise and recreation. »Click image for larger version.	Graduate students often participate in undergraduate education. In an undergraduate course on environmental effects on human performance, exercise science graduate group students ... »Click image for larger version.
The Human Performance Laboratory houses equipment for the study of blood and muscle chemistry and enzymology ... »Click image for larger version.	The Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, is equipped with various kinematic and kinetic devices to assess three-dimensional motion and forces during occupational work ... »Click image for larger version.	The effects of lower body negative pressure are being studied in the Human Performance Lab in collaboration with NASA's Ames Research Center. Different wave forms of negative pressure ... »Click image for larger version.