Exercise and Extreme Physiology Laboratory, Fall, 2008

Labs will be held in Fisher 202

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• The lab schdeule is not yet finalized but will be announced as we go through the semester. Labs will be conducted in groups of four. To maximize hands-on experimentation, not all groups will work during every lab session.
• Experiments to be conducted are listed below
• Lab write-ups will be in the form of (up to) two page typed (single-sided, double-spaced) summaries of the procedure just performed, or the completed methods/ question sheets ( as appropriate) and will be due a week from the completion of the lab. Data and references will not count as part of the two-page limit. Materials and methods may be referenced to the handouts or lab manuals.
• Each group will produce a unified fitness paper which presents respiratory and cardiovascular data from all four team members. Additional data such as weight and height will also been needed. This paper will discuss these data in the context of the state of fitness, activity level and training for specialized atheletic events. This paper will be due by November 30th.
• The individual lab write-ups will comprise 50% of the course and the unified group fitness paper will be worth 30%. 20% is dependent upon group evaluations (10% on your evaluations of each other, and 10% of my evaluations of each of you.)

Tentative schedule. There might be changes as new experiments and equipment are incorporated into the program this semester.

Aug 28	Week 1:	Introductions, groups
Sept 4	Week 2:	Electromyography. Lesson 1. All Groups Groups 1 and 2 at 1pm, groups 3 and 4 at 2:30pm. Micropipette ergonomics.
Sept 11	Week 3:	Heart function. Electrocardiography, Pulse, Blood pressure. Lessons 5,7,16 Groups 1 and 2
Sept 18	Week 4:	Heart function. Electrocardiography, Pulse, Blood pressure. Lessons 5,7,16 Groups 3 and 4
Sept 25	Week 5:	Respiratory function Lesson 8 and 9 Groups 1 and 2
Oct 2	Week 6:	Respiratory function Lesson 8 and 9 Group 3 and 4
Oct 9	Week 7:	Pulmonary function/VO2 Lesson 12, 13, H19. Groups 1 and 2
	Fall Break
Oct 16	Week 8:	Pulmonary function/VO2 Lesson 12, 13, H19. Groups 1 and 2
Oct 23	Week 9	Pulmonary function/VO2 Lesson 12, 13, H19. Groups 3 and 4
Oct 30	Week 10	Diving reflexes Respiratory function/ECG/BP All Groups
Nov 6	Week 11	Exercise measurements/ VO2max Groups 1 and 2
Nov 13	Week 12	Exercise measurements/VO2max Groups 3 and 4
Nov 20	Week 13	Term paper Talks (7 students)
Dec 4	Week 14	Term Paper talks (7 students)