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Here you will find:
Overview of the Facilities of the Human Performance Centre
Staff Listing
Research Students
Candidates
Completed
The Human Performance Centre equipment
Physiological assessment
Biomechanical assessment
Performance augmentation
Other facilities
Industry links
Journals
How to find important and useful articles
Overview of the Facilities of the Human Performance Centre
The Human Performance Centre consists of three separate teaching and testing laboratories. We have a dedicated Physiology Testing Laboratory, a Biomechanics Laboratory and a new large Teaching Laboratory. Our labs contain the equipment for exercise testing, metabolic measurements, cardiovascular measurements, strength evaluation, kinematic analysis, force evaluation, electromyography, body composition and biochemical analysis of body tissue and fluids.
The Human Performance Centre (HPC) at UTS has been involved in a variety of applied and clinical research topics in the area of exercise and sport science. The focus of research from the HPC is on the limitations of human performance in both exercise and health. We conduct both applied and clinical studies in these areas with projects that examine how to optimise athletic performance and clinical investigations in areas of aging, musculo-skeletal injury and the treatment and prevention of disease. We also have strong collaborative links with the Sydney Academy of Sport.
We offer postgraduate programs (Doctoral and Masters Level) in exercise and sport science and biomechanics. One of the unique aspects of our graduate programs is the “hands on” experience the students gain during their study. We encourage our postgraduate students to participate in the project development, data collection and analysis, and writing of the research findings. We take pride in the achievements of our students and follow their accomplishments with a sense of satisfaction.
Staff
Dr Aron Murphy
Director Human Performance Centre
Research Interests: effects of musculo-skeletal stiffness on athletic performance and force development; resistance training, assessment of strength and power; exercise in the elderly; effects of respiratory training on human performance.
Dr Aaron Coutts MAAESS
Research Interests: fatigue and recovery in athletes; monitoring training; physiology of prolonged high intensity; intermittent exercise; team sports.
Mr Rob Bower BEd (PE), MSc
Research Interests: biomechanics; sports coaching; elderly women and gait; sporting equipment design; motion analysis.
Dr Mark Watsford BA (HMS), MA
Research Interests: The effects of respiratory muscle training; ergogenic aids in sport; musculotendinous stiffness and injury risk; acupuncture and recovery from exercise; exercise for the older population; physical activity interventions for the general population and the bioenergetics of team sport performance.
Research Students
HPC Doctoral Candidates
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STUDENT
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RESEARCH TOPIC
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Anthony Whitty
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Effects of cycling practice and preferred rate of pedalling on efficiency and movement control
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Robert Spurrs
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Plyometric training: Physiological and biomechanical adaptations in distance runners
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Matthew Pine
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Ventilatory limitations in prolonged high intensity intermittent exercise performance: the effects of specific respiratory muscle training
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Robert Lockie
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Sprint training methods and the human velocity spectrum
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Ken McLachlan
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Musculotendinous Stiffness and Lower Body Injuries in Australian Footballers
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Sven Rees
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The effect of whole body vibration on muscular performance and function in the older population
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Anita Sirotic
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Applied studies in rugby league
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Lee Wallace
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Systems modelling in athletic performance
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Katie Slattery
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The role of redox sensitive nuclear factor-kB as a mediator of physiological adaptation to exercise
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Sera Dogramaci
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Identification of important physical parameters in elite futsal (indoor soccer)
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Melissa Abela
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Musculotendinous stiffness and injury in team sport athletes
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HPC Masters Candidates
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STUDENT
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RESEARCH TOPIC
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Helen Alexiou
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Monitoring the training process in elite women's football (soccer).
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HPC Honours Students
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STUDENT
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RESEARCH TOPIC
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Danielle Leahy
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The effect of whole body vibration training on EMG, mobility and postural steadiness in the older population
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COMPLETED THESES
HPC PhD
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STUDENT
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RESEARCH TOPIC
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Mark Watsford, 2005
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Respiratory function in the older human: The effects of exercise and respiratory muscle training
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HPC Masters
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STUDENT
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RESEARCH TOPIC
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Susanna Ku, 2005
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The effect of acupuncture on recovery in team sport athletes
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Alex Moore, 2002
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Measuring anaerobic capacity in team sports
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Chris Spinks, 2002
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Training for acceleration in team sport athletes
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Mark Watsford, 2001
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The effect of creatine supplementation on musculotendinous stiffness
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HPC Honours
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STUDENT
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RESEARCH TOPIC
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Melissa Abela, 2005
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The relationship between musculotendinous stiffness and injury in female soccer athletes
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Neil Russell, 2004
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The influence of recovery activities during the half-time period of a
simulated team sport match on subsequent repeated sprint bout running
performance
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Sera Dogramaci, 2004
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The movement demands and physiological capacities of Australian men’s futsal (indoor soccer)
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Daniel Greenwood, 2003
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Dominant versus non-dominant arm throwing in cricket: a kinematic analysis
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Anita Sirotic, 2003
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The influence of training aerobic capacity on repeat sprint performance during prolonged, high intensity, intermittent exercise
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Lee Wallace, 2003
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Biochemical monitoring of fatigue and recovery in well-trained triathletes
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Ken McLachlan, 2003
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The validity and reliability of two measures of musculotendinous stiffness and their relationship to stretch-shorten cycle performance
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Katie Slattery, 2003
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Time course of change in performance, physiological and psychological variables during overreaching and recovery in well-trained triathletes
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Brett Rosen, 2003
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A kinematic analysis of elite and sub-elite wicket keepers
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Irem Kurangil, 2003
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Determinants of shuttle run ability in team sport athletes
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Sven Rees, 2003
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The effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on the mechanical qualities and performance of the lower limb musculature
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Callie Hickson, 2002
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The relationship between musculotendinous stiffness, range of motion and performance in active females
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Matthew Pine, 2002
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The role of respiratory system function in the age-related decline of human functional capability
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Robert Lockie, 2002
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The effects of resisted sled towing on sprint kinematics in field sport athletes
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Phil Oweis, 1999
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Biopsychological, affective and cognitive responses to acute physical activity
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Monica Daley, 1996
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The impact of exercise behaviour and acute exercise prescription on lower extremity motor performance in elderly women
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The Human Performance Centre contains equipment for:
Physiological assessment
- Assessment of oxygen consumption using a variety of different exercise modalities including walking, running, cycling, rowing and swimming
- Blood chemistry profiling
- Strength evaluation
- Training load assessment and prescription
- Respiratory muscle function
- Cardiac assessment of central blood pressure/sphygmographic tonometry
- Team sport specific assessment using a non-motorised treadmill
- Time-motion analysis using GPS and other tracking technologies
Biomechanical assessment
- 3 dimensional motion analysis
- 3 dimensional measurement of ground reaction forces
- Musculotendinous stiffness
- Crank force assessment during cycling
- Electromyography assessment
Performance augmentation
A variety of training programs can be integrated by the staff to improve either cardiovascular or strength, with novel training modalities including:
- Whole body vibration
- Respiratory muscle training
- Plyometrics
- Sport-specific running
- Flexibility
Other facilities
Based at Kuring-Gai campus, the HPL is able to utilise the:
- Indoor gym
- Indoor conditioning centre
- Oval/Athletics track
- Dance studio
- 5 tennis courts
Industry links
Australian Football League
Football Federation of Australia
NSW Institute of Sport
Sydney Academy of Sport & Recreation
MAPEI Sports Science Laboratory
Sydney Swans Football Club
Essendon Football Club
Parramatta Eels Rugby League Club
Powerlung Respiratory Muscle Training devices
Fernwood Female Fitness Centres
Galileo Whole Body Vibration
Journals
- Acta Physiologica Scandinavica
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- American Journal of Physiology
- British Journal of Sports Medicine
- Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology
- Clinical Exercise Physiology
- European Journal of Applied Physiology
- International Journal of Sports Medicine
- International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism
- Journal of Applied Physiology
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Journal of Nutrition
- Journal of Exercise Physiology online
- Journal of Physiology
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
- Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
- Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise
- Nutrition
- Physical Therapy in Sport
- Scandinavian Journal Medicine and Science in Sports
- Sports Medicine
- Sports Science
- Strength and Conditioning Journal
How to find important and useful articles:
* MEDLINE
* UTS Library
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