Facilities

Aquatic Laboratories:

• 2 x 25meter heated swimming pools.
• One open air 25 meter x 6 lane with 2 below and above water, viewing and filming windows.
• The other a totally coverded 25 meter x 5 lane .
• Sample of teaching and research equipment
• Waterproof split plate force plate. (can be mounted on pool wall or starting block)
• Variable speed and depth under water equipment for measuring drag co-efficient.
• Under water camera housings.
  
  

Biomechanics Laboratories:

• Laboratory 1: Sports Motion Analysis Laboratory
  • 385 square meters with high roof, mobile gantry & large opening door to grassed 125 x 95 meter oval,
  • Vicon MX 3D motion analysis system with 12 Vicon 1000Hz near-infrared M2 camera's,
  • 2 in-floor force plates (1 AMTI and 1 Kistler),
  • 10 channel umbilical cord EMG system,
  • Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometer.
    
    
• Laboratory 2: Clinical Motion Analysis Laboratory
  • 170 square meters,
  • Vicon MX 3D motion analysis system with 7 Vicon 1000Hz near-infrared MX camera's,
  • 2 in-floor force plates (AMTI),
  • 16 channel umbilical cord EMG system,
  • Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometer.
    
    
• Biomechanics computing:
  • High speed workstations with automatic data backup
  • Software including: SiliconCoach, SIMM Musculoskeletal Modeling, SDFast Dynamical Mechanical Systems Modeling, Vicon Bodybuilder, Vicon Polygon, MatLab, Labview, MS Visual C++, MS Fortran 90, and 3D MRI/CT Scan Analysis software.
    
    
• Other research and teaching equipment.
  • Peak Motus motion analysis system with 2 Peak 200hz video cameras.
  • 2 Real-time ultrasound imaging for muscle morphometry and analysis.
  • 20 channel electromyography (EMG) Grass amplifiers.
  • Computer controlled Grass electrical stimulation systems
  • Servo Motor controlled joint position and joint movement assessment system
  • Instrumented Plyopower / Smith machine.

Computing Laboratories:

• Undergraduate laboratory with 25 computers
• Post graduate laboratory with 8 computers

Exercise Biochemistry:

124 square meter laboratory.

Gymnasium:

• 25 x 28 meter gymnasium with polished timber floor.
• 2 volley ball and 3 badminton courts marked.

Lecturing Facilities:

• 132 fixed seat Lecture Theatre
• 50 fixed seat Lecture Room
• 40 seat Seminar room
• 40 seat Conference room
• All equipped with modern up to date Audio Visual aids.

Physiology Laboratories:

Laboratory 1, 180 square meters Laboratory 2, 235 square meters, Adjoining a grassed outdoor laboratory (Oval 125 X 95 meters) Sample of teaching and research equipment. Thermoregulation Climate Chamber 5 to 45 degree to 75% humidity. Muscle temperature system ( temperature measured with probes or ingested pills) Motorised tread mills. Computerised Metabolic carts. Portable metabolic system (Cosmed K4b2) Computerised cycle ergometers ( for sprint and endurance study) Monark cycle ergometers. Radiometer ( used to measuring blood gas)

Rehabilitation Laboratory:

• 100 square meter main laboratory.
• 3 treatment rooms.
• 25 Rehabilitation cam operated resistance training machines.

Sports Psychology. Skill Acquisition:

• 96 square meter flexible conference laboratory.
• 64 square meter teaching and research laboratory.
• Sample of teaching and research equipment.
  • Nud*ist qualitative data analysing program.
  • Document scanner for questionnaires.
  • Dedicated computer laboratory.
  • Reaction and movement timing devices.
  • Video cameras.
  • Audio recorders

Strength and Conditioning Laboratory:

• 210 square meter laboratory with 40 pieces of Strength and conditioning equipment.