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Sport, Exercise & Health Physiology
Mission Statement
- To improve our knowledge of the physiological changes that occur when the body moves from resting to exercising, and from an untrained to a trained and/or detrained or diseased state.
- To study the capacity for exercise across a broad spectrum of participants from elite athletes to persons awaiting heart transplants, young and aged, between genders and different races, and different environments (eg, heat, altitude and space travel).
- To apply this knowledge by providing exercise and lifestyle advice for good health, disease and injury prevention, rehabilitation, and for optimising athletic performance.
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Cardiorespiratory Exercise Physiology
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In response to exercise the body must increase the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide across the lungs, transport these respiratory gases to and from the exercising muscle in the bloodstream, utilise oxygen and fuels to provide the energy required for movement and eliminate waste products. Exercise Physiology involves the study of how the lungs, heart, blood vessels and muscles respond to exercise to achieve these goals. At a basic level, the study of Exercise Physiology provides the student with an understanding of how the systems of the body respond and interact when faced with the severe stress of exercise. Advanced courses consider responses to exercise in elite athletes, in patients with pulmonary and cardiovascular disease, in extreme environmental conditions and at altitude and the effects of different forms of exercise training.
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Dr Danny Green
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Nutritional Exercise Biochemistry
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Exercise, Health & Sports Physiology
Research interests focus on the role of exercise in optimising both health and sports performance. In humans, non-invasive techniques are used to estimate energy expenditure at rest and during exercise in an effort to help understand the causes of obesity and to devise appropriate physical activity interventions. Similar non-invasive techniques are used to assess the significance of the oxygen/nutrient delivery system for muscle performance in elite athletes. More invasive techniques are used to assess changes in muscle and core temperature in response to different exercise conditions and different environmental conditions (heat and altitude). Studies of muscle biopsy material can reveal changes in the muscle as a result of different training interventions. This information can be used to optimise warm up and cool down procedures for athletes or to optimise training programs for athletes (especially team sport athletes and triathletes). This information may also help to diagnose and prevent overtraining in elite athletes.
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