We have world class facilities to assist our staff, researchers and students.

1. Aquatic laboratories
2. Biomechanics laboratories
3. Computing laboratories
4. Exercise biochemistry
5. Gymnasium
6. Lecturing facilities
7. Physiology laboratories
8. Rehabilitation laboratory
9. Sports psychology: skill acquisition
10. Strength and conditioning laboratory

Aquatic laboratories

• Swimming Pool - open air 25 metres by six lanes,
• Swimming Pool - covered 25 metres by six lanes,
• Waterproof split plate force plate (can be mounted on a pool wall or starting block,
• Variable speed and depth under water equipment for measuring drag co-efficient
• Underwater camera housings

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Biomechanics laboratories

Sports motion analysis laboratory

• 385 square meters with high roof, mobile gantry and 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,
• Two in-floor force plates (1 AMTI and 1 Kistler),
• Ten channel umbilical cord EMG system,
• Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometer.

Clinical motion Aaalysis laboratory

• Size - 170 square meters,
• Vicon MX 3D motion analysis system with 7 Vicon 1000Hz near-infrared MX camera's,
• Two in-floor force plates (AMTI),
• 16 channel umbilical cord EMG system,
• Biodex Isokinetic Dynamometer.

Biomechanics computing equipment

• 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.

Additional biomechanics research and teaching equipment

• Peak Motus motion analysis system with 2 Peak 200hz video cameras,
• Two 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 or Smith machine

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Computing laboratories

• Undergraduate laboratory with 25 computers
• Postgraduate laboratory with eight computers.

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Exercise biochemistry

• 124 square metre laboratory.

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Gymnasium

• 25 x 28 metre gymnasium with polished timber floor
• Two volleyball and three badminton courts.

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Lecturing facilities

All equipped with audio-visual aids.

• 132 fixed seat lecture theatre
• 50 fixed seat lecture room
• 40 seat seminar room
• 40 seat conference room

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Physiology laboratories

• Laboratory 1, 180 square metres,
• Laboratory 2, 235 square metres, adjoining a grassed outdoor laboratory (Oval 125 X 95 metres),
• Thermoregulation climate chamber five to 45 degree to 75 per cent humidity,
• Muscle temperature system ( temperature measured with probes or ingested pills),
• Motorised treadmills,
• Computerised metabolic carts,
• Portable metabolic system (Cosmed K4b2),
• Computerised cycle ergometers (for sprint and endurance study),
• Cycle ergometers,
• Radiometer (used to measuring blood gas).

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Rehabilitation laboratory

• 100 square metre main laboratory.
• Three treatment rooms.
• 25 rehabilitation cam operated resistance training machines

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Sports psychology: skill acquisition

• 96 square metre flexible conference laboratory
• 64 square metre 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.

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Strength and conditioning laboratory

• 210 square metre laboratory with 40 pieces of strength and conditioning equipment.

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