Exercise Science faculty, students present research
Students and faculty of the Department of Exercise Science and Athletics were well represented at the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine. The meeting was held Nov 7 and 8 in Harrisburg.
Faculty member Eric Rawson presented an invited talk "Is doping really cheating? The history and controversy of performance enhancing drugs in sport" and Noah Wasielewski presented "Reliability of peak isokinetic knee torque measurement over multiple trial in a 3-hour period."
On Friday evening there was a "College Bowl Competition" (Exercise Physiology Jeopardy) for undergraduates. The BU team was Mike Morton, Gino Zini, Denice Elliott-Heim. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is the leading sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world and has over 20,000 members. Timothy R. McConnell, Ph.D. is a Past-President (1990) of the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Student Presentations
Andy Venezia (Graduate Student), Dr. Rawson. Physical Activity and Cognitive Processing in Older Men and Women.
Stacy Frank (Graduate Student), Dr. McConnell. Confident, older, and functional women trend toward greater quality of life during cardiac rehabilitation.
Jeff Ruhl (Graduate Student), Dr. McConnell. Sex, self-efficacy, flexibility, and diagnosis predict entry VO2peak and magnitude of improvement during cardiac rehabilitation.
Mike Welgosh (Graduate Student), Dr. Hazzard. Competitive Anxiety and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Collegiate Football Players: A Psychophysiological Perspective.
Rachel Bastian (Geisinger Medical Center), Dr. McConnell. Rural residents respond more favorably to weight loss intervention than urban residents.
Nikita Patel (Graduate Student), Dr. Mookerjee. A Critical Review of Maximal Aerobic Capacity Assessments in South Asians.
Dave Hopkins (Graduate Student), Dr. Mookerjee. A Comparison of Directly Measured versus Predicted Energy Cost of Upper Body Exercise in Men.
Jackie Wierzbicki (Undergraduate Student), Andrew Venezia (Graduate Student), Dr. Rawson. Are Older Adults Less Physically Active than Young Adults?
Kathleen Moneghan (Undergraduate Student), Dr. Fradkin. The Epidemiology of Male College Soccer Injuries and Potential Preventive Strategies.
Denice Elliott-Heim (Undergraduate Student), Dr. Fradkin. Describing the Epidemiology of Golfing Injuries to Middle-Aged Female Golfers.
Corey Eisenhart (Undergraduate Student), Dr. Fradkin. The Epidemiology of Baseball Pitching Injuries and Potential Preventive Strategies.
Elise Fitzgerald (Undergraduate Student), Dr. Andreacci. The Effect of Acute Fluid Consumption on Percent Body Fat using LBIA in Children.
Richard Canter (Undergraduate Student), Dr. Mookerjee. Validity of multi-sensor armbands in estimating sub-maximal energy expenditure during upper body exercise.
Dave Miller (Graduate Student), Dr. Fradkin. The Epidemiology of Female Field Hockey Injuries in a Division II College Team and Potential Preventive Strategies.