Marquette University’s HPAC has a wide variety of equipment available for collaborative research in health care, engineering, and the social sciences for the assessment of performance, body composition, strength and power, mechanics and kinematics, and health assessments.
Equipment that can be found in the HPAC includes but is not limited to:
- GE Vivid e95 ultrasound machine with linear, 3D and 4D ECHO probes
- GE Lunar iDXA (with TBS — trabecular bone score — software)
- HUMAC Norm strength dynamometer for testing, rehab or training of all major joints
- ParvoMedics metabolic cart for submax or max testing with a hood for resting metabolic rate (RMR)
- Woodway treadmill (15 mph, 15% grade)
- Lode cycle ergometer with integration with the metabolic cart
- SciFit recumbent cycle ergometers (lower and upper/lower extremity models)
- NorAxon SciFit Treadmill and software for gait analysis (myoPressure), EMG analysis (myoMuscle), and 3-plane movement (myoMotion)
- Point of care monitors for lactate (Lactate Pro2), glucose, hemoglobin, and cholesterol
- CompuTrainers and software available for cycling classes in Cramer Hall
- Refractometer for urine specific gravity (hydration status)
- Skinfold calipers and various bioelectrical impedance devices for body composition assessment
- Portable spirometers for pulmonary function
- Pulse oximeters
- Blood pressure cuffs (manual and automated)
- Mechanized bed on wheels with cut-out for ECHO assessment
Other teaching and research equipment is available upon request from the Exercise Science Program.