Sport and Exercise Science

Facilities

Physiology

  

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Facilities within this area include

  • A 4.5m3 immersion pool with temperature control (4°C - 40°C) suitable for hydrodensitometry, cold water immersion and survival suit tests, this is housed within our 62m3 low humidity chamber (0°C +50°C) (8-90 %RH).
  •  Our 100m3 large chamber has a climatic range of 0°C +50°C, (30-90%RH) and contains a swimming flume 4m long by 1.5m wide with underwater observation windows and temperature control (4°C - 40°C) and speeds up to 2.1m/s.
  • We also have a smaller sub-zero (-20°C) chamber suitable for Arctic and Antarctic preparation and testing.

Test equipment in our department includes

  • Concept II rowers
  • Resistance and magnetically braked cycle ergometers and computrainers to use with your own bike
  • 3D course simulations
  • Treadmills
  • Laser doppler
  • 12 lead ECG and oxygen uptake by breath by breath analysis.

Find out more about the Sports Physiology Research at University of Portsmouth.