Facilities

Locations

The Center for Metabolic Health has an exercise training and testing facility in San Antonio. It contains the equipment necessary to measure phenotypic and physiological variables.

Equipment

Exercise training equipment includes the following:

• one GE Lunar iDXA Bone Densitometer to provide direct measurement of fat, lean tissue & bone mass
• 30 Actigraph Activity Monitors for physical activity monitoring
• 30 polar heart rate monitors
• 10 Zephry heart rate monitors
• three Dynamap Automatic Blood Pressure Monitoring System
• one Biodex System 4 PRO Dynamometer
• three Jamar hand-grip dynamometers
• two Parvomedics metabolic carts
• three Lode stationary bicycles for exercise testing
• six Keiser stationary bicycles for exercise training
• one PreCor stationary bicycle for exercise training
• seven PreCor 932i treadmills
• one SciFit elliptical trainer
• Hoist Leg Resistance Exercise Equipment (leg press, leg curls, leg extensions, calf raise, toe raises)
• Hoist Upper Body Resistance Exercise Equipment (Smith machine, lat pull-downs, rows);
• PreCor upper body resistance exercise equipment (shoulder press, chest press
• InFlight Fitness leg press for subjects with hip mobility restrictions (e.g. post hip fracture)

Equipment and infrastructure include metabolic carts to assess energy expenditure and fitness, EKG and cardiac stress testing, body composition with DEXA, research-grade blood pressure machines, comprehensive exercise training, and testing facilities, Biodex isokinetic dynamometer, and research nurse practitioners and staff.