Sport and Health Assessment Centre

The SHAC operates under the auspices of the Exercise Physiology Laboratoryand provides fitness testing services for the central and northern Alberta general and research communities.

Researchers in the SHAC are experts in

• physiology,
• psychology,
• biomechanics
• administration

What our Centre does

The Centre can perform a variety of fitness and health assessments for:

• the general public and
• local, provincial, national or professional athletic teams, such as the Edmonton Oilers
• elite amateur athletes and teams.

The SHAC also provides assistance, such as metabolic testing, to other research units in other faculties at the University of Alberta, and other universities.

Graduate students in the Faculty are often involved in ongoing projects and may use subjects for research programs from the client population.

The data gathered at the SHAC helps

• establish fitness and health levels for activity, sports and occupations
• and the development of sport training and healthy activity programs.

Services

Metabolic assessment

• maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂ max),
• resting metabolic rate determination, economy,
• ventilatory threshold.

Body composition

• underwater weighing,
• skin folds,
• anthropometric measurements.

Anaerobic power/capacity.

• Computerized cycle anaerobic power testing (Wingate)

Muscular strength, power and endurance

• Flexibility
• Isokinetic assessment
• Timing lights for various lab and field-testing scenarios

Any type of exercise ergometry testing, such as

• cycle, rowing, arm crank
• Biochemical analysis of lactate, glucose, blood cell counts, etc.
• Training program design, such as strength, endurance and power.

Administration and contact information

Director - Dr. Gordon Bell

Coordinator - Alex Game, MSc, PFLC - email: alex.game@ualberta.ca

Costs - Various. Please contact either Dr. Bell or Alex Game for more information.