EPARC faculty and staff provide research support to UCSD and other investigators conducting physical activity\/exercise-related research. \u00a0We work with investigators at any level of involvement, from incidental advising on existing measures or interventions, to full participation as co-investigators involved in research design, implementation, and evaluation.\u00a0 We also provide standardized measurement training for research staff to ensure quality data collection and high reliability of measures.<\/p>\n
EPARC faculty collectively have accumulated decades of experience in assessment of physical function, health-related fitness, and sport performance.\u00a0 Measures routinely conducted in our lab include cardiovascular and pulmonary responses and adaptations to exercise, bone health and osteoporosis screening, body composition assessment, muscular strength testing of any major muscle group, resting metabolic function and calculation of daily energy requirement, and assessment of balance and mobility, particularly for older adults and those with neurological deficits.<\/p>\n
Additionally, as part of the Center for Wireless and Population Health Systems, EPARC is the \u201cgo-to\u201d site on campus for wireless devices and platforms used for measuring and intervening on physical activity, and monitoring sleep in field-based studies. We provide UCSD and other investigators with full services, including device deployment and retrieval, data cleaning, aggregation, and interpretation, or study consultation on how best to use these devices in research.\u00a0 Devices we commonly use in observational and experimental studies include state-of-the-science accelerometers, heart rate monitors, GPS devices and smart phones.<\/p>\n
In addition to our collective expertise in assessment, our faculty have years of experience designing, implementing and evaluating physical activity and exercise-related interventions for clinical trials on a variety of populations across the age spectrum and ranging from those with chronic disease to the highly fit.\u00a0 Examples include physical activity for weight management in overweight\/obese but otherwise healthy children and adults, post-bariatric surgery patients, and adolescents with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; exercise for prevention of sarcopenia in muscle-wasting diseases; balance and mobility exercise and comprehensive fall prevention programs for older adults and individuals with neurodegenerative diseases.\u00a0 In addition to exercise interventions, we have successfully implemented driver safety programs to thousands of individuals.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”64″ icon=”mk-moon-temperature-2″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_background_color=”#2a4595″ title_top_padding=”25″ title_bottom_padding=”15″]Data collection and measurements to assess\u00a0heart health, muscle and bone health, balance and mobility, and energy status[\/mk_icon_box2][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”64″ icon=”mk-moon-bubbles-4″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_background_color=”#2a4595″ title_top_padding=”25″ title_bottom_padding=”15″]Consultation services related to tools, instruments, and\/or surveys for target population and research goals[\/mk_icon_box2][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”64″ icon=”mk-moon-stats-up” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_background_color=”#2a4595″ title_top_padding=”25″ title_bottom_padding=”15″]Data processing, analysis, and interpretation services[\/mk_icon_box2][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”64″ icon=”mk-moon-tree” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_background_color=”#2a4595″ title_top_padding=”25″ title_bottom_padding=”15″]Objective measures of social and physical environments[\/mk_icon_box2][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”64″ icon=”mk-moon-stopwatch” icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_background_color=”#2a4595″ title_top_padding=”25″ title_bottom_padding=”15″]Equipment rental for data collection[\/mk_icon_box2][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_icon_box2 icon_size=”64″ icon=”mk-moon-users-4″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_background_color=”#2a4595″ title_top_padding=”25″ title_bottom_padding=”15″]Staff training \u00a0for data collection, cleaning, processing, and analysis protocols[\/mk_icon_box2][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” css=”.vc_custom_1466662566641{background-color: #81d742 !important;}”][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_custom_heading text=”For Researchers” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text] EPARC faculty and staff provide research support to UCSD and other investigators conducting physical activity\/exercise-related research. \u00a0We work with investigators at any level of involvement, from incidental advising on existing measures or interventions, to full participation as co-investigators involved in research design, implementation, and evaluation.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6759"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6834,"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6759\/revisions\/6834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eparc.calit2.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}