New Mexico State University's Human Performance Laboratory recently acquired several pieces of equipment. It includes an exercise stress test system that allows students to investigate electrocardiograms, a mobile breath-by-breath metabolic analysis system that measures metabolic and lung function, and a dual-emission X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanner that measures bone density and body composition. The Human Performance Lab is part of NMSU's Department of Human Performance, Dance and Recreation. The new equipment is the same used in hospitals and Olympic training centers, according to Joseph Berning, professor of exercise physiology at NMSU. In addition to providing undergraduate students with hands-on access, the equipment will also be the basis for a graduate program that could help expand NMSU’s research ventures and train more students in the allied health and medical professions.
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