The Human Performance Lab Student Research

Summer Student Research Project:

The Summer Student Research Program provides undergraduate students with opportunities to conduct original research in close collaboration with faculty experts. Funding is available for scholarly and creative projects. Research experience helps students apply their classroom-based education to real problems, developing critical thinking skills, writing ability, and presentation experience that will benefit them in graduate study or professional life. Students and faculty participate in field trips, research methods seminars, weekly meetings, and symposia. Research projects are presented each year.

Student Research Day:

In the Human Performance Lab, research is conducted throughout the year. Student Research Day provides an opportunity for students and faculty to present the research they have been working on. Four undergraduate students and four graduate students from the Human Performance Lab took part in Student Research Day this year. Poster presentations, as well as, oral presentations are given on various topics of exercise and health from the Human Performance Lab. Visit Current Research to view research presented.

Holmes M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan K.A., Associations between physical activity, waist circumference and blood pressure in young children (Sponsored by Rick L. Sharp, FACSM)

Abbey B.M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan K.A., Evaluating Compliance of Grade School-Aged Children To Wear Accelerometers.
McAlpin J.K., Faculty Mentor: Heelan K.A., Children Escorted to School: Preliminary Data on Parental Physical Activity.

Heelan K.A., McFarland S.P., Walking School Bus Approach to Increase Daily Physical Activity and Attenuate BMI in Grade School Children

McFarland, S. Effects of Exercise Duration on Glucose Tolerance and Insulane Sensitivity in Mildly Overweight Men. Thesis Committee Member. Presented at: Student Research Day 2005.

McAlpin, J. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Perceptions of Caloric Intake among College Students: Accurate or Inaccurate? Presented at: Student Research Day 2005.

Ray, M. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Influence of Screen Media On Body Composition and Physical Activity in Preschool Age Children. Presented at: Student Research Day 2005.

Boury, S., Parental Perceived Barriers to Active Commuting To and From School of Elementary School Children. Thesis Committee Chair. Completed August 2004.

Steinkrueger, R., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. The Impact Of A Six-Month Worksite Stretching Program Aimed To Decrease Employee Injury Rates. Masters Degree Comprehensive Exam Project 2004. UNK Student Research Day 2004.

Sanchez, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Healthcare providers and the metabolic syndrome. Masters Degree Comprehensive Exam Project 2004. UNK Student Research Day 2004.

Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Parental Perceived Barriers to Active Commuting To and From School of Elementary School Children. UNK Student Research Day 2004.

McFarland, S. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Effect of Hydrating Solutions on Peak Anaerobic Power in College Wrestlers. UNK Student Research Day 2004.

Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Viability And Ease Of Using And Interpreting MTIActigraph Activity Monitors To Measure Physical Activity In College Students.Graduate Student Research Presented at: Nebraska Association of Exercise Physiologist Annual State Meeting (2003), UNK Student Research Day 2003.

Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Active Commuting to and From School Among 4 th and 5 th Grade Children. Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, California, May 2003

Phillips, B.E., Seip, R.L., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Comparison of Body Fat Analysis by DXA and Under Water Weighing in 4 th and 5 th Grade Girls. Graduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day (2002) ( 2 nd Place in Graduate Division).

Falk, D., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Lopez, S. The Effects Of A Combination Of Creatine, Ribose And L-Glutamine On Body Composition And Athletic Performance In Weight-Trained Males. Graduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day (2002) (Honorable Mention in Graduate Division), Published in Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2003; Vol. 17 (4): 810-817.

Undergraduate Student Projects

Burbach, S. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. and Brown, G. Fitness Assessment on HPERL majors. Undergraduate Research. Presented at UNK Student Research Day 2005.

Semin, K. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. and Brown, G.Divergence Between Training, Competition, and Laboratory Measures of Maximum Heart Rate. Undergraduate Research. Presented at UNK Student Research Day 2005.

Semin, K., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Prevalence Of Hypertension And Association With Overweight Among Preschool-aged Children. Undergraduate Research. Accepted for presentation at National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2005, The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2005, UNK Student Research Day 2005 (First Place in Applied/Professional Science).

Abbey, B., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Validation of HydraTrend ™Reagent Strips for the Assessment of Hydration Levels. Undergraduate Research. . Accepted for presentation at The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2005, UNK Student Research Day 2005 ( Second Place in Applied/Professional Science).

Scantling, A., Abbey, B., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Association Between Physical Activity and Adiposity in Preschool Aged Children. Platte Studies Seminar Undergraduate Summer Research Program 2004 . Accepted for presentation at The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2005, National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2005, UNK Student Research Day 2005 (Student Choice award in Applied/Professional Science) .

Abbey, B., Scantling, A., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Comparison of Methods of Glycogen Replenishment and Repeated High Intensity Exercise Trials. Platte Studies Seminal Undergraduate Summer Research Program 2004. Presented at: Student Research Day 2005

Abbey, B., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. The Effects of Rehydration with a Glucose Polymer on Performance in College Wrestlers. Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2004, UNK Student Research Day 2004 ( First Place in Applied/Professional Science).

Krueger, R., Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., A Prediction Equation for Estimating Cardiorespiratory Fitness (VO 2max) using a Precor Elliptical Exercise Machine. Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day 2003,The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2004., UNK Student Research Day 2004 (Second Place in Applied/Professional Sciences).Published in the NUCUR Proceedings, 2004.

Holmes, M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. The Association Between Physical Activity and Food Choices Among 4 th and 5 th Grade Children Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day 2004 (Honorable Mention in Applied/Professional Sciences).

Scantling, A., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Physiological and Psychological Characteristics of Marathon Club Participants. Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day 2004.

Cook, C., Krueger, R.D., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Physical Activity, Television Viewing, and Body Composition in Young Children. Summer Research 2003. Accepted for presentation at National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2004.

Krueger, R.D., Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Association Between Physical Activity, Parental Influence, and Overweight During the Adiposity Rebound Period. Summer Research 2003. Accepted for presentation at National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2004.

Holmes, M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Protein and its Effects on Metabolism. Undergraduate paper published in the University of Nebraska at Kearney Undergraduate Research Journal (2003).

Book, K., Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Do Female College Students Obtain Enough Moderate Intensity Physical Activity By Walking On Campus? Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day2003 .

Cook, C., Krueger, R., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Exercise Mode And Gender Comparisons Of Energy Expenditure At Self-Selected Intensities. Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2003, UNK Student Research Day 2003.

Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Association Between BMI and Body Fat Among 10-11 Year Old Boys and Girls. Presented at: the American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, California, May 2003

Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Change in Weight Among 4 th and 5 th Grade Elementary School Children From 1994-2001. Undergraduate Research Presented at: National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2002 , UNK Student Research Day 2002, American College of Sports Medicine National Convention 2002.

Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Does Exercise Training Alter Substrate Utilization in Sedentary, College Aged Males and Females. Undergraduate Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day 2002.





		Summer Student Research Project: The Summer Student Research Program provides undergraduate students with opportunities to conduct original research in close collaboration with faculty experts. Funding is available for scholarly and creative projects. Research experience helps students apply their classroom-based education to real problems, developing critical thinking skills, writing ability, and presentation experience that will benefit them in graduate study or professional life. Students and faculty participate in field trips, research methods seminars, weekly meetings, and symposia. Research projects are presented each year. Student Research Day: In the Human Performance Lab, research is conducted throughout the year. Student Research Day provides an opportunity for students and faculty to present the research they have been working on. Four undergraduate students and four graduate students from the Human Performance Lab took part in Student Research Day this year. Poster presentations, as well as, oral presentations are given on various topics of exercise and health from the Human Performance Lab. Visit Current Research to view research presented. Holmes M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan K.A., Associations between physical activity, waist circumference and blood pressure in young children (Sponsored by Rick L. Sharp, FACSM) Abbey B.M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan K.A., Evaluating Compliance of Grade School-Aged Children To Wear Accelerometers. McAlpin J.K., Faculty Mentor: Heelan K.A., Children Escorted to School: Preliminary Data on Parental Physical Activity. Heelan K.A., McFarland S.P., Walking School Bus Approach to Increase Daily Physical Activity and Attenuate BMI in Grade School Children McFarland, S. Effects of Exercise Duration on Glucose Tolerance and Insulane Sensitivity in Mildly Overweight Men. Thesis Committee Member. Presented at: Student Research Day 2005. McAlpin, J. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Perceptions of Caloric Intake among College Students: Accurate or Inaccurate? Presented at: Student Research Day 2005. Ray, M. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Influence of Screen Media On Body Composition and Physical Activity in Preschool Age Children. Presented at: Student Research Day 2005. Boury, S., Parental Perceived Barriers to Active Commuting To and From School of Elementary School Children. Thesis Committee Chair. Completed August 2004. Steinkrueger, R., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. The Impact Of A Six-Month Worksite Stretching Program Aimed To Decrease Employee Injury Rates. Masters Degree *Comprehensive Exam Project 2004. UNK Student Research Day 2004.* Sanchez, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Healthcare providers and the metabolic syndrome. *Masters Degree Comprehensive Exam Project 2004. UNK Student Research Day 2004.* Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Parental Perceived Barriers to Active Commuting To and From School of Elementary School Children. *UNK Student Research Day 2004.* McFarland, S. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Effect of Hydrating Solutions on Peak Anaerobic Power in College Wrestlers. *UNK Student Research Day 2004.* Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Viability And Ease Of Using And Interpreting MTIActigraph Activity Monitors To Measure Physical Activity In College Students.Graduate Student Research Presented at: Nebraska Association of Exercise Physiologist Annual State Meeting (2003), UNK Student Research Day 2003. Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Active Commuting to and From School Among 4 th and 5 th Grade Children. Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, California, May 2003 Phillips, B.E., Seip, R.L., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Comparison of Body Fat Analysis by DXA and Under Water Weighing in 4 th and 5 th Grade Girls. Graduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day (2002) ( 2 nd Place in Graduate Division). Falk, D., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Lopez, S. The Effects Of A Combination Of Creatine, Ribose And L-Glutamine On Body Composition And Athletic Performance In Weight-Trained Males. Graduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day (2002) (Honorable Mention in Graduate Division), Published in Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2003; Vol. 17 (4): 810-817. Undergraduate Student Projects Burbach, S. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. and Brown, G. Fitness Assessment on HPERL majors. Undergraduate Research. Presented at UNK Student Research Day 2005. Semin, K. Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. and Brown, G.Divergence Between Training, Competition, and Laboratory Measures of Maximum Heart Rate. Undergraduate Research. Presented at UNK Student Research Day 2005. Semin, K., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Prevalence Of Hypertension And Association With Overweight Among Preschool-aged Children. Undergraduate Research. Accepted for presentation at National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2005, The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2005, UNK Student Research Day 2005 (First Place in Applied/Professional Science). Abbey, B., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Validation of HydraTrend ™Reagent Strips for the Assessment of Hydration Levels. Undergraduate Research. . Accepted for *presentation at The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2005, UNK Student Research Day 2005 ( Second Place in Applied/Professional Science).* Scantling, A., Abbey, B., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Association Between Physical Activity and Adiposity in Preschool Aged Children. Platte Studies Seminar Undergraduate Summer Research Program 2004 . Accepted for presentation at The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2005, National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2005, UNK Student Research Day 2005 (Student Choice award in Applied/Professional Science) . Abbey, B., Scantling, A., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Comparison of Methods of Glycogen Replenishment and Repeated High Intensity Exercise Trials. Platte Studies Seminal Undergraduate Summer Research Program 2004. Presented at: Student Research Day 2005 Abbey, B., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. The Effects of Rehydration with a Glucose Polymer on Performance in College Wrestlers. Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2004, UNK Student Research Day 2004 ( First Place in Applied/Professional Science). Krueger, R., Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., A Prediction Equation for Estimating Cardiorespiratory Fitness (VO 2max) using a Precor Elliptical Exercise Machine. Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day 2003,The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2004., UNK Student Research Day 2004 (Second Place in Applied/Professional Sciences).Published in the NUCUR Proceedings, 2004. Holmes, M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. The Association Between Physical Activity and Food Choices Among 4 th and 5 th Grade Children Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day 2004 (Honorable Mention in Applied/Professional Sciences). Scantling, A., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Physiological and Psychological Characteristics of Marathon Club Participants. Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day 2004. Cook, C., Krueger, R.D., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Physical Activity, Television Viewing, and Body Composition in Young Children. Summer Research 2003. Accepted for presentation at National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2004. Krueger, R.D., Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Association Between Physical Activity, Parental Influence, and Overweight During the Adiposity Rebound Period. Summer Research 2003. Accepted for presentation at National American College of Sports Medicine meeting 2004. Holmes, M., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Protein and its Effects on Metabolism. Undergraduate paper published in the University of Nebraska at Kearney Undergraduate Research Journal (2003). Book, K., Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Do Female College Students Obtain Enough Moderate Intensity Physical Activity By Walking On Campus? *Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: UNK Student Research Day2003* . Cook, C., Krueger, R., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Exercise Mode And Gender Comparisons Of Energy Expenditure At Self-Selected Intensities.** Undergraduate Student Research Presented at: The National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2003, UNK Student Research Day 2003. Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A. Association Between BMI and Body Fat Among 10-11 Year Old Boys and Girls. Presented at: the American College of Sports Medicine National Meeting, San Francisco, California, May 2003 Boury, S., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Change in Weight Among 4 th and 5 th Grade Elementary School Children From 1994-2001. Undergraduate Research Presented at: National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2002 , UNK Student Research Day 2002, American College of Sports Medicine National Convention 2002. Cook, C., Faculty Mentor: Heelan, K.A., Does Exercise Training Alter Substrate Utilization in Sedentary, College Aged Males and Females. Undergraduate Research *Presented at: UNK Student Research Day* 2002.**