The Center is located on the ground and first floors of the Florida Gymnasium and includes more than 15,000 square feet of laboratory and office space. The Center provides a quality exercise science research program to study the comprehensive effect of exercise on the human body including biomechanics, physiology, psychology, sports medicine and motor behavior.
Projects study the medical, physiological and psychological adaptations to exercise.
Also investigated are the cognitive processes involved in performing and learning various motor skills and impact dynamics and their ramifications to performance and injury. Studies are conducted on a variety of populations including normal healthy men and women, cardiac and pulmonary patients, elderly persons, elite athletes, and animal models. The Center's research program and faculty provide a basis for training students for research in exercise science. In this regard, the Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences offers Master and Ph.D. programs in exercise physiology, motor behavior, sport psychology, athletic training, and biomechanics. This research facility is one of the most spacious and sophisticated laboratories of its kind.