Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Equipment information and user guides

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  • Rosscraft Centurian anthropometric kit, Rosscraft Innovations Inc., Canada.
  • Holtain skinfold caliper, Holtain Ltd., Crymych, UK.
  • Omron Body Fat Monitor BF306, Omron Healthcare Europe B.V., The Netherlands.
  • Harpenden Skinfold Caliper, Baty International, Burgess Hill, England.
  • Harpenden anthropometric tape, Holtain LTD, Hoechstmass, West Germany.
  • Omron Body Fat Monitor (hand to hand BIA) BF 306, Omron Medizintechnik, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Bodystat 1500 Sports BIA, Bodystat, Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
  • Bodystat Quadscan 4000, Bodystat, Douglas, Isle of Man, UK
  • Tanita BIA BF-350 body composition analyser (foot to foot), Tanita UK Ltd., Middlesex, UK.
  • Tanita BIA UM-076 body composition analyser (foot to foot), Tanita UK Ltd., Middlesex, UK.
  • Vicon motion capture system (Vicon Motion System, Oxford, UK).
  • Force plate (AMTI, Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc., Massachusetts, USA).
    • Same applies to software for data collection (AMTINetForce) and data conversion (BioAnalysis).
  • USB Pressure plate (Footscan entry level USB2 platform, RsScan International NV, Belgium).

Cameras

  • GoPro Hero 3+ silver (GoPro, Inc., California, USA).
  • Sony SLT-α65V (Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan).
  • Seca digital column scale SEC-170, Seca, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Seca stadiometer SEC-225, Seca, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Digital scales sensitive to 100 g (Hampel XWM-150K, Hampel Electronics Co. Taiwan)
  • Digital scales sensitive to 100 mg (Ohaus CS-200, Ohaus, New Jersey)
  • Digital Scales sensitive to .00mg (Mettler Toledo Precision Scales Excellence Plus XP205, Switzerland.)
  • Digital scales sensitive to 100mg: Ohaus Valor 3000 Xtreme, Ohaus Corporation, USA.
  • BOD POD GS-X, Cosmed, Rome, Italy.
  • Seca mBCA Ultra, Seca, Hamburg, Germany.
  • Bone ultrasonometer, GE Achilles InSight, GE Healthcare, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, UK
  • Biosen C-Line, EKF Diagnostics, Barleben, Germany
  • Micro-haematocrit centrifuge, (Analax Instruments, Hawksley & Sons, England)
  • Micro-haematocrit tube reader (Hawksley & Sons, England)
  • YSI 2500 Lactate Analyser, YSI, UK.
  • Spectrophotometer (Jenway 6310 spectrophotometer, Bibby Scientific, England)
  • B-Haemoglobin photometer (Hemocue Ltd, Angelholm, Sweden)
  • Dinamap Pro 100V2, GE Medical Systems Information Technologies 2002, Tampa, Florida, USA.
  • Accoson, Blood Pressure Cuff, England.
  • Omron M6 Comfort digital Blood Pressure Monitor, Omron Healthcare Co. Ltd, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Digital Blood Pressure Monitor, Model UA-767PC, A and D Medical Co., LTD, Saitama, Japan.
  • Jenway 6310 Spectrophotometer, Barloworld Scientific Ltd, Dunmow, Essex, UK.
  • Jenway Heated Cell Block Controller, Bibby Scientific, Dunmow, Essex, UK.
  • Jencons - PLS Mixer, VX100, East Sussex, UK.
  • Heraeus Pico 17 Centrifuge, Thermo Scientific, Germany.
  • CK-NAC Assay Kit, Randox Laboratorites Limited, Crumlin, County Antrim, UK.
  • Tacx Neo Bike Plus, Garmin, UK.
  • Lode Corival cpet, Lode BV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Lode Excalibur Sport V2 electrically-braked cycle ergometer, Lode BV, Groningen, The Netherlands.
  • Monark Ergomedic 894 E Peak Bike friction braked ergometer, Monark Exercise AB, Vansbro, Sweden.
  • Concept 2 Rowing ergometer, Concept 2 Inc., Vermont, USA.
  • Woodway PPS 55 Sport slat-belt treadmill, Woodway GmbH, Weil am Rhein, Germany.
  • Taurus T10.5 Pro treadmill, Taurus Fitness Sport-Tiedje GmbH, Schleswig, Germany.
  • Velotron cycle ergometer, RacerMate, Inc., Seattle, Washington, USA.
  • GPS Sports Systems SPI Pro X, Australia.
  • Takei 5001 Grip Dynamometer Analogue, Takai Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd., Niigata City, Japan.
  • Polar heart rate monitor, Polar Electro, Finland.
  • Jump Mat – Probotics Inc. 8602 Esslinger CT, Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
  • Optojump Microgate RX30, Italy.
  • DS7A Current Stimulator, Digitimer, Hertfordshire, UK
  • Cardiochek P.A., Polymer Technology Systems, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
  • Lactate Pro 2, Blood lactate test meter, Arkray, Shiga, Japan.
  • Actigraph GT1M, Actigraph Corp., Pensacola, FL32502, USA.
  • GENEActiv, Kimbolton, UK.
  • Salter Pulse Oximeter (Salter, Manchester, UK).
  • Cortex Metalyzer 2R on-line gas analyser, Cortex, Leipzig, Germany.
  • Cortex Metalyser 3B, Cortex Metamax 3B.
    • Related: Metasoft v.2.1 software, DVT or triple V volume transducer.
    • Website: cortex-medical.de ‌
  • Cosmed K5 gas analyser, Rome, Italy.
  • Cosmed Quark gas analyser, Rome, Italy.
  • Morgan Medical EX671 mass spectrophotometer gas analyser, Ferarris Respiratory, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Jaeger Oxycon Pro breath-by-breath ergospirometry system, VIASYS Healthcare GmbH, Hoechburg, Germany.
  • Medgraphics Cardiorespiratory Diagnostics, Express Series, Gloucester, UK.
  • Vyntus CPX metabolic cart, Jaeger, Hoechburg, Germany. 
  • VALD Forcedecks, VALD Performance, Brisbane, Australia.
  • ISO-Pull Testing Rig, Absolute performance Ltd., Cardiff, UK.
  • Biodex System 3 Medical Systems 830-200, Shirley, N.Y. 11967 USA.
  • Microplus handheld spirometer, Micro Medical Limited, Rochester, UK.
  • Micro I spirometer, Carefusion, Basingstoke, UK.
  • Micro RPM handheld mouth pressure meter, Micro Medical Limited, Rochester, UK.
  • Cycleops Super Magneto, Wisconsin, USA. (Turbo Trainer)
  • SRM Powercontrol VII, SRM International, Julich, Germany.
  • Kurt Kinetic Rock and Roll II Turbo Trainer, T-2300, Minneapolis, USA.
  • SRM Win Software, Julich, Germany.
  • Timing Gates - Brower TC Timing System, Draper, Utah, USA.
  • Timing Gates – Witty System, Microgate, Bolzano, Italy.
  • Stopwatch, Fisher Scientific, Loughborough, UK.
  • Traceable Timer, Fisher Scientific, Loughborough, UK.
  • Rectal thermistor (YSI temperature probe, Henleys Medical, Hertfordshire, UK)
  • Temperature switchbox (YSI Precision 4000, Henleys Medical, Hertfordshire)
  • Handheld digital refractometer, calibrated between 0 to 1500 mOsmol.kg H2O (Pocket Osmocheck, Vitech Scientific, UK)
  • Prestige Medical, Advance B Autoclave, Blackburn, UK.
  • Sanyo VIP Series, Ultra Low Freezers, Japan.
  • Skin Temperature Monitor - Grant Squirrel SQ800, Dundee, Scotland.
  • Computrainer Lab, Racer Mate, Seattle, WA, USA.