Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Equipment information and user guides

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  • 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)
  • 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, Germany)
  • 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)
  • Handheld digital refractometer, calibrated between 0 to 1500 mOsmol.kg H2O (Pocket Osmocheck, Vitech Scientific, UK)
  • Jenway 6310 Spectrophotometer (Barloworld Scientific Ltd, Dunmow, Essex, UK)
  • Bomb Calorimeter (Parr Instruments, USA)
  • Osmomat 010 osmolality analyser (Gonotec, Germany)
  • 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)
  • Haemocue B-Haemoglobin photometer (Hemocue Ltd, Angelholm, Sweden)
  • Cardiochek P.A. (Polymer Technology Systems, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
  • Lactate Pro 2 (Blood lactate test meter, Arkray, Shiga, Japan)
  • 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 foot to foot body composition analyser (Tanita UK Ltd., Middlesex, UK)
  • Tanita BIA UM-076 foot to foot body composition analyser (Tanita UK Ltd., Middlesex, UK)
  • GE Achilles InSight Bone ultrasonometer (GE Healthcare, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, UK)
  • BOD POD GS-X (Cosmed, Rome, Italy)
  • Seca mBCA Ultra (Seca, Hamburg, Germany)
  • Polar heart rate monitor (Polar Electro, Finland)
  • Salter Pulse Oximeter (Salter, Manchester, UK)
  • Daray ECG monitor (Daray, UK)
  • 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)
  • Dinamap Pro 100V2 (GE Medical Systems Information Technologies 2002, Tampa, Florida, USA)
  • Accoson, Blood Pressure Cuff (Accuson, 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~)
  • Manual blood pressure cuff (Welch Allyn, UK)
  • Stethoscope
  • Kubios HRV Scientific software (Kubios, Finland)
  • QuinTron Breath Tracker (QuinTron, USA)
  • Pro Ball Launcher (Net World Sports Ltd, UK)
  • Wire loop buzzer game
  • Box and block test
  • 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)
  • Cycleops Super Magneto Turbo Trainer (Wisconsin, USA)
  • Kurt Kinetic Rock and Roll II Turbo Trainer, T-2300 (Minneapolis, USA)
  • Sit and reach
  • Y Balance
  • Manual Goniometer
  • Easy Angle Digital Goniometer (Gait and Motion Technology Ltd, UK)
  • AMTI Force plate and AMTI Netforce software (AMTI, Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc., Massachusetts, USA)
  • VALD Forcedecks (VALD Performance, Brisbane, Australia)
  • PASCO force platform (PASCO, USA)
  • Footscan entry level USB2 platform pressure plate and Footscan software (RsScan International NV, Belgium)
  • Cortex Metalyser 3B and Metasoft Studio software (Cortex, Leipzig, Germany)
  • Cosmed K5 gas analyser (Cosmed, Rome, Italy)
  • Cosmed Quark gas analyser (Cosmed, Rome, Italy)
  • Jaeger Oxycon Pro breath-by-breath ergospirometry system (VIASYS Healthcare GmbH, Hoechburg, Germany)
  • Vyntus CPX metabolic cart (Jaeger, Hoechburg, Germany)
  • Jump Mat (Probotics Inc. 8602 Esslinger CT, Huntsville, Alabama, USA)
  • Optojump (Microgate RX30, Italy)
  • Vicon motion capture system and Nexus software (Vicon Motion System, Oxford, UK)
  • Qualisys motion capture system and Qualisys track manager software (Qualisys, Göteborg, Sweden)
  • GoPro Hero 3+ silver (GoPro, Inc., California, USA)
  • Sony SLT-α65V camera (Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan)
  • DS7A Current Stimulator (Digitimer, Hertfordshire, UK)
  • PortaMon NIRS (Artinis Medical Systems, The Netherlands)
  • Delsys Wired EMG (Delsys, USA)
  • Delsys Trigno Wireless EMG (Delsys, USA)
  • Telemed ulstrasound (Telemed Medical Systems s.r.l, Milan, Italy)
  • Actigraph GT1M, Actigraph Corp., Pensacola, FL32502, USA.
  • GENEActiv, Kimbolton, UK.
  • CryoCuff
  • Foam roller
  • Yoga mat
  • Theragun massage gun
  • Vibration Plate
  • Biodex System 3 (Medical Systems 830-200, Shirley, N.Y. 11967 USA)
  • Takei 5001 Grip Dynamometer Analogue (Takai Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd., Niigata City, Japan)
  • ISO-Pull Testing Rig (Absolute performance Ltd., Cardiff, UK)
  • 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)
  • Sports speed radar
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