The Exercise Clinical Trials Facility is a 6000 square feet core facility that is well-equipped to provide a clean, safe, and user friendly exercise training and testing environment for supervised exercise clinical trials. It contains 5 core facilities: Cardiorespiratory Function Laboratory; Neuromuscular Function Laboratory; Exercise Intervention Facility; DXA Body Composition Laboratory; and Biospecimen Collection and Processing Facility for a wide array of human physiological and performance tests.

Clinical Research Services

Our services are currently available for UAB-affiliated research only. To access any of our facility services for your research, please fill out the request for services form here or contact Chastity Bargerhuff at clbargerhuff@uabmc.edu for more information.

Facility Features

Exercise Intervention Facility

• 24 resistance exercise stations

• Olympic barbells, dumbbells, and over 2000 pounds of free weight 

• 10 stationary cycle ergometers 

• 9 treadmills 

• 4 rowers

Cardiorespiratory Function Laboratory

• 12-lead ECG graded exercise stress testing 

• Aerobic power, i.e. maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) 

• Anaerobic power 

• Steady state cardiorespiratory and metabolic demand during submaximal exercise (e.g., walking, running, cycling, stair climbing) 

Neuromuscular Function Laboratory

• Joint kinematics (electrogoniometry) and kinetics

• Maximum voluntary strength (isometric and dynamic) testing

• Electrically evoked maximum force measurement

• Neuromuscular power assessment Muscle fatigue testing

• Muscle activation via surface electromyography (EMG)

• Computerized balance assessment

• Computerized gait analysis 

Physical location
Orthopedic Specialties Building, 133
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1313 13th Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205

205-934-6221
exercise@uab.edu