Cardiorespiratory and Physiology of Exercise Research Lab | Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management | University of Manitoba

Cardiorespiratory and Physiology of Exercise Research Lab | Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management | University of Manitoba

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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2

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Overview

Our goals
The Cardiorespiratory and Physiology of Exercise Research Lab aims to promote health, reduce disability, morbidity and mortality to improve an indivdual's well being and quality of life. The lab investigates interventions strategies to improve cardiovascular and respiratory health and create solutions to improve health.
Key areas of research
- Chronic disease
- Sex, aging and frailty impacts on respirtory health
- Intervention strategies for cardiovascular health
- Muscular responses to exercise
- Blood flow
- Oxygen uptake

Investigators

Rodrigo Villar
Primary investigator
Dr. Rodrigo Villar's research uses postural changes and exercise as a framework to explore the role of perfusion pressure, O2 availability and vascular conductance and resistance in the regulation of blood flow and O2 uptake and the implications for the muscular system, especially the muscle pump.
- Lean more about Dr. Villar

Projects

Effects of lower leg graduated compression socks on cardiorespiratory responses and performance to incremental exercise in young adults.
The impact of dynamic warm-up on anaerobic performance of ice hockey players.
The effects of body position on recovery after repeated acute high intensity exercise bouts.
Sex differences in the cardiorespiratory responses and performance: effects of lower graduated compression.
Effect of altered perfusion pressure on cardiovascular and respiratory dynamic responses during cycling exercise in humans.

Publications

2019

Greenwald, R., Havat MJ, Dons E, Giles L, Villar R, Jakovljevic DG, Good N. Estimating minute ventilation and air pollution inhaled dose using heart rate, breath frequency, age, sex and forced vital capacity: A pooled-data analysis. Plos One, 2019 Jul 9; 14(7):e0218673.

2018

Villar, R, Gillis, J, Santana, G, Almeida, ALRA. Association between anaerobic metabolic demand during simulated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu combat and specific Jiu-Jitsu anaerobic test. J Strength Cond Res. 2018 Feb;32(2):432-440.

2017

Villar, R. Hughson, RL. Vascular conductance and muscle blood flow during exercise are altered by inspired oxygen fraction and arterial perfusion pressure. Physiol Rep. 2017 Mar; 5:5 2017.

Beltrame T, Villar, R, Hughson, RL. Sex differences in the oxygen delivery, extraction and uptake during moderate walking exercise transition. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2017 Sept;42(9):994-1000

2016

Beltrame T, Amelard R, Villar R, Shafiee MJ, Wong A, Hughson RL. Estimating oxygen uptake and energy expenditure during treadmill walking by neural network analysis of easy-to-obtain inputs. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2016 Nov 1;121(5):1226-1233.

2015

Villar, R, Beltrame, T. Hughson, RL. Validation of the Hexoskin wearable body metrics vest during lying, sitting, standing and walking activities. Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab. 40: 1–6 (2015).