Department-Institute-Centre: | |
Name: | UPM. Department of health and human performance, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (INEF). |
Department-Institute-Centre: | |
Name: | UPM. Department of health and human performance, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (INEF). |
Research Area: | Information Science and Engineering (ENG)
Environmental Sciences and Geology (ENV) o Life Sciences (LIF) Physics (PHY) |
Brief description of the Centre – Research Group: |
The Effort Physiology Laboratory (LFE) research group, is a research group in exercise physiology, focused on two lines of work, high performance and health, especially oriented to chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes or hypertension. Recently it included a line of work in iron metabolism in female athletes.
Investigation lines: Energy cost in resistance training. Injuries in sports training in obesity. |
Project description: |
Energy cost of Physical activities and Sport activities. Validation of energy balance system, including nutrition and physical energy cost. Efficiency in physical activity and sport for applied in chronic diseases. |