Research Study Participation

College of Health Professions and Sciences

Comparing the Effects of Upper and Lower Body Resistance Training on Pain Sensitivity

Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Dec 20, 2023 Paid

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Be 18-60 years old
  • Pain free
  • Be able to appropriately perform the intervention (assessed during screening)
  • Be English Speaking
  • Be able to attend all three sessions
  • Be physically ready to exercise without a medical exam as indicated by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire Plus (PAR-Q+)

Improving Mental Health in Young Adults

Health Sciences Deadline: Oct 1, 2023 Paid

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Young adults between 18 to 25 years of age
  • Enrolled at the University of Central Florida
  • Mild to moderate depressive symptoms
  • Sedentary or insufficiently active for a minimum of 6 months
  • Are not currently pregnant or nursing
  • Are not receiving cognitive behavioral therapy or antidepressant medication

Movement-Evoked Pain and Tissue Irritability in Individuals with Shoulder Pain

Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Jul 1, 2024 Paid

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • 18-75 years old
  • Experiencing shoulder pain that is at least 3/10 pain intensity (0=no pain, 10=worst pain imaginable) within the past 24 hours

BFRSense: Sensory Effect of Blood Flow Restricted Resistance Exercise

Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Dec 1, 2023 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Ages 18-45
  • Resistance-trained males and females that complete lower body resistance training about twice per week for at least the past six months.
  • Are willing to come in for all testing visits
  • No known cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, muscular, and/or coronary heart disease as determined by the Medical Health and Activity Questionnaire
  • Do not regularly use prescription medication other than birth control, that would change the physiological response to exercise.
  • Are not seeking medical care for a condition that would alter the response to exercise
  • Not currently pregnant

CREW (Creatine and Resistance Exercise in Women)

Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Jan 7, 2024 Paid

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Are female between the ages of 18 to 35
  • Recreationally active, defined as meeting the ACSM standards for recreationally active individuals of participating in physical activity ≥ 150 minutes exercise/week.
  • Not following a resistance training program
  • Are Not currently taking creatine monohydrate or have not taken it in the last 6 weeks
  • No known cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, muscular, and/or coronary heart disease (i.e. heart failure, diabetes, COPD, etc.)
  • Do not regularly use prescription medication (not including contraceptives)
  • Are not currently seeking medical care.
  • Are not currently pregnant.

The Effects of Blood Flow Restriction on Aerobic and Muscular Function

Athletic Training, Health Sciences, Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Dec 16, 2023 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • 18-35 year old aerobically trained males or females (defined as an average of 150 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous aerobic activity per week for the past six months).
  • Willing to come for all four visits.

Integrating the Advanced Dementia Prognostic Tool into Routine Nursing Home Practice

Social Work, Center for Behavioral Health Research and Training Deadline: Nov 30, 2023 Paid

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • currently employed in a nursing home in one of the following roles: NH administrator, MDS coordinator, director of nursing, medical social worker, or medical director
  • speaks English
  • the nursing home has approximately > 50% of all their residents on Medicaid

Deadlifts for Chronic Low Back Pain

Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Dec 31, 2023 Paid

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Age between 18 and 45 years.
  • Have had nonspecific low back pain for more than 12 weeks.
  • Current level of back pain must be at least 4/10 on the 11-point numeric pain rating scale.

Cycle Ergometry and Physical Working Capacity at Pain Threshold

Kinesiology Deadline: Dec 8, 2023 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • male or female between the ages of 18 and 45 who is recreationally active
  • currently pain-free

Functional Performance Tests in Active Adults

Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Oct 1, 2023 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Age 18-35
  • Physically active according to ACSM guidelines (30 minutes of physical activity, 5 days per week)

  • Your Gender

  • Compensation

  • Location

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