Research Study Participation

College of Health Professions and Sciences

The Relationship between physical health behaviors and mental health in female Hispanic college students

Health Sciences Deadline: Dec 11, 2023 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • enrolled at the University of Central Florida
  • identify as Hispanic
  • identify as female

Diet Quality and Student Academic Performance

Health Sciences Deadline: Apr 30, 2024 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • of the age of 18 or older
  • currently enrolled full-time at the University of Central Florida
  • in junior or senior standing

Low Back Pain and Disability in Youth and Adult Golfers

Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Dec 31, 2024 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • 10 years of age or older
  • Play golf multiple times per year

Tracking Muscle Quality Following ACLR

Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: Jan 1, 2025 Paid

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Ages 15-35
  • Individuals who have undergone ACL reconstruction surgery in the past two weeks.
  • Willingness to participate in physical therapy (including coverage of financial costs) and scheduled laboratory visits after reconstruction surgery.
  • Reliable transportation

Improving Mental Health in Young Adults

Health Sciences Deadline: Feb 10, 2024 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

Relationship Between Dance Experience, Athletic History, and Injury

Athletic Training, Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science Deadline: May 31, 2027 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • At least 18 years of age or older
  • At least one year of dance experience

Agreement Among Resting Metabolic Rate Assessments within Resistance Trained Females

Kinesiology Deadline: May 3, 2025 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Are a healthy female between the ages of 18-40 years old.
  • Are healthy as determined by the PAR-Q+. Medical History Questionnaire, and the Menstrual Status Questionnaire.
  • Are currently resistance training for a minimum of 6 months as defined by 3 resistance training sessions per week with at least one lower body session.
  • Are premenopausal, with an identifiable onset of menses (early follicular phase).
  • Are currently not pregnant and do not intend to become pregnant.
  • Are willing to adhere to all pre-testing visit instructions including fasting for at least 8 hours and abstaining from exercise, alcohol, and caffeine for at least 24 hours prior to each testing visit.

Response to Moderate and High Isoinertial Loading Paradigms

Kinesiology Deadline: Mar 1, 2024 None

Inclusion Qualifications:

  • Healthy resistance trained males (18-40 years old)
  • Have a smart phone or computer with internet access to use with an application the study will provide.
  • Healthy, and ready for physical activity as determined by the PAR-Q+, and MHQ.
  • Participants will be required to be recreationally active
  • Active resistance training for a minimum of 6 months as defined by 3 resistance training sessions per week with at least one lower body session.
  • Willing to follow specific dietary requirements.
  • Consuming <300 mg·day−1 (Equivalent to 3 cups of coffee per day or 2 16oz cans of Redbull) and willing to keep their caffeine consumption consistent throughout the duration of the study.
  • Informed of the study procedures and provided written informed consent to participate in the study.
  • Free from previous or current lower body injuries that are viewed by the investigators to potentially limit ability of the participant to perform the assessments.
  • Willing to abstain from lower body resistance training for the 14 days preceding ET1 and ET2

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

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.

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