Sports Medicine

Lab Director: Mark Hoffman | Phone: (541) 737-6787

Faculty Affiliates: Rod Harter | Jeff McCubbin | J.K. Yun

The Sports Medicine/Disabilities Research Laboratory is located on the ground floor of the Women's Building in the center of the Oregon State University campus, and is directed by Mark Hoffman, PhD, ATC,FACSM, Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science. Several other research laboratories are located on the same floor in Women's Building and are frequently utilized in collaborative research studies.

Construction of the 2500-square foot Sports Medicine/Disabilities Research Laboratory was completed in 1995; the laboratory includes a large open area for data collection, ample office space for faculty and graduate students, a video analysis work station, and a dressing room for subjects.

Major laboratory research equipment includes:

• Biodex System 3 Isokinetic Dynamometer
• Neurocom Smart Balance Master
• Biodex Stability System
• Compu KT Knee Arthrometer
• Multiple Biopack data collection systems
• In-ground Kistler force plate for locomotion and gait analysis
• Noraxon 8-channel telemetered electromyography system