Human Physiology Lab at the Division of Clinical Physiology
The Human Physiology Laboratory, which is run by the Division of Clinical Physiology within the Department of Laboratory Medicine in Huddinge, offers extensive research opportunities. The facility has state-of-the-art equipment and methods for invasive and non-invasive assessment of human physiological functions. The laboratory specializes in experimental studies and measurements and has particular expertise in skeletal muscle and cardiovascular physiology.
Methods/equipment
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)
- Cycle ergometers
- Arm crank ergometers
- Echocardiography
- Strength & Performance Measurement
- Biodex System
- Handgrip dynamometry
- Force/Power assessment tools
- Imaging Technologies
- Ultrasound and vascular ultrasound
- MRI access
- Neurophysiology
- Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies
- Heart rate variability
- Sympathetic skin response
- Needle and surface electromyography (EMG)
- Motor unit number estimation
- Neurophysiologic testing is done In collaboration with the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology.
- Muscle biopsy collection
- -80°C freezers and refrigeration units
- Fat biopsy
- Skin biopsy
- Hemodynamic Assessment
- Cardiovascular catheterization
- Blood volume measurement
- Arterial stiffness
- Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) chamber
- Measurement & Monitoring
- Blood sampling
- Anthropometric assessment tools
- Physical activity monitoring (accelerometers)
- Exercise Training Infrastructure
- Endurance and resistance training equipment
Example of research projects from the Human Physiology Lab
Swedish Physical Activity and Fitness Cohort Study with
participants born in 1958.
Functional limitations and exercise intolerance in post-covid patients.
Hormone therapy in transgender individuals.
Sprint-interval training and right heart catheterization.
All publications from the Division of Clinical Physiology.
Contact us
Address: Huddinge University Hospital C1:82, 141 86 Huddinge