Resistance Training and Physiological Testing Protocols in the Animal Model

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Sukho Lee

Texas A&M University-San Antonio (A&M-SA), Department of Counseling, Health, and Kinesiology

Dr. Sukho Lee, Professor in the Department of Counseling, Health, and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University-San Antonio (A&M-SA), earned a PhD in Exercise Physiology from The University of Texas at Austin in 2002. He also earned a BS and MS at Seoul National University. Before joining A&M-SA in August 2013, Dr. Lee was an associate professor at Texas A&M International University for 10 years and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Dr. Lee teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in exercise science. His research interests include supplementation on exercise performance, prevention and/or treatments for diabetes and obesity using exercise and dietary interventions, and mechanisms of skeletal muscle plasticity by different interventions such as resistance training, hind limb suspension, casting model, and oriental medicine. Dr. Lee is a founding board member of Korea United States Applied Physiological Society (KUSAPS) and Asian Society of Kinesiology (ASK). He serves as an editorial board member for several peer-reviewed journals, including International Journal of Exercise Science, Journal of Exercise Nutrition & Biochemistry, International Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, Exercise Science, Asian Journal of Kinesiology, and Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.

Collection Overview

Several animal models representing human resistance exercise and testing for contractile property and exercise performance have been developed to investigate the effect of resistance exercise on skeletal muscle mass and function. Experimental protocols in animal models of resistance exercise and testing are critical to understand the mechanisms behind beneficial effects of resistance exercise and to develop exercise strategies to treat various neuromuscular diseases and other conditions, including sarcopenia and injury-/inactivity-induced muscle atrophy in an increasingly sedentary and elderly population.

This Methods Collection will focus on methodologies specific to resistance exercise-related interventions and physiological functional tests such as strength and power tests, endurance tests, and in situ contractile property measurement in the animal model. The goal of this collection is to introduce and standardize methods of resistance training and physiological testing protocols as a means to improve the reproducibility of research and to promote accessibility of these methods to a scientific community.