WERC Research
The research efforts aim to rectify the paucity of data from research on women's health issues, especially in regard to exercise intervention and common chronic diseases such as hypertension, obesity, and heart disease in women. To date, the American College of Sports Medicine, the Alliance of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and Dance, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have accepted several WERC reports for presentation at their annual meetings. Topics reported include the Effect of Exercise duration and intensity during pregnancy; Validation of submaximal arm-leg ergometry for the prediction of V02 max in women; Effect of adding a behavior modification nutrition program on weight loss in exercising women; Attitudes of OB/GYN across the U.S. regarding exercise during pregnancy; Effects of aerobic exercise on psychological symptoms of premenstrual syndrome; and Effects of an aquatic aerobic dance program for adults with arthritis.
Ongoing Research
- EFFECT OF GENDER AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE PHASE ON HORMONAL AND ENDOCRINE RESPONSE, COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, AND MOOD DURING MODERATE AND HEAVY EXERCISE. GH Kamimori, DA Brown, AK Lyden, R Otterstetter, M Santaromana, Q Davis, T Balkin
- BIOPYSICAL PROFILE OF THE FETUS BEFORE AND AFTER MAXIMUM MATERNAL EXERCISE. M Boddy, DA Brown, B Fernhall
- AN OUTREACH PROGRAM TARGETING BLACK WOMEN IN THE SHAW NEIGHBORHOOD OF WASHING, D.C.: HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGH PHYSICAL FITNESS AND NUTRITION EDUCATION. J Isenburg, DA Brown, P Sullivan
The American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (1995)
- CROSS-VALIDATION OF PREDICTION FORMULA FOR ETIMATION OF VO2 MAX IN WOMEN FROM SUBMAXIMAL WORK ON THE AIRDYNE COMBINED ARM-LEG ERGOMETER. DA Brown, B Fernhall, AK Lyden, DC Paup
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Meeting (1994)
- EFFECTS OF EXERCISE INTENSITY AND DURATION ON METERNAL CORED BODY TEMERATURE AND FETAL HEART RATE. M Boddy, DA Brown, JH Grossman, III, DC Paup, S Bathgate, B Fernhall
The American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting(1994)
- ATTITUDES OF OBSTETRICIAN ACROSS THE NATION REGARDING EXCERCISE BY PREGNANT WOMENH WITH DIABETES: A SURVEY. MC Hanavan, DA Brown, JH Grossman, III, B Fernhall, DC Paup
- EFFECT OF ADDING A BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION PROGRAM TO PROMOTE WEIGHT LOSS FOR EXERCISING WOMEN. PK Gurtis, DA Brown, P Sullivan, C Geisinger, DC Paup
- RESPONSE OF MATERNAL CORE TEMPERATURE AND FETAL HEART RATE TO TWO EXERCISE INTENSITIES AND DURATIONS. DA Brown, S Bathgate, M Boddy, DC Paup, JH Grossman,III, B Fernhall
The American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (1993)
- ESTIMATION OF VO2 MAX IN WOMEN FROM SUBMAXIMAL WORK ON THE SCHWINN AIRDYNE COMBINED ARM-LEG ERGOMETER. DA Brown, B Fernhall, DC Paup
- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BODY FATE, CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUMPTIONS OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME. J Weitzman, DA Brown, DC Pup, B Fernhall
- THE EFFECT OF AEROBIC EXERCISE ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF PREMENSTUAL SYNDROME. J Weitzman, DA Brown, DC Paup, B Fernhall
The American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting (1991)
- THE EFFECTS OF AN AQUATIC AEROBIC DANCE PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH ARTHRITIS. DA Brown, MC Bacon, DC Paup, S Lacks
Other Projects
- EFFECTS OF EXERCISE AND ESTROGEN THERAPY ON THE LIPID PROFILES OF POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. R Klebanoff, V Miller, B Fernhall
- EFFECT OF THE WERC WORKS1 PROGRAM ON HEALTH-RELATED PHYSICAL FITNESS IN PERIMENOPAUSAL WOMEN. M Hamrock, DA Brown
- EFFECTIVENESS OF SPORTS BRA BREAST SUPPORT DURING TREADMILL RUNNING. DA Brown, S Quicci, AK Lyden, T Dang