FACILITIES
- 3 Exercise laboratories
- Biomechanics laboratory
- Biokinetics laboratory
- Chronobiology and sleep laboratory
- Metabolic chamber (for whole body energy expenditure measurements)
- Environmental chamber for environmental extremes
- Biochemistry laboratory
- Tissue culture laboratory
- HPLC laboratory
- Myology laboratory
- Clinical trials laboratory
- Microvascular reactivity laboratory (mechanisms for hypertension)
- Dual X-ray absorptiometry scanning (for bone & body composition measurements)
- Resting metabolic rate laboratory
- Muscle-tendon stiffness unit
These laboratories are located at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa, which provides a good environment for ESSM to collaborate with the Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic, Biokinetics, Physiotherapy, Psychology and Dietetics Practices as well as the High Performance Centre. In addition ESSM has access to a controlled pressure (barometric) chamber at the nearby Kingsbury Hospital.