Human Performance Clinical Research Laboratory Become a Research Participant

Who can participate?

Driving is a part of our everyday life. Your participation will help advance research on promoting safe driving after neurodegenerative conditions such as mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease

Who can participate?

• 60- 85 years old adults who have memory concerns, cognitive impairments, dementia, or Alzheimer's Disease
• 60- 85 years old healthy adults
• Have a current driver’s license
• Have sufficient English language ability to understand the study procedures/ instructions.

What is involved? One to two sessions of the following:

• Cognitive screening
• Motor assessment
• Walking and Balance assessment
• Driving in state-of-the-art driving simulator
• Driving your car with a sensor for 12 months (optional)
• Blood Draw (optional)

Benefits of Participation

• Free assessment of driving and fall risk, and cognitive status
• Monetary compensation of up to $100.00

Study Overview

The Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University is conducting a study to determine the influence of short-term antibiotic therapy on exercise.

Brief Description

• Four study sessions (Up to 90 mins each)
• Treadmill exercise
• 5-days of antibiotic therapy

Participant Criteria

• Aged 18-40 years
• Regularly exercise
• Can run for 1-hour
• Use hormonal contraception (females only)

Participation will Involve

• Fitness testing
• Difficult exercise
• Blood sampling

Compensation

• $100

Study Overview

Researchers from the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University are recruiting participants for a study to learn if the unhealthy effects of inactivity between workouts can be limited with electrical stimulation.

Brief Description

• Aged 18-40
• Exercise at least 30-min per day, 3 days/week
• Able to jog for 1-hour

Participant Criteria

• Visit our lab at CSU 7 times
• Exercise on a treadmill
• Consume a milkshake
• Stimulate your muscles with electricity
• Have blood sampled
• Expected time commitment is 23.5 hours, spread over two months

Benefits and Compensation

• $340
• You will learn about your aerobic fitness (VO2 max), your body composition, and your resting metabolism

Study Overview

The Human Performance Clinical Research Lab in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University is conducting a new study to learn if vitamin C increases the body heat generated by the nervous system.

Brief Description

• Aged 18-40
• Your body mass index (BMI) is greater than or equal to 25 kg/m²

Participant Criteria

• Visit our lab at CSU 3 times
• Expected time commitment is 8 hours
• Participate in an exercise stress test (V0²max)
• Body composition measurement (DEXA)
• Resting metabolic rate measurement
• Brown fat activity measurement
• Stimulant (isoproterenol) response measurement
• Infuse vitamin C
• Blood samples

• Exercise
• Exposure to low strength X-rays
• Blood sampling and infusions

Benefits and Compensation

• Up to $150
• You will learn about your aerobic fitness (VO2 max), your body composition, and your resting metabolism rate

Study Overview

Researchers from Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University are recruiting participants for a study to determine the effect of Sportlegs on exercise performance.

Why should I join this study?

• You will learn your VO2max, your lactate threshold, and together we will learn if Sportlegs influences exercise performance.

Participant Criteria

• Age 18-30 years (inclusive)
• Typically complete 150 minutes per week of endurance exercise

What will I be asked to do?

• You’ll be asked to visit the lab on six different days to complete maximal exercise on a cycle ergometer after swallowing Sportlegs.

Compensation

• $180

Study Overview

The Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University is conducting a study to determine how regular cannabis use impacts responses to exercise.

Brief Description

• Three study sessions (90-120 mins each) - all sessions will be on-campus
• Running on a treadmill for up to an hour
• Having your blood drawn several times

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged 21-40 years
• Regularly exercise 5x/week
• Can run for 60 minutes
• Use cannabis at least 3x/week

Participation will Involve

• Fitness testing
• Treadmill running
• Blood sampling

Compensation

• $60

Study Overview

Majority of people with multiple sclerosis experience difficulty with balance and mobility, leading to an increased risk of falls. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about brain activity during walking adaptation in people with multiple sclerosis. Also, this clinical trial will test a form of nerve stimulation to see if it can improve walking performance.

Brief Description

• What areas of the brain are the most active during walking adaptation?
• Can nerve stimulation make walking adaptation more effective?

Participation Criteria

• Ages 18-86 years
• A diagnosis of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis OR a neurotypical adult (ages 18-86)
• Not experiencing an active relapse
• Able to stand and walk without an assistive device
• Able to walk for three tenths of a mile without stopping to rest

Participation will Involve

• Participants will walk on a treadmill where each leg will go a different speed which will create walking adaptation. At the same time, brain scans will occur.
• There will be two sessions of walking adaptation, one with nerve stimulation, and one without nerve stimulation.
• Researchers will compare people with multiple sclerosis to healthy young adults to see if there are differences in brain activity.

Compensation

• Up to $100

Study Overview

The purpose of this study is to measure brain activity changes in athletes with recent concussion while they complete cognitive, motor, and vision tasks. These findings will be used to help us better understand sports related concussion.

Brief Description

• This study includes 1-2 sessions that will last ~2 hours each at the Brainwaves Research Lab and SCORE Lab at Colorado State University

Participation Criteria

• Athletes in organized sports
• Ages 18-24 years
• A history of multiple (two or more) concussions in their lifetime*

Participation will Involve

• Wearing a cap, similar to a swim cap, with EEG sensors or fNIRS optodes will be placed on your head.
• While the cap is on your head, you will be asked to complete computer based tasks ( e.g. listening to tones, pressing buttons as quickly as possible) and other cognitive ( e.g. mental math ), motor e.g. walking) tasks or visual ( e.g. tracking a moving object) tasks.

Compensation

• Participants will be compensated with cash at a rate of $35/hour for a possible total compensation of $140-175.

Study Overview

This research study is looking at the effect of insufficient sleep on people. Sleeping too little and being awake at the wrong time can impact your ability to think, proteins and hormones in your blood, how your muscle and fat cells work, and many other things. This work will be important for people who do not get enough sleep, do shift work, and are at a high risk for developing diabetes and obesity.

Brief Description

• Two five-day laboratory stays separated by 1-2 months

Participation Criteria

• Healthy people
• Ages 18-35

Participation will Involve

• Blood draws
• Sleep loss/misalignment
• Computer testing
• Muscle Biopsies
• Fecal Collection

Compensation

• Up to $2,650

Study Overview

This research study is aimed to answer whether or not changing the timing of eating can help reduce the risk of health problems in people who work the night shift. This work will help us understand why people who work night shift are at a greater risk for developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Brief Description

• Two, four-week meal-timing conditions separated by one month
• Two, two-day, in-laboratory stays separated by one month

Participation Criteria

• Current night shift workers
• Ages 30-55

Participation will Involve

• Eating a prescribed diet with all meals provided for two, four-week outpatient meal-timing conditions
• Blood draws
• Blood pressure assessments
• Muscle biopsies

Compensation

• Up to $2,400

Study Overview

This research study is aimed to answer whether or not changing the timing of eating can help reduce the risk of health problems in people who work the night shift. This work will help us understand why people who work night shift are at a greater risk for developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Brief Description

• Two, four-week meal-timing conditions separated by one month
• Two, two-day, in-laboratory stays separated by one month

Participation Criteria

• Current night shift workers
• Ages 30-55

Participation will Involve

• Eating a prescribed diet with all meals provided for two, four-week outpatient meal-timing conditions
• Blood draws
• Blood pressure assessments
• Muscle biopsies

Compensation

• Up to $2,400

Study Overview

This research study is looking at the effect of insufficient sleep on people. Sleeping too little and being awake at the wrong time can impact your ability to think, proteins and hormones in your blood, how your muscle and fat cells work, and many other things. This work will be important for people who do not get enough sleep, do shift work, and are at a high risk for developing diabetes and obesity.

Brief Description

• Two five-day laboratory stays separated by 1-2 months

Participation Criteria

• Healthy people
• Ages 18-35

Participation will Involve

• Blood draws
• Sleep loss/misalignment
• Computer testing
• Muscle Biopsies
• Fecal Collection

Compensation

• Up to $2,650