Centre of Human & Aerospace Physiological Sciences (CHAPS)

Overview
CHAPS was founded in 2010 and currently comprises:
Seven academic staff
Nine PhD students
Three post-graduate/post-doctoral researchers.
2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF):
Overall, ranked 6th for both our Grade Point Average and Quality Index ranking of the 51 submissions in this UoA (Unit of Assessment 26 - Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism).
Recent publications include:
Power output during FES cycling in trained spinal cord injured people
Sera from young and older humans equally sustain proliferation and differentiation of human myoblasts
The effect of repeated visual motion stimuli on visual dependence and postural control in normal subjects
CCL2 is a key mediator of microglia activation in neuropathic pain states
Respiratory modulation in response to high-frequency airway occlusion delivered during inspiration or expiration.
Current Projects Include:
The relationship between visual performance and visual dependence: the effect of healthy ageing
Characterization of the Wnt signalling pathway relation to ageing in primary human skeletal myoblasts
The effects of whole body vibration on motor unit excitation and inhibition.
The effects of hypoxia and high +G on cerebral perfusion
Neuroimaging of Mechanical and Neuropathic Low Back Pain.
Partner organisations include:
RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, Crew Medical Support Office (European Space Agency), Qinetiq.