Team Kinesiology® Training is for individuals with quadriplegia, paraplegia, hemiplegia, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, or other mobility impairments which require special consideration.
Participants Lab Activities
Team Kinesiology® Training participants train using legs and torso cycling for 3-6 hours per week for 15 weeks during the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
Personal Trainers provide continuous exercise supervision and constant program modifications to meet the individual needs.
Participants in 1994 through the present, have reported benefits of participation including:
- Increased endurance
- Improved mental alertness and emotional health
- Improved mobility
- Decreased expense and dependence on prescription drugs
The program is open to patients who are referred from local and area physicians and therapists after their programs are declared complete. Participants experience interaction with knowledgeable and considerate future health professionals while gaining the benefits of physical training.
Students
The Tarleton State University Laboratory for Wellness and Motor Behavior is preparing students for careers in the locally-available and emerging field of health science, including Occupational and Physical Therapy, Physician’s Assistants, and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine programs.
Students interested in the Team Kinesiology® Training Program register for Capstone (KINE4305) or Internship (KINE4398 & KINE4399). Prerequisites for the program include BIOL 2402 Anatomy and Physiology, and KINE 3390 Kinesiology. Students may take KINE 3314 Therapeutic Exercise, which is the study of the use of exercise physiology in the treatment of the degenerative effects of a sedentary lifestyle. Tarleton State University faculty and graduate students may propose and conduct research studies in collaboration with the Tarleton Institutional Review Board, which approves and supervises Human Subjects Research.