AUT leads world body composition archive
A new clinic at AUT Millennium Campus will lead a unique global network of anthropometrists providing data enabling elite athletes to know more about their body composition than ever before.
The J.E. Lindsay Carter Kinanthropometry Clinic (JELC) and Archive was officially opened at the SPRINZ laboratory Friday 30 March by Professor Lindsay Carter from San Diego University.
Kinanthropometry - the study of body composition- includes the measurements of fat tissue, lean muscle mass, and body dimensions such as bone length.
More accurate analysis for elite athletes
The clinic will enable elite athletes and sport scientists to more accurately determine what they must do to improve and perform at their peak.
Director of the SPRINZ, Associate Professor Andrew Kilding, who leads the endurance performance research team said: “In endurance sports, regular body composition profiling of athletes using anthropometric techniques provides sport scientists with an insight of how body dimensions change with specific types of training and nutritional strategies.
“Importantly, it also helps identify what impact alterations in body composition have on exercise efficiency, as this is a significant determinant of performance success in many endurance sports.”
AUT leads the new global archive which encompasses eight countries
AUT’s JELC Director, Professor Patria Hume, Deputy Director Kelly Sheerin and Professor Timothy Olds from the University of South Australia will lead a team of researchers from New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, USA, Canada, Argentina, South Africa and Belgium.
The collaboration will improve the understanding of how body composition can improve sport performance and reduce injury risk as well as learning more about the relationships between health and diseases.
President of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK) Dr Hans de Ridder congratulated and thanked Professor Patria Hume and her team at the JELC and Archive for their tremendous efforts in becoming ISAK's official archivists.
“They are doing a fantastic job in preserving the past for the future. It is especially a proud moment, as Lindsay Carter, one of our past presidents and a legend in his own time, will be opening the facility in person.”
Professor Carter provided an additional donation for the JELC Clinic and Archive at the opening.
AUT a world leader in kinanthropometry
AUT Vice-Chancellor, Derek McCormack, says the ongoing contributions from Professor Carter have consolidated AUT Millennium Campus as a world leader in provision of kinanthropometry research, education and services.
Elite and non-elite athletes will benefit from the clinic as it will also be open to the public.