Perspectives Winter/Spring 2018

Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences 31 Workshops Engage Visiting Brazilians THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE’S Exercise and Sport Science Program hosted a weeklong study-abroad camp for students, practitioners, and profes- sors from Brazil’s Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP). The Sport Science for High Performance Camp took place July 17–21 at NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus. Participants engaged in hands-on workshops with NSU faculty members from the Department of Human Performance, as well as with other sports scientists and practitioners in South Florida. The camp was co-organized by Peterson De Campos, Ph.D., UNAERP professor; Monique Mokha, Ph.D., ATC, LAT, CSCS, NSU professor; and Tobin Silver Ph.D., CSCS, NSU associate professor. Instructional activities included 3-D motion capture to analyze elite runners, sports nutrition and combat sports, body com- position assessment using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and using a metabolic cart to measure oxygen consumption. The participants also learned how to conduct sports performance field tests. NSU’s Exercise and Sport Science Lab was showcased as Mokha and Silver held interactive sessions using the motion capture, body composition, and oxygen capacity testing systems, in addition to lower-tech devices for field testing. Kelley Henderson, Ed.D., ATC, LAT, assistant professor, conducted a hands-on workshop on hydrotherapy in the Athletic Training Clinic using the state-of-the-art Hydroworx. Pete Bommarito, M.S., CSCS, who is an NSU adjunct instructor and owner of Bommarito Performance Systems, gave an interactive workshop at his facility on high-intensity interval training, while Corey Peacock, Ph.D., CSCS, CISSN, NSU associate professor, conducted an on-site workshop at Combat Sports on “Sports Nutrition and Training for Combat Athletes.” Wayne Diesel, Ph.D., Miami Dolphins director of performance, provided a backstage tour of the training facility, which encompassed strength and conditioning, sports nutrition, body composition, and athletic therapy venues, as well as media and team meeting rooms. “For me, everything was perfect, from the choice of themes presented in classes to the physical structure, accommoda- tions, reception, and performance of the teachers,” said Ribamar Cruz, M.D., a sports physician from Nutrology, a nutritional supplement company in West Berlin, New Jersey, who attended the camp. Participants also toured Midway Labs—a sport supplements company in Boca Raton, Florida —as well as NSU’s athletic training and sports medicine clinics, the Alvin Sherman Library, and the NSU Oceanographic Campus. “This trip was unforgettable. We were very well received, and I learned a lot from this unique experience,” said Hugo Barissa, a UNAERP physical education student. “I would come back every year!” ●