Exercise Phys. and Biomechanics

BSL exercise physiology

Integrated Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics Engineering Teaching System

With the Biopac Student Lab Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics System it’s simple to combine a wide range of respiratory, cardiovascular, muscular, and/or pulmonary function signals with biomechanical data. Students can perform intuitive guided physiology lessons or create their own experimental designs for advanced research. The system also easily interfaces with force plates, motion analysis equipment, and other third-party instrumentation.

Features

  • 27 lessons targeted for Exercise Phys. and Biomechanics
  • Add four lessons with the Exercise Phys. transducer accessory pack BSLEXP-TA
  • ECG, EEG, EMG, EOG and EGG
  • Respiration
  • Temperature
  • Airflow and Lung Volume
  • Gas Analysis (CO2 and O2) Metabolic Cart
  • Cardiac Output (via bioimpedance)
  • Respiratory Exchange Ratio
  • Basal or Resting Metabolic Rate
  • Motor Unit Recruitment
  • 12-Lead ECG
  • Heart Sounds
  • Blood Pressure
  • Stroke Volume
  • Gait Analysis (including Heel-Toe Strike)
  • Range of Motion
  • Acceleration, Velocity, Distance

With over five million successful lab hours in classrooms around the world, the Biopac Student Lab (BSL) offers the most meaningful, flexible lab experience for both students and instructors. BIOPAC systems provide a complete solution with hardware, software, and curriculum for higher education life science applications. Suitable for inquiry-based, active learning in 2-yr. and 4-yr. programs, medical schools, and nursing programs. Powerful setup and analysis tools make the BSL ideal for graduate studies and personal research.

The Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics System includes:

BSL 4 Software (Lessons and PRO)
BSL Laboratory Manual MANBSL4
Searchable PDF Manuals and Tutorials (BSL PRO, Instructor’s Guide, Answer Key, etc.
MP36 Data Acquisition Unit, USB Cable, DC Adapter (110V/60Hz or 220V/50Hz) & Cord (US or Euro)
2 x Electrode Lead Sets – SS2LB
Disposable Electrodes (100/pk) – EL503
Abrasive Pads (10/pk) – ELPAD
Hand Dynamometer – SS25LB
BP Cuff Transducer – SS19LB
Electronic Stethoscope Transducer – SS30LA
Airflow Transducer – SS11LB
Calibration Syringe – AFT6A
Disposable Bacterial Filters (10/pk) – AFT1
Disposable Mouthpieces (10/pk) – AFT2
Disposable Noseclips (10/pk) – AFT3
Hand Switch – SS10L
Headphones – OUT1
Pulse Transducer – SS4LA
Respiratory Effort Transducer – SS5LB
Temperature Transducer – SS6L
Tape, single-sided – TAPE1

Perform 27 or more lessons with this core package!

Muscular

BSL1 Standard & Integrated EMG
BSL2 Motor Unit Recruitment & Fatigue
H07 EMG Contractions – Active Learning
H27 Facial EMG
H34 EGG Electrogastrogram
H36 Muscular Biofeedback

Cardiovascular

BSL5 Components of the ECG (Lead II)
BSL6 Leads I, II, III & Einthoven’s Law
BSL7 ECG & Pulse
BSL16 Blood Pressure & Korotkoff Sounds
BSL17 Heart Sounds & Cardiac Events
H05 WAnT Wingate Test
H08 Dive Reflex – Active Learning
H23 Signal Averaged ECG
H32 Heart Rate Variability

Pulmonary Function

BSL8 Respiratory Cycle
BSL12 Pulmonary Function: Vol. & Capacities
BSL13 Pulmonary Flow Rates: FEV and MVV
BSL15 Aerobic Exercise Physiology

Neurophysiology

BSL3 EEG Relaxation & Brain Rhythms
BSL4 Alpha Rhythms in the Occipital Lobe
BSL11 Reaction Time
H10 EEG & Hemispheric Asymmetry
H16 Reflexes & Reaction Time – Active Learning

Biomedical Engineering

H02 Compartmental Modeling
H20 BME Filtering
H33 FFT Fast Fourier Transform

Increase your exercise physiology lab options with GASSYS3 Gas Analysis System and accessories to record and analyze expired O2 and CO2 levels.

See the Exercise Physiology TA Pack for additional information on system add-ons—this specially designed package includes some of the most popular exercise physiology system additions including the Multi-Lead ECG Cable, Cardiac Output Sensor, package of Disposable Bioimpedance Strip Electrodes, and Gas Analysis System.

BIOPAC also offers transducers for gait analysis, range of motion/goniometry, acceleration, and bioimpedance/cardiac output, for advanced exercise physiology and biomechanics applications.

The Biopac Student Lab system is an integrated solution that allows students to record data from their own bodies, animals, or tissue preparations. Easy to use yet powerful enough for advanced research applications, the Biopac Student Lab revolutionizes how students learn by eliminating complex setup tasks and letting them focus on learning the subject.

Free Student Download – Students can use this free BSL software to prepare for class by reading lessons or watching videos, and can also analyze, share, and submit data.

BSL Teaching Systems provide state-of-the-art technology, intuitive software, and industry standard hardware come together to provide world-class teaching solutions for the life sciences. Each system comes complete with:

Biopac Student Lab software—Powerful and flexible, yet easy to use, BSL 4 software allows students to get started right away. To run a lesson, simply select it from a menu. With easy software and hardware setup, students can focus on scientific principles, not procedure. BSL is provided in English with translations for Windows available in Chinese (Traditional), French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.

The Biopac Student Lab system, BSL 4 greatly improves the lab experience with a dynamic user interface and enhanced capabilities.

Students can now take advantage of multi-media lessons with:

  • Full color onscreen guides
  • Embedded procedure videos
  • Data samples to ensure good data collection

BSL 4 also includes new advanced analysis options including:

  • Heart Rate Variability
  • Histogram
  • Cycle detector (Find Peak) updates
  • Enhanced event marker and preset options

Curriculum—Guided lessons feature on-screen instructions, video demonstrations, and sample data to ensure students record high-quality data. Teacher’s Guide includes sample questions and answers, normative values, and support tools.

Hardware—The heart of every Biopac Student Lab system is the data acquisition unit, which converts incoming signals into digital signals that can be processed by a computer.

The BSL System includes data acquisition hardware with built-in universal amplifiers to record and condition electrical signals from the heart, muscle, nerve, brain, eye, respiratory system, and tissue preparations. The data acquisition system receives the signals from electrodes and transducers. Biopac Student Lab software then displays the numbers as waveforms on the monitor. The data acquisition system connects to a PC running Windows® or Mac® OS X operating systems, via USB.

MP36/35 units have four input channels and the MP45 unit has two input channels. Electrodes, transducers, and/or input/output devices connect to the MP data acquisition unit so students can record data from their own heart signals (ECG), brain waves (EEG), muscle activity (EMG), eye movement (EOG), and more—or from animal or tissue preps.

Thousands of undergraduate labs worldwide use the Biopac Student Lab to teach physiology, pharmacology, biology, neuroscience, psychology, exercise physiology, and biomechanical engineering. Click here for the BSL User List.

Publishers have adopted the curriculum materials and included them in commercially available published lab manuals.