The Sport and Health Assessment Centre (SHAC) provides fitness testing services for central and northern Alberta general research communities. SHAC researchers provide expertise in the areas of:
- Physiology
- Psychology
- Biomechanics
- Administration
What we do
SHAC can perform a variety of fitness and health assessments for:
- the general public and
- local, provincial, national or professional athletic teams, such as the Edmonton Oilers
- elite amateur athletes and teams
SHAC also provides assistance, such as metabolic testing, to other research units in other faculties at the University of Alberta, and other universities.
Graduate students in the Faculty are often involved in ongoing projects and may use subjects for research programs from the client population. The data gathered at the SHAC helps:
- establish fitness and health levels for activity, sports and occupations
- and the development of sport training and healthy activity programs
Programs