DSER Consultancy Services![]() DescriptionThe Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation at University of Northumbria at Newcastle offers external sports performance services aimed at athletes and practitioners from high performance sport organisations and athletes and practitioners acting in an individual capacity.
Altitude acclimation/training/testing Testing during acute exposure, or acclimation to, environmental stressors including altitude, heat and humidity. Dietary analysis with recommendations Introductory telephone call/meeting to discuss current diet, lifestyle and personal goals. Completion of 7 day food diary by client, followed by a formal nutrition report containing dietary analysis, nutrient breakdown and bespoke nutritional advice based on diet analysis. Gait / motion analysis Specific information on joint angles and forces Heat acclimation/training/testing Testing during acute exposure, or acclimation to, environmental stressors including altitude, heat and humidity. ISAK Body assessment ISAK body composition assessments are standardized methods, developed by the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry (ISAK), for measuring and analyzing the human body's proportions and composition. These assessments help determine lean body mass, fat mass, and other relevant metrics. Isokinetic testing Gold standard measures of force production capabilities. Jumps testing force plate Measures of strength and power based qualities. Information on rate of force development etc. only available with force plate testing. Jumps testing optojump Measures of strength and power based qualities. Lactate threshold and VO2max Submaximal/maximal heart rate response; Lactate threshold; Substrate utilisation; Maximal oxygen consumption; Training zones. Nutrition / S&C / data analytics education workshop Education session delivered by knowledgeable and experienced practitioners of topic of choice. Psychological functional analysis for sport performance plus recommendations A more advanced service which provides individuals with a self-awareness/understanding of their psychological approach to their sporting performance and an idea of psychological interventions that could be implemented to support sport performance. RMR Analysis of energy requirements at rest, with the results applied to help implement dietary intervention. Use of alter G treadmill Use of anti gravity treamill for rehabilitation purposes
Altitude acclimation/training/testingLactate threshold and VO2maxJumps testing optojumpJumps testing force plateIsokinetic testingISAK Body assessmentHeat acclimation/training/testingGait / motion analysisDietary analysis with recommendationsNutrition / S&C / data analytics education workshopPsychological functional analysis for sport performance plus recommendationsRMRUse of alter G treadmill |