Darlene A. Sedlock

Associate Professor

Academic Appointments:

• Associate Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (1991-present)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (1985-1991)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1982-1985)

Professional Appointments:

• President, Exercise Physiology Academy, National Association for Sport and Physical Education, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (2002)
• Exercise Physiology Section Editor, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (1999-2005)
• Member, Regional Chapters Committee, American College of Sports Medicine (1997-2000)
• President, Midwest Regional Chapter, American College of Sports Medicine (1995)
• Member, Project Review Committee, American College of Sports Medicine (1992-1996)
• Member-at-Large, Board of Trustees, Midwest Regional Chapter, American College of Sports Medicine (1990-1993)
• Chair, Research Section, Indiana Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (1989-1990)

Research Interests:

Excess postexercise oxygen consumption, energy balance and weight control, components of daily energy expenditure, physiology of upper body exercise, exercise in spinal cord injured individuals.

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

• Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine
• Member, Midwest Regional Chapter, American College of Sports Medicine
• Member, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
• Fellow, AAHPERD Research Consortium
• Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America

Selected Publications:

• Eagan, M.S., and Sedlock, D.A. (2001). Kyphosis in active and sedentary postmenopausal women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33:688-695.
• Weaver, C.M., Teegarden, D., Lyle, R.M., McCabe, G.P., McCabe, L.D., Proulx, W., Kern, M., Sedlock, D., Andersen, D.D., Hillberry, B.M., Peacock, M., and Johnston, C.C. (2001). Impact of exercise on bone health and contraindication of oral contraceptive use in young women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33:873-880.
• Schneider, D.A., Sedlock, D.A., Gass, E., and Gass, G. (1999). VO2 peak and the gas-exchange anaerobic threshold during incremental arm-cranking in able-bodied and paraplegic men. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 80:292-297.
• Short, K.R., & Sedlock, D.A. (1997). Excess postexercise oxygen consumption and recovery rate in trained and untrained subjects. Journal of Applied Physiology, 83:153-159.
• Short, K.R., Wiest, J.M., and Sedlock, D.A. (1996). The effect of upper body exercise intensity and duration on postexercise energy expenditure. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 17:559-563.
• Teegarden, D., Proulx, W.R., Kern, M., Sedlock, D., Weaver, C.M., Johnston, C.C., and Lyle, R.M. (1996). Previous physical activity relates to bone mineral measures in young women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 28: 105-113.
• Rajaram, S., Weaver, C.M., Lyle, R.M., Sedlock, D.A., Martin, B., Templin, T.J., Beard, J.L., and Percival, S.S. (1995). Effects of long-term moderate exercise on iron status in young women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 27:1105-1110.
• Sedlock, D.A., and Duda, J.L. (1994). The effect of trait anxiety and fitness level on heart rate and state anxiety responses to a mental arithmatic stressor among college-age women. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 25:218-229.
• Sedlock, D.A. (1994). Fitness level and postexercise energy expenditure. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 34:336-342.
• Sedlock, D.A. (1993). Magnitude and duration of postexercise energy expenditure in women and men. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal, 2: 1-10.
• Sedlock, D.A. (1992). Postexercise energy expenditure following cycle ergometer and treadmill exercise. Journal of Applied Sport Science Research, 6:19-23.
• Lyle, R.M., Weaver, C.M., Sedlock, D.A., Rajaram, S., Martin, B., and Melby, C.L. (1992). Iron status in exercising women: the effect of oral iron therapy vs increased consumption of muscle foods. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 56:1049-1055.
• Sedlock, D.A. (1991). Effect of acute nutritional status on postexercise energy expenditure. Nutrition Research, 11:735-742.
• Sedlock, D.A. (1991). Postexercise energy expenditure following upper body exercise. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 62:213-216.
• Jensen, C.A., Weaver, C.M., and Sedlock, D.A. (1991). Iron supplementation and iron status in exercising young women. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 2:368-373.
• Sedlock, D.A. (1991). Effect of exercise intensity on postexercise energy expenditure in women. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 25:38-40.
• Sedlock, D.A., and Laventure, S.J. (1990). Body composition and resting energy expenditure in long-term spinal injury. Paraplegia, 28:448-454.
• Sedlock, D.A., Knowlton, R.G., and Fitzgerald, P.I. (1990). Circulatory and metabolic responses of women to arm crank and wheelchair ergometry. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 71:97-100.
• Fitzgerald, P.I., Sedlock, D.A., and Knowlton, R.G. (1990). Circulatory and thermal adjustments to prolonged exercise in paraplegic women. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 22:629-635.
• Sedlock, D.A., Fissinger, J.A., and Melby, C.L. (1989). Effect of exercise intensity and duration on post-exercise energy expenditure. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 21:662-666.
• Sedlock, D.A., Knowlton, R.G., and Fitzgerald, P.I. (1988). The effects of arm crank training on the physiological responses to submaximal wheelchair ergometry. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 57:55-59.

Selected Grants:

• 2001, Effects of swinging weighted implements on maximal baseball bat velocity. National Strength and Conditioning Research, Principal Investigator, $2,177.
• 2000, Carbohydrate loading and supplementation in women. Gatorade Sport Science Institute, Principal Investigator, $9.975.
• 1996, Age and postexercise energy expenditure. Principal Investigator. Purdue University Gerontology Center, $3,000.
• 1991, Exercise and bone mass in young women. Co-Principal Investigator. National Institutes of Health, $985,120.
• 1991, Long-term effects of oral iron therapy and increased consumption of muscle foods on iron status in exercising women. Co-Principal Investigator. National Live Stock and Meat Board, $64,173.
• 1991, Effect of oral iron therapy vs. increased consumption of muscle foods on iron status in exercising women. Co-Principal Investigator. National Live Stock and Meat Board, $57,444.

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