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CEPA's 2026 Annual online Conference


Conference abstracts are published in a 2026 supplement of the Journal of Clinical Exercise Physiology

Early Investigators Award

CEPA is excited to award an Early Investigators Award. To qualify, authors must be current students or less than 5 years from their latest degree or final formal training. The committee evaluated all eligible submissions based on relevant content, research design, contribution to the field, and overall professionalism.
A MULTIMODAL EXERCISE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Cassandra Anderson, MS; Kiara Robins, MS
ECU Health Wellness Center, North Carolina, United States

PREVALENCE OF T-WAVE INVERSION IN FEMALE ATHLETES COMPARED TO MALES
Ludmila Cosio-Lima, PhD, ACSM-CEP, FACSM; Licheng Lee, MD; Armaghan Mahmoudian, PhD; Anika Lee; Marina Winans, MS, ACSM-EP; Youngil Lee, PhD
University of West Florida, Florida, United States

INTEGRATING EXPERTISE: THE ROLE OF CLINICAL EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGISTS IN TRAINING FUTURE CLINICIANS
Rebecca M. Kappus, PhD, ACSM-CEP; G. Jack Scroggs, MS; Rebecca A. Battista, PhD, FACSM
Appalachian State University, North Carolina, United States

IMPACT OF BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTION CUFF DESIGN ON UPPER BODY EXERCISE
Brent F. Fedorko, PhD; Sean R. Zupnik; Nicholas D. Rolnick, DPT; Victor S. de Queiros, PhD; Samantha S. Watson; Campbell R. Ruffhead; Lucas R. Kuriawa, BS; Tim J. Werner, PhD, FCEPA
Salisbury University, Maryland, United States

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS: IDENTIFYING THE OPTIMAL DOSE
Jingxin Yao, MS; Haeley Peters, BS; Otávio Amaral de Andrade Leão, PhD; Emerson Sebastião, PhD; Minakshi Raj, PhD
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States

THE INFLUENCE OF MENSTRUAL CYCLE PHASES ON MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION AND RATING OF PERCEIVED EXERTION IN EUMENORRHEIC WOMEN
Erin E. Stephens; Jeremias J. Lopez-Bocanegra; Madison L. Kackley, PhD; Aydan Jordan, MS, MBA; Balea J. Schumacher, PhD
University of North Georgia-Gainesville, Georgia, United States

AEROBIC AND MUSCULAR RESPONSE IN SARCOPENIC YOUNG CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PATIENTS
Caleb A. F. Parsons, MS; Sandra K. Knecht, MS; Wayne A. Mays, MS; Brittiny P. Lovett, MS; Courtney M. Booth, MS; Madalyn R. Franklin, MS; Andres A. Ortega, MS; Alexander R. Opotowsky, MD; Adam W. Powell, MD; Clifford Chin, MD; David M. Leone, MD
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, United States

PREDICTORS OF CHANGE IN PEAK VO2 FOLLOWING CARDIAC REHABILITATION
Clinton A. Brawner, PhD, ACSM-CEP, FACSM; Crystal Grimshaw, MS; Jonathan K, Ehrman, PhD, ACSM-CEP; Dennis J. Kerrigan, PhD, ACSM-CEP, FACSM; Steven J. Keteyian, PhD
Henry Ford Health, Michigan, United States

PRE-FRAILTY PREDICTS LOWER HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS
Kellie N. Hoehing, MS; Alexander Chui, BS; Rochelle Goldsmith, EdD; Carol Ewing Garber, PhD, FCEPA; Afsana Rahman, MD
Teachers College Columbia University, New York, United States

CASE SERIES: FALL FREQUENCY & RISK FACTORS IN INTERVENTIONAL CATHERIZATION PATIENTS
Camilla N. Nelson, MEd, ACSM-CEP
Wayne State University, Detroit, United States

METs REPORT CARDS IN PHASE II CARDIAC REHAB: IMPROVING PATIENT ASSESSMENT AND OUTCOMES
Caitlyn Muhlig, MS, ACSM-CEP; Betsy Hart, MS, ACSM-CEP
MacNeal Hospital, Illinois, United States

CARDIOPULMONARY FITNESS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FUNCTION IN FONTAN YOUTH
Haley B. Forbes, MS, ACSM-CEP; Christie L. Ward-Ritacco, PhD, ACSM-EP2; Nicole E. Logan, PhD
Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Rhode Island, United States

QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG TODDLERS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS
Ria Patel; Suzie Lee, MD; Brian W. Timmons, PhD; Tapas Mondal, MD; Rejane Dillenburg, MD; Natasha L. Cinanni, BSc; Natascja A. Di Cristofaro, HBSc; Patricia E. Longmuir, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ontario, Canada

PROFILES IN MOTION: TAILORING EXERCISE FOR THE MANY FACES OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Thái Bình Tràn, BSc (Hon); Jeanette M Thom, PhD; Kelly Lambert, PhD; Shaundeep Sen, PhD; Ria Arnold, PhD
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

THE EFFECTS OF AEROBIC FITNESS ON BILATERAL TRANSFER IN OLDER ADULTS
Austin C. Nielsen; Sean M. Cochran, PhD
Roanoke College, Virginia, United States

IMPLEMENTING STANDARDIZED OUTCOME MEASURES IN SA ADAPTIVE & MEDICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS
Abbey W. Colley, MS, ACSM-EP; Alexander R. Lavallis, BS, ACSM-EP
Sheltering Arms Corporation, Virginia, United States

EFFECTS OF RESVERATROL ON ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN RESISTANCE TRAINED MALES
Sarah Fretti, PhD, ACSM-CEP; Estefania Zamarripa, BS; Trevor Dufner, PhD; Jessica Moon, PhD; Cole Henderson; Alexa Iacono, BS; Adam Wells, PhD
University of Central Florida, Florida, United States

THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SYMPTOMS IN CML PATIENTS
Taylor Rowley, PhD; Ehab Atallah, MD; Kathryn Flynn, PhD; Kelly Clohesey, MOT; Jessica Liu, BS; Whitney Morelli, PhD
Roanoke College, Virginia, United States

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ARTERIAL STIFFNESS AND INSULIN RESISTANCE IN OBESE YOUNG ADULTS
Emma K. Herring, BS; Jared Rosenberg, PhD; Joon Young Kim, PhD; Caitlin A. Cheruka, PhD
University of Central Florida, Florida, United States

NOVEL CARDIAC-SPECIFIC FRAILTY ASSESSMENT
Grace Tylutki, BS; Betsy Hart, MS
MacNeal Hospital, Illinois, United States

ACUTE EFFECTS OF RESISTANCE EXERCISE ON BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR IN CHILDREN
Sebastian A. Abedi, BS; Koren L. Fisher, PhD; Daniela A. Rubin, PhD
California State University Fullerton, California, United States

Withdrawn Submissions

The following abstracts were accepted for presentation, but the authors declined to present them.

HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN SOCCER PLAYERS DURING MILD ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNES
Koulla Parpa, PhD, ACSM-EP; Andreas Georgiadis, BSc; Ana Carolina Paludo, PhD; Marcos Michaelides, PhD
UCLan Cyprus, Cyprus

THIS ABSTRACT WAS WITHDRAWN
DOSE RESPONSE OF RISK FACTORS FOR OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE TO THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE
Belinda R. Beck, PhD, FACSM; Tyler Collings, PhD
Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

THIS ABSTRACT WAS WITHDRAWN
MULTI-MODAL EXERCISE SYSTEM: TEN-MUSCLE sEMG AND SEX DIFFERENCES ACROSS THREE ANGLES
Rida F. Azmi, BS; Sydnie A. Strong, BS; Cierra Milledge, BS; Samantha A. Scraper, BS; Luke Porter, BS; Justin Carlson, BS; Dave del Mar, BS; Caiden Cloud, BS; Jose Miranda, BS; Heidi A. VanRavenhorst-Bell, PhD
Wichita State University, Kansas, United States

THIS ABSTRACT WAS WITHDRAWN
CARDIOPULMONARY AND HEMODYNAMIC EFFECTS OF HIGH-VOLUME ENDURANCE RACE TRAINING IN HFrEF
Anand B. Patil, MS; Keshav D. Kale, PhD
Medicover Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India

THIS ABSTRACT WAS WITHDRAWN

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