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Barry Brown’s Brief Bio
BCBrown@fibrofog.com
Dr.
Barry S. Brown, FACSM, is a University Professor at the University
of Arkansas, and draws upon over 32 years experience as a teacher,
professor, researcher, writer, speaker and inventor.
He
was an invited speaker in the former Soviet Union on two occasions,
three times in Korea, and twice in Italy. Dr. Brown was
one of the featured presenters at the 1988 Olympic Scientific
meeting in Korea, 1992 Olympic Scientific symposium in Chamonix,
France, the 1996 and 2000 pre-olympic Sports Science symposia
in Atlanta, and Sydney, Australia. He is a regular contributor
at regional and national ACSM meetings.
In
his spare time, he has authored over 70 refereed articles, several
chapters in books and two manuals. As an inventor, Dr.
Brown had a hand in development of the Skyndex electronic skinfold
caliper, HPR-100 (measurement of total body strength), Exploder
System (enhancement of explosive power), Integrator (heart rate
controlled bicycle ergometer), and most recently, ABMED, (quantification
of true abdominal strength).
Dr.
Brown’s major areas of research focus upon the enhancement
of human potential and the interrelationships among physiological,
psychological and mental performance. He devoted the first
10 years of his career to discovering the changes that occur
in the brain following different kinds of exercise training.
Through this research he was able to discover the neurochemical
basis that underlies appetite depression following exercise.
Also, this lead him into practical areas of research related
to performance enhancement by developing training programs that
reduce the influence of neural inhibitors on explosive power.
His most recent research efforts were inspired by his wife’s
condition. She suffers from fibromyalgia, and as a team,
during the past three years, they have been developing intervention
programs and conducting research studies to determine the cause
of fibromyalgia and factors that can alleviate the symptoms
of this painful condition.
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