Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise SciencesTeaching-HNES 365- Kinesiology, HNES 374- Methods of Resistance and Cardiovascular TrainingHNES 713- Graduate Exercise Physiology, HNES 760- Skeletal Muscle PhysiologyResearch- Muscle, Metabolism, and Ergogenics Lab-Factors to optimize astronaut related task performance (NASA ND EPSCoR)-Blood flow restricted exercise prescription (NDSU)-Ergogenic potential of dietary nitrate supplementation (NDSU)-Protein intake and muscle quality with aging (Sanford Profile)-Kinesiotape and muscle activation (NASA Space Grant Consortium)Hackney, K.J., & English, K. Protein and Essential Amino Acid Intake to Protect Musculoskeletal Health During Spaceflight: Evidence of a Paradox. Life: Special Issue "Response of Terrestrial Life to Space Conditions, 4, 295-317, 2014.Hackney, K.J., Everett, M., Scott, J., Hanson, A. Ploutz-Snyder. The Astronaut-Athlete : Optimizing Human Performance in Space. Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research (in revisions).Olson, BM., Schmidt, AJ., Zacharias, EL., Nelson, AH., Hackney, KJ. Blood flow restriction exercise induced muscle swelling is not enhanced with low cuff pressure-small cuff width prescription. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (in review).

Support research within the Exercise Physiology & Countermeasures Laboratory at NASA JSC.Examples include:- SPRINT integrated exercise study- Bed rest and integrated exercise studies- Exoskeleton strength measuring and exercise device- MARES ground based strength assessment Scott, J., Hackney, K., Everett, M., Guiden, J., Ploutz-Snyder, R., Fielder, J. Cunningham, D., Ploutz-Snyder, L. The metabolic cost of an integrated resistance, interval, and aerobic exercise program during 2 wk of bed rest. Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, 85, 612-617, 2014.Ploutz-Snyder, L., Everett, M., Ryder, J., Hackney, K.J., Buxton, R., Goetchius, E., Crowell, B. Integrated Resistance and Aerobic Exercise Protects Fitness During Bed Rest. Medicine Science in Sports & Exercise, 46(2), 358-368, 2014.Ryder, J.; Buxton, R.E.; Goetchius, E. Scott-Pandorf, M. Hackney, K.J.; Fiedler, J.; Ploutz-Snyder, R. Bloomberg, J.; Ploutz-Snyder, L. Influence of muscle strength to weight ratio on functional task performance. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(4), 911-21).English, K.L., Hackney, K. J, De Witt, J.K., Goetchius, E.R, J.K., Ploutz-Snyder, R., Ploutz-Snyder, L.L.A Ground-based Comparison of the Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES) and a Commercially Available Isokinetic Dynamometer. Acta Astronautica, 92(1), 3-9, 2013.

-Assist with studies in Exercise Physiology & Countermeasure Project at NASA JSC.-Led blood flow restricted exercise and unloading study Hackney, K.J., Everett, M.E.,Scott, J. Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. Blood Flow Restricted Exercise in Space. Extreme Physiology & Medicine, 1(12), 2012.Hackney, K.J & Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. Unilateral Lower Limb Suspension: Integrative Physiological Knowledge from the Past Twenty Years (1991-2011). Invited Review: European Journal of Applied Physiology, 112(1), 9-22, 2012. Downs, ME., Hackney, KJ., Martin, D., Caine, T., Cunninghan, D., O’Connor, DP., Ploutz-Snyder, LL. Acute Vascular and Cardiovascular Responses to High Load, Low Load, and Low Load Blood Flow Restricted Resistance Exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 46(8), 2489-1497, 2014.Hackney, K.J., Kelleher, A.R., Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. Resting Energy Expenditure is Increased Following Multiple Bouts of Resistance Exercise with Amino Acid-Carbohydrate Intake. ISRN Nutrition, 2013, ID 948695, http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2013/948695. Hackney, K.J., Cook, S.B., Fairchild, T. Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. Skeletal Muscle Volume Following Dehydration Induced By Exercise and Heat. Extreme Physiology & Medicine,1(1):3, 2012. Hackney, K.J., Cook, S.B., Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. Nutrition and Resistance Exercise During Reconditioning From Unloading. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 82,1-5, 2011. Kelleher, A.R., Hackney, K. J., Fairchild, T.J., Keslay, S., Ploutz-Snyder, L.L. The Metabolic cost of Reciprocal Supersets vs. Traditional Resistance Training in Young, Active Males. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 24(4):1043-1051, 2010.

-Teach courses in the Department of Kinesiology-Support research in the Muscle and Metabolism Lab.Hackney, K. J., Bruenger, A. J., & Lemmer, J. T. Timing Protein Intake Increase Energy Expenditure 24 Hours Post-Resistance Training. Medicine & Science in Sport & Exercise, 42(5):998-1003, 2010.

Hackney, K. J., Engels, H-J. & Gretebeck, R. J. Resting Energy Expenditure and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Following Full-body Resistance Training with an Eccentric Concentration. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 22(5): 1602–1609, 2008.