William Herbert, Ph.D.
Professor
213 War Memorial Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-6565
Fax: (540) 231-8476
Email: wgherb@vt.edu

William G. Herbert, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech. He has 31 years of experience directing cardiac rehabilitation and health fitness programs, teaching and conducting research in applied and clinical exercise physiology. He attended Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, where he received his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees in Exercise Physiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and an ACSM certified Director of Rehabilitative Exercise Programs. He has been a contributor to recent editions of the ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription and the companion ACSM Resource Manual. He has served on the ACSM Committee for Certification and Education, including a term as chair between 1987 1990. Dr. Herbert has been an ACSM Vice-President and Member of its Board Trustees. He is a Founding Fellow in the American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and served on its Board of Directors. He contributed to the first two editions AACVPR's Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs and Core Competencies for Cardiac Rehabilitation Professionals. In 1995, he served as Vice-chair of AACVPR Cardiac Rehabilitation Criteria Development Panel that developed a quality assessment criteria/review system for use in evaluating cardiac rehabilitation services in relation to the Guideline for Cardiac Rehabilitation (Guideline # 17: published by Agency for Health Care Policy Research, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services; 1995). In 2001, he completed a 3-year term as Chair of the ACSM Clinical Exercise Physiology Practice Board and is a co-editor for the forthcoming Clinical Exercise Physiology Supplement to the ACSM Guidelines for Graded Exercise Testing and Prescription (expected publication date: mid-2002). Dr Herbert has been a member of the editorial board for the ACSM Health & Fitness Journal, and now is on editorial review boards for the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Journal of Medicine & Sports, and Clinical Exercise Physiology. He has authored approximately 110 technical and research articles. In recent years, he has been an invited speaker at major cardiac rehabilitation conferences in Denmark and Scotland. He has co-authored a book, several book/monograph chapters, and journal articles dealing with standards of care and safety in exercise programs, exercise electrocardiography, circulatory responses to exercise, patient outcomes with exercise interventions both for coronary artery disease and obstructive sleep apnea patients, the effects of exercise on bone strength. He also is principal investigator with a multidisciplinary research team that now is investigating the adaptive effects of exercise training on bone strength in military-aged women.

Education

Kent State University, Kent, OH BS 1967 Biology & Physical Science
Kent State University, Kent, OH MS 1969 Exercise Physiology
Kent State University, Kent, OH PhD 1971 Applied Physiology
University of California-Irvine & 1989 Visiting Researcher
Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs
Medical Center at Long Beach

Previous Employment

1971 - 1976, Assistant Professor and Director for Laboratory for Exercise, Sport and Work Physiology, Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, College of Education; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.

1977 - 1979, Acting Director, Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, College of Education; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.

1976 - 1985, Associate Professor and Director for Laboratory for Exercise, Sport and Work Physiology, Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.

1976 - 1991 & 1991 - 1995, Director of Cardiac Therapy (Rehabilitation) and Intervention Center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.

1985 - present, Professor, Exercise Science Program, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise; Director, Laboratory for Health & Exercise Sciences; Administrative Director, Therapeutic Exercise and Community Health Center at Virginia Tech; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA.

Professional Organizations

American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
American College of Sports Medicine
Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine
Virginia Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation
American Heart Association: Member, Nutrition, Metabolism, and Physical Activity Council
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
International Bone and Mineral Society
American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Professional Honors

Vice-President, Basic & Applied Sciences, American College of Sports Medicine. 1990-92
President Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, 1981-82
Honor Award, Virginia Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 1990
Service Recognition Award, Central Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy, 1989
Founding Fellow, American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 1984-86

Editorial Responsibilities

Herbert DL and Herbert WG (editors), The Exercise Standards and Malpractice Reporter, 1987-.

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, 1988-.

Editorial Board Member, The ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal, American College of Sports Medicine, 1997-1999.

Editorial Board Member, The American Journal of Medicine and Sports, LeJacq Communications, Inc., Greeenwich, CT, 1999-.

Editorial Board Member, Clinical Exercise Physiology, Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, IL, 1999-.

Myers J, Humphrey R, Herbert W (editors). ACSM's Resources for Clinical Exercise Physiology: Neuromuscular, Musculoskeletal, Neoplastic, Immunologic, and Hematologic Conditions. 1st ed., Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Scheduled for publication in mid-2002.

Recent Books and Book Chapters

Herbert DL and Herbert WG. Legal Aspects of Preventive, Rehabilitative and Recreational Exercise Programs, 4th Ed. Canton, OH: Professional Reports Corporation, March 2002, ~400 pages.

Herbert DL and Herbert WG. "Legal considerations", in American College of Sports Medicine's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Graded Exercise Testing and Prescription, 4th ed., Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 75, 2001, pp. 626-632.

Herbert WG and Herbert DL. "Legal issues." In Franklin BA (Ed.): ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 6th ed. Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 13, 2000, pp. 258-269.

Herbert DL and Herbert WG. "Medical-legal liability." In Pashkow FJ and DaFoe WA (Eds.): Clinical Cardiac Rehabilitation: A cardiologist's guide. 2nd ed., Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1999, pp. 479-486.

Davis D, Herbert WG, and King CN. Measuring program quality - applying standards and guidelines (Ch 39). In: Wenger, NK, Smith LK, Froelicher ES, Comoss PM (Eds.) Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Guide to Practice for the 21st Century. New York: Marcel Decker, Inc., 1999, pp.395-408.

Herbert WG and Herbert DL. "Legal implications of cardiac rehabilitation programs", in Pollock ML and Schmidt DH (editors), Heart Disease and Rehabilitation, 3rd Ed., Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Books, 1995, pp. 433-444.

Southard D and Herbert WG. Chapter 5: "Personnel for rehabilitation services", in the American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation's Guidelines for Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs, 2nd Ed., Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Books, 1995, pp. 87-95.

Herbert WG and Herbert DL. "Legal aspects of exercise in persons with cardiovascular disorders." Thomas RJ (Ed.) In The Heart and Exercise: A Practical Guide for the Clinician, New York: Igaku-Shoin, Chapter 8, 1995, pp. 117-128.

Recent Edited Book

Myers JN, Humphrey RH, Herbert WG (Eds). ACSM's Resources for Clinical Exercise Physiology: Musculoskeletal, Neuromuscular, Neoplastic, Immunologic, and Hematologic Conditions. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002, pp. 300.

Recent Journal Editorials

McInnis K, Herbert D, Herbert W. Are health clubs unfit for cardiovascular emergencies. Cardiovascular Reviews and Reports 2001; Oct:570-573.

Herbert WG. Traumatic injury: Does fitness impart a protective effect? Am J Med Sports. 1999;1:11-14.

Selected Refereed Publications

Kaleth AS, Chittenden TW, Hawkins BJ, Blevins JS, Gregg JM, Zedalis D, and Herbert WG. Increasing Physical Activity in the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient: Part II -- Special Considerations for Exercise Management. Am J Med Sports 2002; 4: 142-151.

Chittenden TW, Kaleth AS, Ballentine HM, Blevins JS, Arner AE, Gregg JM, Zedalis D, and Herbert WG. Increasing Physical Activity in the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient: Part I--Clinical Presentation, Pathogenesis, and Medical Management. Am J Med Sports 2002; 4: 31-40.

McInnis K, Herbert W, Herbert D, Herbert J, Ribisl P, Franklin B. Low compliance with national standards for cardiovascular emergency preparedness at health clubs. Chest 2001; 120:283-288.

Cook JW, Pierson LM, Herbert WG, Norton HJ, Fedor JM, Kiebzak GM, Ramp WK, Robicsek F. The influence of patient strength, aerobic capacity and body composition upon outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;49:89-93.

Pierson LM, Herbert WG, Norton HJ, Kiebzak GM, Griffith P, Fedor JM, Ramp WK Cook JW. Effects of combined aerobic and resistance training vs aerobic training alone in cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulmonary Rehabil 2001; 21(2):101-110.

Schifflett, Jr. ED, Walker EW, Gregg JM, Zedalis, Herbert WG. Effects of short-term PAP treatment on endurance exercise performance in obstructive sleep apnea patients. Sleep Med 2001; 2(2):145-151.

Prerost MR, Feldman BF, Herbert WG. Homocysteine, fibrinogen and physical activity in human males with coronary artery disease. Comp Hematol Int. Comparative Hematology International 1999;9(1): 25-30.

Myers J, Do D, Herbert W, Ribisl P, Froelicher VF. A nomogram to predict exercise capacity from a specific activity questionnaire and clinical data. Am J Cardiol. 1994;73:591-596.

Davy KP, Herbert WG, Williams JH. Effect of indomethacin on the pressor responses to sustained isometric contraction in humans. J Appl Physiol. 1993;75:273-278.

Davy KP, Williams JH, Herbert WG. The effect of indomethacin on the circulatory and plasma noradrenaline responses to cold pressor testing in normal subjects. Clin Auton Res. 1993;3:325-329.

Ribisl PM, Liu J, Mousi I, Herbert WG, Miranda CP, Froning JN, Froelicher VF. Comparison of computer ST criteria for diagnosis of sever coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 1993;71:546-551.

Hickey MS, Franke WD, Herbert WG, Walberg-Rankin J, Lee JC. Opioid antagonism, perceived exertion and tolerance to exercise-thermal stress. Int J Sports Med. F1992;13:326-331.

Franke WD, Stuart AS, Herbert WG. Effects of alpha 1-receptor blockade on the hemodynamic responses to exercise in young hypertensives. Clin Exp Hypertens, 1992;14:947-964.

Herbert WG, Dubach P, Lehmann KG, Froelicher VF. Effect of beta blockade on the analysis of the exercise electrocardiogram: ST level versus DST/HR index. Amer Heart J. 1991;122:993-1000.

Miranda CP, Herbert WG, Dubach P, Lehmann KG, Froelicher VF. Post-myocardial infarction in exercise testing: Non Q-wave versus Q-wave correlation with coronary angiography and long-term prognosis. Circul. 1991;84:2357-2365.

Herbert WG, Froelicher VF. Current status of exercise testing and prescription. Cardiovascular Rev Reports. 1991;70:46-61.

Franke WD, Moore AD, Herbert WG. Usefulness on continuous wave Doppler measures as indicators of exercise-induced alterations in myocardial contractility. J Cardiopulmon Rehab. 1990;10:323-327.

Kelso TB, Herbert WG, Gwazdauskas FC, Goss FL, Hess JL. Exercise-thermoregulatory stress and increased plasma B-endorphin/B-lipotropin in humans. J Appl Physiol. 1984;57:444-449.

Recent Refereed Abstracts

Blevins JS, Kaleth A, Chittenden T, Hawkins BJ, Zedalis D, Gregg J, Herbert WG. The relationship between polysomnography markers of disease severity to hemodynamic and respiratory function during graded exercise in Obstructive Sleep Apnea patients. Sleep 2002; 25: A4.

Kaleth AS, Chittenden TW, Hawkins BJ, Gregg JM, Zedalis D, Herbert WG. The effects of NCPAP therapy and exercise training on measures of heart rate variability, blood pressure, and exercise performance: Case study from a 12-week clinical trial. Sleep 2002; 25: A333.

Chittenden TW, Kaleth AS, Hawkins BJ, Gregg JM, Zedalis D, Myers JN, Herbert WG. The potential utility of post-exercise systolic blood pressure response for the assessment of cardiovascular co-morbidity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep 2002; 25: A334.

Wootten DF, Thorne R, Ramp WK, Miller LE, Nickols-Richardson SM, Cross LH, Mott S, Guill S, Herbert WG. Tibial measurement reliability of refined mechanical response tissue analysis. J Bone Miner Res 2001; 16: S344.

Miller LE, Wootten DF, Zack MK, Beiseigel JM, Nickols-Richardson SM, Cross LH, Ramp WK, Steele CR, Herbert WG. Modeling contributors to bending stiffness of human long bones in vivo: Differentiating factors in weight bearing (tibia) vs. non-weight bearing (ulna) bones. J Bone Miner Res 2001; 16: S344.

Nickols-Richardson SM, Beiseigel JM, Zack MK, Wootten DF, Miller LE, Cross LH, Ramp WK, Herbert WG. Fat-free soft tissue mass predicts tibial bone mineral density in a group of young-adult females. FASEB Journal 2001;15:A978.

Zack MK, Nickols-Richardson SM, Beiseigel JM, Wootten DF, Miller LE, Cross LH, Ramp WK, Herbert WG. Bone mineral density (BMD) of the lower legs and tibias in young-adult females with low and high total body BMD. FASEB Journal 2001;15:A978.

Blevins JS, Zedalis DE, Cross L, Gregg J, Bos R, Ballentine H, Herbert WG. The relationship between hemodynamic function and polysomnography in obstructive sleep apnea patients. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2001; 33(5): S313.

Wootten DF, Ramp WK, Thorne RA, Herbert WG. The nature of mechanical response tissue analysis (MRTA), body weight, and body mass index. J Bone Miner Res 2000;15:S403,S523.

Herbert WG, Wootten DF, Ramp WK. Influence of skinfold thickness on non-invasive measurement of tibial bending stiffness in women. Bone 2000;27(4):50S.

Blevins JS, Ballentine H, Herbert WG. Case analysis of hemodynamic responses during graded exercise testing in an Obstructive Sleep Apnea patient. Med Sci Sport Exerc 2000;32(5):S144.

Chittenden TW, Kaleth AS, Ballentine HM, Blevins JS, Herbert WG. Reproducibility of HRV measures in apparently healthy young women. Med Sci Sport Exerc 2000;32(5):S162.

Pierson LM, Herbert WG, Kiebzak GM, Griffith GP, Ramp WK, Cook JW. Effects of resistance training on body composition in cardiac rehabilitation patients. J Cardiopulmon Rehabil 1999;19(5):311.

Pierson LM, Kiebzak GM, Herbert WG, Griffith GP, Ramp WK, Cook JW. DXA validation for skinfold estimation of body fat in older persons. Med Sci Sport Exerc 1999;31(5):S201.

Melvin S, Herbert WG, Pierson L, Griffith P, Cook J, Bos R. Ventilatory threshold establishes maximal cardiovascular steady-state for exercising cardiac patients. Med Sci Sport Exerc 1999;31(5):S41.

Craft L, Davis S, Ocel J, Lee J, Davis R, Herbert W. Effects of angiotensin II antagonist, Losartan, on circulo-respiratory responses to submaximal exercise in hypertensive women. Med Sci Sports Exerc Suppl. 1998;30:S113.

Ocel J, Davis S, Gwazdauskas F, Myers J, Craft L, Bullock L, Walker E, Herbert W. Adaptations of the slow component of VO2 (SC) following 6 weeks of high or low intensity exercise training. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1998;30:S166.

Blevins JS, Tackett SD, Herbert WG. Non-invasive measurement of cardiac output determined by a single-slow exhalation using acetylene. J Cardiopulm Rehab 1998;8:S347.

Pierson L, Callaghan CE, Cook J, Herbert WG. A new application of the specific activity questionnaire for pre-surgical assessment of CABG patients. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1998;30:S249.

Blevins JS, Callaghan CE, Herbert WG. Need for sleep quality measures in cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehab 1997;17:S331.

Brubaker P, Herbert WG, Azrak M, Campbell S, Dorn KL, Ocel JV, Slayton ME, and Miller HJ. Comparison of exercise and pharmocologic (Arbutamine) stress testing on gas exchange and ventilation in patients with coronary artery disease. Med Sci Sports Exerc Suppl 1995;27:S48.

Dorn K, Ocel J, Craft L, Wilder E, Herbert W, Brubaker P, Miller H. Circulatory, hormonal, and metabolic effects of Arbutamine compared to exercise in persons with coronary artery disease. Med Sci Sports Exerc Suppl 1995;27:S49.