Info for:
We are involved in a variety of impactful, interdisciplinary scientific studies. We are dedicated to injury prevention, rehabilitation and the improved performance of active individuals.
Overview of our faculty research interest
- Identification of injury risk factors
- Lower extremity overuse injuries
- Role of growth and development
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
- Role of footwear design
- Overhead athlete
- Female athlete
- Development, implementation and optimization of injury prevention protocols
- Distance runners (elite, recreational, adolescent)
- ACL injury prevention
- Biofeedback techniques
- Overhead athlete
- Female athlete
- Development, implementation and optimization of clinical and rehabilitation techniques
- Diagnostic accuracy of the clinical examination
- Advanced exercise prescription
- Improve outcomes specifically at the knee, hip, shoulder
- Spinal and extremity mobilization and manipulation
- Femoroacetabular impingement rehabilitation and prevention of the need for surgery
- Prognosis in response to physical therapy treatment
- Self-reported outcome measures
- Development, implementation and optimization of athletic performance protocols
- Golf specific performance
- Overhead athlete
- Female athlete
- Distance runners
- Determine relationship among neuromuscular, biomechanical, and physiological contributors for optimal performance
- Evaluate physiological effects of ergogenic aids
- Basic and applied human health research
- Role of physical activity on obesity
- Examining the effects of resveratrol and other nutraceuticals on human health