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Dr. Darin Padua,
Phd, ATC
Assistant Professor
Department of Exercise and
Sport Science
216 Fetzer Gym
CB# 8700 University of North
Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
dpadua@email.unc.edu
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Professional Summary
Dr. Darin Padua is the Director
of the Sport Medicine Research Laboratory and Associate Professor in the Department of Exercise and
Sport Science where he serves as Director of the Undergraduate Athletic
Training Education Program. He is an adjunct faculty member in the
Departments of Orthopaedics, Biomedical Engineering, and Allied Health
Sciences. In addition, Dr. Padua serves as the Director of the National
Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Research Institute, whose mission is
to provide scientifically valid, evidence-based assessments and
interventions for the effective promotion of physical fitness,
performance enhancement, injury prevention, injury rehabilitation and
post-rehabilitation conditioning.
Dr. Padua received his B.A. degree (Exercise and Nutritional Science,
emphasis in Athletic Training) from San Diego State University (1996)
and M.A. degree (Exercise and Sports Science emphasis in Athletic
Training) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then
proceeded to the University of Virginia and obtained his Doctoral Degree
(PhD in Sports Medicine, 2001).
His primary research interests focus on neuromuscular control of knee
and lumbo-pelvic stability, identification of risk factors associated
with knee injury (focus on ACL injury), identification of evidence based
prevention strategies for ACL injury, and validation of performance
enhancement training techniques. Current research includes investigating
predictive factors for ACL injury, biomechanical comparison of ACL
injury prevention interventions, examination of modifiable neuromuscular
factors that contribute to knee valgus angle and anterior tibial shear
force, validation of clinical movement assessment techniques to predict
muscle imbalances and injury risk, and validation of corrective
exercises commonly used for injury prevention and performance
enhancement.
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