Department of Exercise and Sport Science

 

 

 

 

 

Research

 

Mission of Sports Medicine Research Laboratory

To safely promote and increase physical activity in society through research, education and service in the areas of
 risk factor identification and prevention of sport and recreational injuries to improve the health and wellness of society.
 

 

Current Research Projects





 

 

Knee  (top)

 

Lower extremity injury prevention in youth soccer

Padua DA, Marshall SW, DiStefano LJ, DiStefano M

 

Joint undertaking to monitor and prevent ACL injuries (JUMP ACL)

Marshall SW, Padua DA, Beutler AI, Wolf S, Yu B, Garrett WE, Pyne S, Tokish JT, DeBeradino T

 

Identification of muscle imbalances associated with lower extremity movement impairments

Padua DA, Bell DR, Goerger, Oates DC

 

Changes in lower extremity movement patterns following exercise-induced fatigue and verbal feedback

McGrath ML, Padua DA, Lewek MD, Stergiou N, Blackburn JT, Giuliani C

 

Correlations between reproductive hormones and muscle properties.

Bell DR, Padua DA, Blackburn JT, Norcross MF, Hackney A, Ondrak K

 

The effect of hormonal fluctuations on muscle properties across the menstrual cycle.

Bell DR, Padua DA, Blackburn JT, Norcross MF, Hackney A, Ondrak K

 

The influence of oral contraception use on muscle properties.

Hudson J, Bell DR, Padua DA, Blackburn JT, Norcross MF, Hackney A, Ondrak K

 

The influence of augmented feedback on medial knee displacement.

Bell DR, Padua DP, Goerger BM, Oates C

 

The influence of corrective exercise strategy on medial knee displacement.

Bell DR, Padua DA, Goerger BM, Oates C

 

Reliability and validity of the NCAA Injury Surveillance System.

Kucera, T, Marshall SW, Padua DA, Bell DR, DiStefano M

 

The influence of hamstring muscle stiffness on knee joint stability and landing biomechanics

Blackburn JT, Norcross MF

 

Neuromuscular and biomechanical derivations of female quadriceps dominance

Blackburn JT, Norcross MF

 

Electrical stimulation to improve proprioception in knee osteoarthritis

Weinhold P, Collins A, Blackburn JT

 

Sex comparison of hip muscle activity and lower extremity kinematics during functional and screening tasks"

Norcross MF, Goerger BM, Blackburn JT, Padua DA

 

Validation of the overhead squat

Goerger BM, Padua DA

 

 

 

 

Upper Extremity  (top)

 

Predicting shoulder injury from preseason screening findings in overhead athletes

Myers JB, Oyama S, Goerger BM, Rucinski TJ, Creighton RA

 

Determining the role of humeral retroversion in overhead injury

Myers JB, Oyama S, Goerger BM, Blackburn JT, Rucinski TJ, Creighton RA, Spang J

 

Linking upper extremity physical characteristics with elbow injury in competitive baseball players

Myers JB, Oyama S, Goerger BM, Rucinski TJ, Creighton RA

 

Change in rotator cuff muscle cross sectional area and subacromial width immediately following baseball pitching and during the course of recovery using diagnostic ultrasound

Oyama S, Myers JB, Blackburn TJ

 

Changes in shoulder kinetic chain movement characteristics in patients with subacromial impingement: effects of rehabilitation

Myers JB, Oyama S, Goerger BM, Creighton RA, Spang J

 

 

 

Foot and Ankle  (top)

 

The effect of sagittal plane joint position on ankle stability in stable and unstable ankles

            Zinder S, Padua DA

 

Effect of ankle bracing on lower extremity kinematics and stiffness following a drop landing

            Zinder S, Distefano LS, Man-Fong C

 

Effect of co-contraction on medial/lateral ankle stiffness

Zinder S, Padua DA

 

 

The acute effects of orthotic intervention on time to stabilization and stiffness in unstable and healthy ankles

Allard S, Mihalik J, Harrington S, Zinder S, Lewek M

 

The effects of functional ankle instability and induced fatigue on ankle stiffness

Kuenze C, Norcross N, Harrington S, Zinder S

 

 

 

 

Head and Neck  (top)

 

Validation of the military acute concussion evaluation (MACE) for in-theater evaluation of combat-related traumatic brain injury

McCrea M, Guskiewicz KM, Helmick K, Jaffee

 

Prospective investigation of sport-related concussion: Relationship between biomechanical, neuroanatomical, and clinical factors.”

Guskiewicz KM, Marshall SW, Smith K, Lin W

 

Prospective evaluation of head impacts in youth ice hockey: Part II (PI: Kevin

Guskiewicz KM, Marshall S, Mihalik J

 

Assessment of high school athletes' and coaches' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors concerning sports-related concussion

Register-Mihalik J, Guskiewicz KM, Marshall SW, Linnan LA, McLeod TV,   Mueller FO

 

Investigation of mild head injury in sport: A multifaceted approach

Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, Register-Mihalik J, Gysland S, Goerger C

 

Prospective analysis of head impacts sustained in bantam-aged minor hockey players

Guskiewicz KM Montelpare W

 

The cumulative effect of subconcussive impact on clinical measures of concussion in divisions one collegiate football players

Gysland S, Mihalik JP, Mihalik JR, Shields E, Trulock S, Guskiewicz KM

 

Alternative techniques to gain emergency airway access

Toler J, Mihalik JP, Oyama S, Halverson D, Guskiewicz KM, Petchauer M

 

Hypopituitarism in retired professional football players

Kelly D, Guskiewicz KM

 

Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) supplementation in retired professional football players

Guskiewicz KM, Marshall S, Smith K, Giovanello K, Kaufer D, Hackney A,    Marks B

 

 
     

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