Biodynamics Research Laboratory

Now enrolling current/former adult-aged female soccer, basketball, volleyball, and netball athletes in a study on the prevalence and impact of ankle sprains.

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Congratulations Emma on successfully defending your Honors Thesis! We are so proud of all you have accomplished to date and look forward to hearing about your continued success while in/after PT school at George Washington University!!!

Congratulations, Priya 🎓We loved having you as part of our lab and are proud of all that you have accomplished. Best of luck in med school!

Meet the graduate: Priya Patel Priya Patel grew up in North Carolina’s Lake Norman area. A member of the Class of 2022, she will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science from the University’s College of Health and Human Services. An aspiring physician, Patel discusses her Charlotte journey and plans for the fut...

Congratulations Dr. Danielle Torp for being named the 2022 Free Communications Early Career Award Recipient!!

This work stemmed from her dissertation and is attributed to her continued perseverance and dedication over the course of the pandemic. We look forward to your presentation at this year’s NATA Convention!

🎉Congratulations to the 2022 Free Communications Award Recipients!

Learn more on the recipients and their abstracts at https://natafoundation.org/research/free-communications-program/student-free-communications-awards/

Award recipients will be presenting their abstract during the program at .

Thank you Southeast Athletic Trainers' Association for sponsoring the Free Communications Program!

Love seeing our students get their first, 1st author publications. Great work on this pandemic shortened honors thesis, Allie!

Multi-axis destabilisation device influences plantar pressure distribution in adults with chronic ankle instability (2022). Multi-axis destabilisation device influences plantar pressure distribution in adults with chronic ankle instability. Sports Biomechanics: Vol. 21, Biomechanics of sport-related ankle sprain injury and instability, pp. 501-516.

Come check out our research at the SOMSA meeting this week!

Congratulations to Danielle Torp on successfully defending her dissertation! What you accomplished over this past year is nothing short of remarkable. Outstanding work Dr. Torp and enjoy your well-deserved celebration!!!

HUGE congrats to doctoral candidate Hyunjae Jeon for successfully defending his dissertation today! We are proud of your perseverance and determination to complete an entirely different project than was planned because the pandemic derailed your plans. Great work and congrats, Dr. Jeon!!!

New from Dr. Donovan and colleagues: Destabilization devices during rehabilitation may influence sensorimotor organization in patients with CAI.

Effects of rehabilitation on joint-coupling in patients with chronic ankle instability - PubMed Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is associated with kinematic changes in the lower extremity. Alterations in joint-coupling have been identified during gait in patients with CAI. Rehabilitation remains the gold-standard for clinical treatment of CAI but little is known on the effects of rehabilitatio...

New from Dr. Donovan and colleagues: ankle taping does not change biomechanics during cutting.

External Ankle Taping Does Not Alter Lower Extremity Side-Step Cut and Straight Sprint Biomechanics in Young Adult Males - PubMed Lateral ankle sprains (LAS) are one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries and as a response, clinicians often use external ankle taping prophylactically to reduce the prevalence of injuries. External ankle taping techniques have been shown to significantly reduce passive ankle range of motion;...