Lab Faculty
Jennifer Earl-Boehm, PhD, ATC, FNATA
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology
Research interests:
Lower extremity movement; functional analysis; hip muscle function; overuse injuries; patellofemoral pain; biopsychosocial.
Hayley Ericksen, PhD, ATC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology
Research interests:
Lower extremity movement; functional analysis; injury risk evaluation; jump-landing mechanics; injury prevention; anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Renee Reckelberg, MS, ATC, CES, CKTF
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences & Technology
Research interests:
Injury risk; injury prevention; kinetic chain movement patterns.
Current Students
Erin Lally, MS, ATC
Doctoral student, PhD Kinesiology
Research interests: Identification of lower extremity biomechanics during various tasks and investigation on methods of changing movement patterns.
Key Words: movement assessment tools, lower extremity injury, movement intervention programs, biopsychosocial aspects of rehabilitation.
Madison Mach, MS ISSA
Doctoral student, PhD Kinesiology
Research interests: Identification of biomechanical and anatomical characteristics that could increase injury risk in activities such as running, with a focus on how pelvic position can influence lower extremity biomechanics.
Key words: lower extremity movement, overuse injuries, running related injuries, kinematics, movement assessment tools, gait analysis, lower limb alignment.
Kemery Sigmund, MS, ATC
Doctoral student, PhD Kinesiology
Research interests: The interaction of chronic musculoskeletal pain and altered motor control and movement patterns.
Key Words: Chronic musculoskeletal pain, patellofemoral pain, central sensitization, quantitative sensory testing, electromyography, kinematics, motor control, movement patterns.
Jennifer Thorpe, MS, ATC
Doctoral student, PhD Health Sciences
Research interests: Understanding patellofemoral pain and rehabilitation from a biopsychosocial perspective.
Key Words: Movement retraining, patellofemoral pain, biopsychosocial factors of rehabilitation, lower extremity biomechanics, kinematics.
Lab Affiliations and Partnerships
US Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, Golden Eagle Battalion