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Author:: Wager, Justin Charles
Title:: Assessment of elastic energy in the plantar aponeurosis and its contributions to human running
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: biomechanics
multisegment foot model
locomotion
plantar fascia
elastic energy
strain
longitudinal arch
foot strike
File:: Download JWager_MSthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Masters, Samuel Edward
Title:: Soft Tissue Oscillation Increases Gait Stability in Passive-dynamic Walkers
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: passive walker
soft tissue
stability
floquet multipliers
local divergence exponents
basin of attraction
variability
File:: Download Thesis_final_revision.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kindel, Curtis
Title:: Moment-angle Relationship of Hip Musculature
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Biomechanics
hip
patellofemoral-syndrome
moment-angle relationship
joint moment fluctuations
File:: Download Penn_State_Dissertation__Kindel___May_2015_.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sayers John Miller Iii, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Special Member

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Author:: Hsieh, Tsung-yu
Title:: ENTROPY OF SPEED AND ACCURACY TRADE-OFF IN SPACE-TIME
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Speed-accuracy trade-off
movement entropy
space-time constraints
force-time constraints
isometric force task
File:: Download Dissertation_final_07012015.pdf
Committee Members:: Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Kristina A Neely, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member

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