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Author:

Dos Santos, Alessander

Title:

MULTI-MUSCLE COORDINATION IN POSTURAL TASKS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

emg
posture
muscles
coordination
human

File:

Download Alessander_Thesis_submitted_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Latash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Member

Author:

Rosenbaum, Aaron Michael

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AND ATTITUDES TOWARD CONCUSSION IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES, COACHES, AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Concussion
mild Traumatic Brain Injury
adolescent risk behavior
concussion knowledge
concussion attitude
concussion attitudes
high school coaches

File:

Download Rosenbaum_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
James Lewis Farr, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Brian

Title:

ALTERATIONS OF BRAIN RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND DEFAULT MODE NETWORK IN THE SUBACUTE PHASE OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

subacute
default mode network
mTBI
rs-fcMRI

File:

Download B_Johnson_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cao, Cheng

Title:

NEURAL DYSFUNCTIONS AS A RESULT OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: EEG STUDY

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

EEG
Traumatic Brain Injury

File:

Download Final_thesis_Cheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member
Richard Laurence Tutwiler, Committee Member

Author:

Oathes, Desmond

Title:

SUSTAINED EMOTIONAL PROCESSING IN INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC WORRY SYMPTOMS

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

worry
emotional processing
pupil
psychophysiology
emotion
anxiety

File:

Download Oathes.pdf

Committee Members:

William Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas D Borkovec, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member
Robert M Stern, Committee Member

Author:

James, Eric Guy

Title:

Coordination Dynamics in Redundant and Non-Redundant Motor Tasks

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

coordination dynamics
hierarchy
posture

File:

Download Eric_James_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member
Peter Cm Molenaar, Committee Member

Author:

Thompson, James Wylie Gaius

Title:

CONCUSSIONS IN SPORT: INVESTIGATION OF ASSESSMENT MEASURES AND FUNCTIONAL DEFICITS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

concussion
posture
MTBI
brain injury
EEG
electroencephalography
neuropsychology

File:

Download ThompsonThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Committee Member
Danielle Symons Downs, Committee Member
William Ray, Committee Member
Robert Thatcher, Committee Member
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member

Author:

Jaiswal, Niharika

Title:

Encoding of visual-spatial information in working memory is more challenging than retrieval: Evidence from EEG and Virtual Reality study

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

EEG
working memory
visual-spatial sketch pad
sLORETA

File:

Download Niharika_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Ray, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Brian

Title:

The Effects of Subconcussive Head Trauma in Athletics

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

concussion
subconcussive
neuroimaging

File:

Download b_johnson_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
Thomas Neuberger, Committee Member

Author:

Gay, Michael R

Title:

The Effects of Performing the Ymca Bike Protocol on General Brain Function in Athletes With and Without Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Concussion
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
EEG
Return to Play

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Submission__2_.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Ray, Committee Member
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member
George F Salvaterra, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Special Member

Author:

Teel, Elizabeth Fay

Title:

Differential Sensitivity of ImPACT and VR Testing Modalities in Assessment of Concussion: An EEG Study

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Concussion
EEG
ImPACT
VR
Sensitivity
Reproducibility

File:

Download MASTERS_THESIS_PSU_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Ray, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David E Conroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wang, Zheng

Title:

The inter- and intra-foot coordination dynamics of quiet standing postures

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Foot coordination
Postural control
Quiet standing

File:

Download Wang_dissertationfinal_051113.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Special Member

Author:

Mani, Saandeep

Title:

Hemispheric contributions to motor control and arm preference in unilateral stroke patients

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

brain lateralization
stroke
rehabilitation
hemispheric asymmetry
motor control

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert L Sainburg, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Kai

Title:

Multimodal Functional Neuroimaging of Oculomotor Deficits in Athletes with Concussion.

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Concussion
Neuroimaging
fMRI
DMN
Graph Theory

File:

Download 2-Kai_Zhang_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Maxim Newell, Committee Member
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Committee Member

Author:

Rosenthal, Scott L

Title:

Professional Football Career Length And Position: Potential Risk Factors For Concussive And Subconcussive Exposure Outcomes

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

concussion
subconcussion
sub-concussion
concussive
mtbi
NFL
football
deficit
impairment
position
college
brain injury

File:

Download Rosenthal_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Ray, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Maxim Newell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ko, Ji Hyun

Title:

Postural coordination patterns and surface of support dyanmics

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Postural control
moving platform
principal component analysis
collective variable

File:

Download Ji_dissertation_final_071614.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Maxim Newell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Walter, Alexa Elizabeth

Title:

Neurobiological Effect of Selective Brain Cooling After Concussive Injury

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

concussion
selective brain cooling
MRI
EEG
Virtual Reality

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Riegler, Kaitlin Elizabeth

Title:

Validity of the ImPACT Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS) Affective Symptom Clusters as a Screener for Depression in Collegiate Athletes

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

concussion
neuropsychology
depression
assessment
gender

File:

Download PS-Thesis-template_Riegler_2018_10-24-2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Walter, Alexa Elizabeth

Title:

Susceptibility versus Resiliency to Concussive Injury and Head Acceleration Events in Athletics

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

concussion
subconcussion
head acceleration events
athlete
college-aged
football
imaging
biomarker
cognitive

File:

Download Alexa_Walter_Dissertation_SUBMIT_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sayers John Miller, III, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Outside Member
Peter H. Seidenberg, Special Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fornini, Robert

Title:

The Physiological and Functional Differences in Athletes Experiencing Concussion, Depression or a Combination of Both

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Concussion
Depression
EEG
Virtual Reality
Asymmetry

File:

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Committee Members:

Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member

Author:

Boyd, Amari

Title:

Identification of Athletes at Risk for Developing Psychological Trauma Following Injury

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

kinesiophobia
psychology
athletics
injury
ERAIQ
TSK-11

File:

Download Kinesiophobia_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
Jonathan Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member

Author:

Griffith, Owen

Title:

An exploration of compounding effects of sports concussion and covid-19 in collegiate student-athletes

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

COVID-19
sports concussion
neurological event
ImPACT Test
academic trend
collegiate student-athlete

File:

Download an_exploration_of_compounding_effects_of_sports_concussion_and_covid-19_in_collegiate_student-athletes.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member

Author:

Wilkes, James

Title:

An Examination of How Sleep Influences Functional Outcomes in Collegiate Football Athletes

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

College Athlete
Sleep
Head Acceleration Events
Repetitive Head Impacts
Functional Outcomes
Actigraphy

File:

Download An_Examination_of_How_Sleep_Influences_Functional_Outcomes_in_Collegiate_Football_Athletes.pdf

Committee Members:

Semyon Slobounov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sayers John Miller, III, Committee Member
Wayne Joseph Sebastianelli, Committee Member
Anne-Marie Chang, Outside Member
Peter H Seidenberg, Special Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Riegler, Kaitlin Elizabeth

Title:

Understanding the influence of sleep, a modifiable behavior, in different neuropsychological populations

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

Sleep
Multiple Sclerosis
Concussion

File:

Download Riegler_K_Diss_Grad_School_Format_5-27-2023.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Hillary, Major Field Member
Nancy Dennis, Major Field Member
Semyon Slobounov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peter Arnett, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sakamoto, Mc Kenna

Title:

Examining the Role of Depression on the Relationship between Objective and Subjective Cognitive Functioning after Sport-Related Concussion

Graduate Program:

Psychology (MS)

Keywords:

Sport-related concussion
depression
neuropsychological assessment
post-concussion symptoms

File:

Download Sakamoto_Masters_Thesis_FINAL_Corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Committee Member
Kristin Buss (She/Her), Program Head/Chair
Semyon Slobounov, Committee Member

Author:

Guty, Erin Theresa

Title:

Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Outcomes and Recovery in Sports-Related Concussion

Graduate Program:

Psychology (PHD)

Keywords:

neuropsychology
sports-related concussion
assessment
cognition
cognitive reserve

File:

Download Guty_Dissertation_2022_05_25_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Michele Diaz, Major Field Member
Frank Hillary, Major Field Member
Semyon Slobounov, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peter Arnett, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristin Buss (she/her), Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kelly, Jon

Title:

An Examination of Visual Quality of Life and Functionality Among Collision and Non-Collision Athletes Over A Competitive Season

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology (MS)

Keywords:

Repetitive head impacts
concussion
vision
visual function
functional vision
visual functionality
collision sport
non-collision sport

File:

Download Jon_Kelly_Final_Thesis_5.29.22.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Semyon Slobounov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lacy Marie Alexander, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member