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Author:: Sutton, Dane
Title:: The Influence Of Karate Training On Postural Stability
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Karate
Postural Stability
Center of Pressure
Fall Prevention
Balance
Perturbations
File:: Download SUTTON_DANE_MS_THESIS_11-26-2012.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Adams, Kirk Douglas
Title:: An Analysis of the Biomechanics of Landing of Two Groups of Athletes
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Landings
ACL
Non-contact
Gymnasts
Swimmers
File:: Download Whole_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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:: Lafe, Charley
Title:: Visual information and the multiple time scales of isometric force control
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Force variability
Intermittency
Timescales
Visual-motor Processing
File:: Download Charley_Lafe_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Karl Maxim Newell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristina A Neely, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Schaffer, Jacob Eric
Title:: Interlimb Differences in Coordination of Unsupported Reaching Movements
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Handedness
Brain lateralization
Reaching
File:: Download Jacob_Schaffer_final_thesis2.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert L Sainburg, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Latash, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

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Author:: Porter, Heather
Title:: EFFECT OF GRADE, RUNNING SURFACE, AND RUNNING SHOE CUSHIONING PROPERTIES ON GROUND REACTION FORCES IN RECREATIONAL RUNNERS
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Running
Running Injury
Ground Reaction Force
GRF
Running GRF
Running Ground Reaction Force
Shoe cushioning
surface
Surface GRF
Running shoes
running surface
running biomechanics
running
running kinetics
running grade
hill running
File:: Download thesis_hjp_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Jinger Gottschall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

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Author:: Render, Anna
Title:: Task-specific trade-offs in lateral stepping regulation during human walking
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Bipedal Walking
Lateral Stepping
Goal-Directedness
Redundancy
Variability
File:: Download Render_MSThesis_SP20_v5_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Jonathan Bates Dingwell, Program Head/Chair

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