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Author:

Kuperavage, Adam John

Title:

INFERENCES CONCERNING BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION FROM THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE BAR 1002’00 AND BAR 1003’00 FEMORAL FRAGEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

second moment of area
cortical bone distribution
moment coefficient of area
Orrorin tugenensis

File:

Download DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Barry Eckhardt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Dawson, Amanda M

Title:

Haptic Pursuit Tracking

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

haptics
tracking
coordination
movement
bimanual
touch

File:

Download amd_diss_def.pdf

Committee Members:

David A. Rosenbaum, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Alan Carlson, Committee Member
Peter Andrew Arnett, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

Author:

Fauth, Andrew Ray

Title:

Anatomically Based Investigations of Total Ankle Arthroplasty

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

ankle arthroplasty
talocrural joint
joint replacement
ankle

File:

Download fauth_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Member
James Michelson, Committee Member

Author:

Infantolino, Benjamin William

Title:

Investigation of Human Muscle Variability and its Effects on Musculoskeletal Models

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

First Dorsal Interosseous
muscle
sarcomere length
subject-specific model parameters
muscle variability
musculoskeletal model

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

Author:

Haladay, Douglas Eugene

Title:

Investigation of Abdominal Muscle Performance and Stabilization Exercises in Persons with and without Low Back Pain

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

abdominal muscle performance
low back pain
stabilization exercise

File:

Download Haladay_Dissertation_Full_Document_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

John Henry Challis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
Sayers John Miller Iii, Committee Member
William E Buckley, Committee Member
Craig R Denegar, 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:

Vairo, Giampietro Luciano

Title:

Neuromechanical knee joint profiles following ipsilateral hamstring tendons autograft anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

Anterior cruciate ligament
hamstrings
reconstruction
musculo-articular stiffness

File:

Download Vairo_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William E Buckley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sayers John Miller Iii, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member

Author:

Lewis, Gregory Stephen

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF THE MECHANICS OF FLATFOOT DEFORMITY AND ITS SURGICAL CORRECTIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

orthopaedic
biomechanics
optimization
finite element
AAFD
flatfoot
orthopedic

File:

Download Lewis_G_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jacob Piazza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
Neil Sharkey, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

Author:

Dunsworth, Holly M.

Title:

<i>Proconsul heseloni</i> Feet from Rusinga Island, Kenya

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Metatarsal
Cross-sectional geometry
Kaswanga Primate Site
Hominoid
Paleoanthropology

File:

Download Dunsworth_Thesis_Final_BEST.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan Walker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Therese Richtsmeier, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
George Robert Milner, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jeremy Douglas

Title:

EFFECTS OF PROSTHESIS INERTIA ON THE MECHANICS AND ENERGETICS OF AMPUTEE LOCOMOTION

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

transtibial
biomechanics
loading

File:

Download Jeremy_Smith_Final_Draft_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Martin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Robert L Sainburg, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member