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Author:: Weller, Alex
Title:: Anatomical Form and Biomechanical Function Inferred from the Upper Limb Remains from Liang Bua Cave, Flores Indonesia
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: physical anthropology
biomechanics
evolution
homo floresiensis
dysmorphology
File:: Download thesis15_final_23_apr.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Barry Eckhardt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Gao, Fan
Title:: PREHENSION SYNERGIES: STATIC AND DYNAMIC EXAMINATIONS
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: prehension
finger
grip force
load force
synergy
chain effects
internal force
motor control
biomechanics
File:: Download Dissertation_Fan_Gao_2005.pdf
Committee Members:: Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Preston, Holly
Title:: EFFECTS OF EXERCISE AND GENETIC STRAIN ON BONE STRENGTH, MUSCULOSKELETAL GENE EXPRESSION AND ACTIVITY LEVELS IN C57BL/6J AND DBA/2J ADULT FEMALE MICE
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: exercise
bone
muscle
inbred mice
genetics
biomechanics
File:: Download HOLLY_PRESTON_DISSERTATION.pdf
Committee Members:: Neil Sharkey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Teresa Caroldean Lang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Member
Douglas Cavener, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Medina, Jennifer Michele
Title:: The effects of gender and lower extremity alignment on the kinematics of three functional tasks
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: ACL
knee
biomechanics
malalignment
File:: Download medina_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jay Hertel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig R Denegar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William E Buckley, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member

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Author:: Moran, Matthew Francis
Title:: COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT MOTION
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: total knee replacement
biomechanics
orthopedics
joint arthroplasty
File:: Download PhDmoran.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Neil Sharkey, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

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Author:: Duffey, Michael J
Title:: A biomechanical anlysis of the bench press
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: EMG
grip width
weight lifting
benc press
force
biomechanics
File:: Download Dissertation_Final_Duffey.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
William E Buckley, Committee Member
Jinger Gottschall, Committee Member

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Author:: Winter, Samantha Lee
Title:: THE IN VIVO EXPRESSION OF THE FORCE-LENGTH RELATIONSHIP AND ITS EFFECT ON SUSTAINED ISOMETRIC FORCE
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: force-length relationship
biomechanics
steadiness
File:: Download ThesisFinal1.pdf
Committee Members:: John Henry Challis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip Martin, Committee Member
Robert Barry Eckhardt, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

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Author:: Pataky, Todd Colin
Title:: Investigations into tangential finger force coordination
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: finger force
biomechanics
motor control
prehension
hand coordination
File:: Download Pataky-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Latash, Committee Member
Stephen Jacob Piazza, Committee Member
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member

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Author:: Wisleder, Deric
Title:: SPINE MECHANICAL RESPONSE TO STATIC AXIAL COMPRESSION LOAD: AN MRI STUDY IN VIVO
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: biomechanics
kinesiology
intervertebral disc
spine mechanics
lumbar spine
magnetic resonance
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark Latash, Committee Member
Vladimir M Zatsiorsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Smith, Committee Member
John Henry Challis, Committee Member

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