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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

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Author:: Hofmann, Cory Lee
Title:: Evidence of isometric function of the flexor hallucis longus and flexor digitorum longus during the stance phase of gait
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: cadaveric gait simulation
flexor hallucis longus
flexor digitorum longus
muscle mechanics
forefoot mechanics
File:: Download CLH379_Thesis_3.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Neil Sharkey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Neil Sharkey, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Carlson, Chad Robert
Title:: Play, Games, and Philosophy: A Metaphysical and Axiological Study
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: play
games
sports
metaphysics
value
File:: Download Carlson_Full_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Scott Kretchmar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Scott Kretchmar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Dyreson, Committee Member
Douglas Ray Hochstetler, Committee Member
Christopher P Long, Committee Member

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Author:: Torres, Cesar R.
Title:: Play As Expression: An Analysis Based On The Philosophy Of Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: phenomenology
education
expression
play
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Committee Members:: Doug Anderson, Committee Member
John E Russon, Committee Member
John Andrew Lucas, Committee Member
Robert Scott Kretchmar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Dyreson, Committee Member

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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

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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

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Author:: Peterson, Daniel S
Title:: EFFECTS OF AGE AND SPEED ON COACTIVATION, VARIABILITY, AND JOINT KINETICS DURING WALKING
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: Gait
metabolic cost
coactivation
kinetics
File:: Download Peterson_Thesis_rev.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip Martin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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Author:: Rauff, Erica
Title:: THE INFLUENCE OF PREPREGNANCY WEIGHT STATUS ON THE BIOPSYCHOSOICAL DETERMINANTS OF BODY IMAGE SATISFACTION IN PREGNANCY
Graduate Program:: Kinesiology
Keywords:: body image satisfaction
exercise behavior
gestational weight gain
depression
pregnancy
File:: Download Erica_Rauff_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Danielle Symons Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Danielle Symons Downs, 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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