Kinesiology and Health Education

Dr. Griffin's expertise is in neuromuscular physiology and spinal cord injury research. Current studies involve investigating muscular control of the lower back and the knee in healthy and clinical populations and nutritional intervention for acute spinal cord injury.

1999 Ph.D. Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

Mettler, J. and Griffin, L. Post-activation Potentiation and Muscular Endurance Training Muscle and Nerve 45(3):416-25, 2012.

Dhindsa, M. S., Merring, C. A., Brandt, L .E.,  Tanaka H, Griffin, L. Muscle spasticity associated with reduced whole-leg perfusion in persons with spinal cord injury. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 34 (6): 594-599, 2011.

Griffin, L., Painter, P., Wadwha, A. and Spirduso, W. W. Motor unit Firing variability and synchronization during short-term light-load training in older adults. Experimental Brain Research 197:337-45, 2009.

Doucet, B. M. and Griffin, L. Variable stimulation patterns for post-stroke hemiplegia. Muscle and Nerve 39:54-62, 2009.

Griffin, L., Decker, M. J., Hwang, J. Y., Wang, B., Kitchen, K., Ding, Z. and Ivy, J. L. Functional electrical stimulation cycling improves body composition, metabolic and neural factors in persons with spinal cord injury. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 19: 614-622, 2009.

• Fellow, Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Faculty Fellows Fund, College of Education, University of Texas at Austin, 2010-2012
• Fellow, Lee Hage Jamail Regents Chair in Education, College of Education, University of Texas at Austin, 2006-2010
• Dean’s Fellowship, College of Education, University of Texas at Austin, 2007
• Vision Award, College of Education, University of Texas at Austin 2005-2006
• FAST Tex Award, Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment, University of Texas at Austin, 2005-2006

Department of Defense, Spinal Cord Injury Research Project, Nutritional Supplementation for Acute Spinal Cord injury, 2013-2017, (submitted)

University of Texas Research Grant, Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Texas at Austin Stimulation Patterns to Improve Endurance during Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, 2009-2010

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases NIH 1 R03 AR52883-01 Motor Unit Activity and Force Steadiness Changes with Aging, 2005-2009

Lone Star Paralysis Foundation and Brain & Spine Center, Brackenridge Hospital CNS and Metabolic Changes during FES Cycling and Biofeedback Rehabilitation following Spinal Cord Injury, 2005-2007

Lone Star Paralysis Foundation and Brain & Spine Center, Brackenridge Hospital Fatigue of Quadriceps Muscle Synergy in Spinal Cord Injured Persons during Functional Electrical Stimulation Cycling, 2005-2006

Spinal Cord Injury

Functional electrical stimulation

Low Back Pain

Central nervous system control of muscle force

Single motor unit recruitment and firing patterns

• Editorial Board, Medicine and Science in Sports and exercise
• Editorial Board, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
• Society for Neuroscience
• American College of Sports Education