Funding
Currently funded projects
- “Changes in Control of Movement Timing and Stability With Muscle Fatigue”: [Sept., 2008 - Aug., 2010] This two year project is being funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). The primary purposes of this project are to (#1) Determine how widespread vs. localized muscle fatigue affect the control of movement timing, (#2) Determine how widespread vs. localized muscle fatigue affect the control of movement stability. [Abstract].
- “Dynamic Stability in Human Walking: From Small to Large Perturbations”: [April, 2008 – March, 2010] This two year project is being funded by the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The primary purposes of this project are to (#1) Develop novel meaningful quantitative measures of dynamic stability that are appropriate for analyzing human walking, (#2) Develop and validate a novel computational model of walking specifically designed to predict human walking stability, and (#3) Determine how moderate and large perturbations impact local and global dynamic stability in human walking. [Abstract].
- “Trial-to-Trial Nonlinear Dynamics of Human Movements": [Oct, 2006 – Sept, 2009] This three year project is being funded by the National Science Foundation
Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI)
Previously funded projects
- Predicting the Risk of Tripping from Measures Obtained During Unperturbed Walking: [Oct., 2007 - Aug., 2008] This project was funded by a Research Grant from the UT Office of the Vice President for Research. The primary aim of this project is to determine measures of dynamic stability obtained from normal unperturbed walking trials can predict how subjects will respond when exposed to large-scale perturbations.
- Tracking Fatigue-Related Changes in Motor Coordination:
[Sept., 2005 - Aug., 2008] This two year project was funded by the National
Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).
The primary purposes of this project were to (#1) Develop an appropriate apparatus and protocol for studying
fatigue-induced changes in coordination during a repetitive task, (#2) Develop appropriate analytical tools to track
fatigue-induced changes in coordination during repetitive tasks, and (#3) Explore the time courses over which muscle
function and coordination change during a fatigue-inducing repetitive task.
Co-Investigator: David Chelidze, University of Rhode Island.
[Abstract]
- Mechanisms Underlying the Capacity of Elderly Subjects to Maintain Dynamic Stability During Standing and Walking:
[May, 2003 - April, 2006] This was a three year project, funded by a Biomedical
Engineering Research Grant from The Whitaker Foundation.
The two primary purposes of this project were (i) to develop and test dynamically valid measures for quantifying
stability during standing and walking and (ii) to identify those biomechanical and neuromuscular mechanisms that
are responsible for maintaining whole-body stability during walking and to determine how those mechanisms are
altered in the course of normal aging.
- Quantifying Fatigue-Related Changes in Coordination in a One-Handed Lifting Task Across Time: [Jan, 2004 - Aug., 2004] This project was funded by a Research Grant from the UT Office of the Vice President for Research. The primary aim of this project was to determine the time courses of changes in muscle function and movement kinematics that occur during a fatigue-inducing one-handed dumbell lifting task.
- Controlling Dynamic Stability of Walking and Standing in Healthy Adults: [June, 2004 - Aug., 2004] This project was funded by a Summer Research Assignment Grant from the UT Office of Graduate Studies. The primary purpose of this project was to develop and test a new method for quantifying a person’s local dynamic stability while they are either standing or walking and to determine if stability during standing is able to predict stability during walking.