Previous Projects
Neural Excitation of Muscle in Rate of Force Development and Function
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As a health and fitness professional, my goal for my clients was to continually improve their function. My responsibility for the health and fitness industry dictates that I work to elevate the profession. As an exercise science researcher, my long term goal is to find the best possible methods in which to improve function for older adults and people with PD. Research shows that function is more closely related to power and movement velocity than strength and that peak rate of force development (RFD), as an isometric surrogate for velocity/acceleration, is strongly associated with functional independence.
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1. To explore the relationship between peak rate of force development and different EMG measures to determine measures strongly related to function (peak RFD)
Published Nov 2018, Journal of Electromyography and kinesiology, preprint
2. To determine the relationship between peak RFD and and peak Rate of EMG Rise (RER).
Published (online) Sept 2019, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, preprint
Published Nov 2018, Journal of Electromyography and kinesiology, preprint
2. To determine the relationship between peak RFD and and peak Rate of EMG Rise (RER).
Published (online) Sept 2019, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, preprint
Functional-Strengthening: A Pilot Study on Balance Control Improvement in Community- Dwelling Older Adults
Adults over the age of 65 have a 1 in 3 chance of falling; in 2012, more than $30 billion was spent on medical costs due to these falls. Th e division of resistance training and neuromotor training balance improvement interventions has shown to yield low to moderate results. Athletes combine both resistance training and skill development (function) training to improve skilled performance. Older adults may not be performing high-level sports activities, but still require strength, power, and functional fitness levels to perform relatively high-level skills. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of combining resistance and functional training into functional-strength training on dynamic balance control in moderately active older adults.
Published Sept 2017, Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
Published Sept 2017, Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine