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PhD student
University of Texas at Austin
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
My academic research experience during the bachelor and master program in Physical Therapy provides me
an extensive background in exercise training and movement science in gait rehabilitation. I conducted research
on the effect of core stability training on knee pain and function in patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome
under the supervision of Dr. Motealleh. This resulted in a co-authorship publication, which was published in the
journal of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In addition, I got an invitation to present two
posters of systematic reviews related to the effect of core stability in lower extremity injuries at the 1st
international and 28th annual congress of the Iranian Physiotherapy Association. Immediately upon my master
graduation, I was offered a physical therapist position at Namazi Hospital (Shiraz, Iran), Where I worked for
two years. That was a great opportunity for me to interact with a wide variety of patients from those who are
suffering from spinal cord injury and brain damage to musculoskeletal impairments and other disabilities. My
long-term research interests involve the development of therapeutic approaches and rehabilitation techniques
in providing comprehensive care and quality of life for individuals with physical impairments and disabilities. In
the first semester of my PhD in rehabilitation and movement science program, I conducted a literature review
on the postural impairments during walking in individuals post-stroke, under the supervision of Dr. Hao.
Recently, I have developed a biomechanical-based model which could predict the vertical ground reaction
force during walking based on hip abduction momentum and mediolateral foot placement in the healthy older
adults. For this project, I am going to use this model in my data analysis to identify different strategies that
older adults may use to control and generate the vertical ground reaction force during walking. This research
will be a foundational steppingstone for my long-term goal of optimizing rehabilitation programs and improving
clinical care of older population by promoting their weight acceptance ability and vertical support force
generation during walking and decreasing their falling
