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Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
My scientific background incorporates principles from engineering mechanics and motor control applied to human gait. I have over 10 years of experience investigating the neuromechanics of locomotion in neurologically impaired and aging populations (i.e., stroke and Parkinson’s disease). Conducting and/or contributing to previous projects related to stroke and Parkinson’s disease (NCT03174392, NCT0253955, NCT03353688) has provided me with the expertise necessary to contribute to the proposed study. My previous work has primarily focused on developing novel interventions that target specific mechanisms of gait dysfunction in neurologically impaired (stroke) populations. I recently completed an RCT funded by the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science titled “Metabolic cost associated with increased resistive force compared to increased treadmill speed during walking with individuals poststroke”. Currently, I am the consortium P.I. on a NIDILRR grant titled “Robotic Treadmill for Intense, Adaptive Training of Walking Propulsion”. The goal of this grant is to use a novel training paradigm to encourage increased paretic limb propulsive forces during walking. Indeed, identifying modifiable behavioral mechanisms of gait and balance dyfunction are important for chronic post stroke survivors
