Human Performance/Sports Biomechanics

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Session Chair(s)

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  Sara Arena, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Collegiate Associate Professor
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
• 

  Vincent Wang, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Jeffrey Jacot, PhD (he/him/his)

  Associate professor
  University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  Aurora, Colorado, United States
• 

  Hossein Tavana, PhD (he/him/his)

  Department Chair/ Professor
  University of Akron, Ohio, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

  Relating Athlete Perceptions of Concussion to Head Impact Biomechanics in Youth Football
  

  Presenting Author: Madison Marks, MS (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Ty Holcomb, MS (he/him/his) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Grace Loftin – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Mark Espeland, PhD (he/him/his) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Christopher Miles – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Joel D. Stitzel, PhD – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Justin B. Moore, PhD (he/him/his) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

  Primary Investigator: Jillian Urban, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  The Association of Arm Speed, Ball Weight, and Sessions Performed on Elbow Varus Torque During Weighted Ball Throwing Exercises
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica K. Geiger (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences

  Co-Author: Jakob Wolf, Masters of Science of Biomedical Engineering – Wake Forest Biomedical Engineering

  Primary Investigator: Kristen Nicholson – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  The effect of carbon fiber insole stiffness on margin of stability during normal treadmill walking
  

  Presenting Author: Aubrey Gray (she/her/hers) – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University

  Co-Author: Kabir Dewan (he/him/his) – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University

  Co-Author: Kota Z. Takahashi, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Utah

  Primary Investigator: Jason Franz – Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC Chapel Hill and NC State University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Youth Sports Head Impact Analysis: Comparison of Head Kinematics from a Computational Head-Neck Model and Physical Anthropomorphic Test Device
  

  Presenting Author: Shea Middleton, MS (Any pronouns) – Duke University

  Last Author: Jason Luck, PhD – Duke University
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Comparison of Elbow Joint Forces and Torques between Youth and Elite Pitchers: A Statistical Parametric Mapping Approach
  

  Presenting Author: Michael R. Torry, PhD – Illinois State University

  Co-Author: Abigail Salvadore, ABD – University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: Jadon J. Konkel – Illinois State University

  Co-Author: Kyle Wood – Illinois State University
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Differences in Running Biomechanics between Young, Healthy Men and Women Carrying Load
  

  Presenting Author: Jose E. Rubio, PhD (he/him/his) – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., in support of the Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute

  Co-Author: Junfei Tong – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., in support of the Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute

  Co-Author: Aravind Sundaramurthy – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., in support of the Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute

  Co-Author: Adhitya V. Subramani – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., in support of Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute

  Co-Author: Vivek Bhaskar Kote – The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., in support of Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute

  Co-Author: Michael Baggaley, PhD – University of Alberta

  Co-Author: W. Brent Edwards, PhD (he/him/his) – Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology and The McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

  Last Author: Jaques Reifman (he/him/his) – Department of Defense Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software Applications Institute