Current research projects at the Leon Root, MD Motion Analysis Laboratory include:
A foundational biomechanical study of spring-loaded cleats
Principal Investigator: Kraszewski A
Effects of an education and prevention program on reducing upper extremity injury in musicians
Principal Investigator: Wolff A
Role of the long head of the biceps tendon in shoulder stabilization
Principal Investigators: Rauck R
Co-Investigators: Gulotta L, Kraszewski A
The effect of collinear resistance of the PROTEUS rehabilitation machine to upper extremity muscles
Principal Investigator: Kontaxis A
Rehabilitation Registry for degenerative disease: Hip, Knee, Ankle and Low Back
Principal Investigator: Hillstrom H
Development of a Surface Topography and Spinal Alignment Registry for Assessing Spinal Deformity
Principal Investigator: Hillstrom H
Co-Investigator: Widmann R
Prospective 3dMD Registry
Principal Investigator: Widmann R
Co-Investigator: Hillstrom H
Kinematics and kinetic analysis for return to play criteria following ACL injury: Normative data from healthy young individuals
Principal Investigator: Hillstrom H
Co-Investigators: Backus S, Kraszewski A, Drefus L, Thaqi I, Gibbons M, Chiaia T, Cavanagh J, de Mille P, et al.
Predicting human energy expenditure: a pilot study to collect kinetic, kinematic, and metabolic energy data on healthy individuals and those with trans-tibial amputation
Principal Investigator: Hillstrom H
Co-Investigators: deMille P, Garrison G, et al
Joint hypermobility and lower body osteoarthritis
Principal Investigator: Golightly Y
Co-Investigators: Jordan J, Hannan M
Consultant: Hillstrom H
Effect of the Kinespring® system on knee joint contact mechanics (Moximed - phase 1)
Principal Investigator: Hillstrom H
Co-Investigators: Ranawat A, Rozbruch R, Fragomen A
Loadsol, load monitoring device for the partial weight-bearing post-operative management of ankle fracture: A pilot study
Principal Investigator: Hillstrom H
Co-Investigators: Ellis S, Drakos M, Demetracopoulos CA
Self-reported wrist functional limitations & expectations – phase 1
Principal Investigator: Wolff A
Co-Investigators: Wolfe S, Hillstrom H
Prospective longitudinal assessment of patellar tendinopathy in elite basketball players using quantitative imaging with correlation to symptoms and functional analysis
Principal Investigator: Nwawka O
Co-Investigators: Toresdahl B, Hillstrom H, Chiaia T, Sgroi T, Kraszewski A
Non-surgical treatment in young pitchers to improve shoulder kinematics
Co-Principal Investigators: Kontaxis A, Fealy S
Co-Investigators: Dines J, Levinson M, Hillstrom H, Key Personnel: Thaqi I, Zanini, S, Kraszewski A
APOS therapy mechanism of treatment for managing medial knee OA
Co-Principal Investigators: Hillstrom H, Kontaxis A
Co-Investigators: Kraszewski A, Backus S, Mandl L, Toresdahl B, Gellhorn A, Jezequel J, Zanini S
Use of elastography to quantify change in upper extremity muscle spasticity following Botox injection in children with spastic CP
Co-Principal Investigators: Nwawka O, Wolff A
Co-Investigators: Daluiski A, Miller T, Scher D, Dodwell E
Comparing lateral only with medial and lateral procedures for management of idiopathic adolescent flatfoot: a prospective study
Principal Investigator: Scher D
Co-Investigators: Hillstrom H, Blanco J, Backus S, Dodwell E
Movement Patterns Pre/Post Clavicular Fracture Repair
Principal Investigator: Dodwell E
Co-Investigators: Kontaxis A, Wolff A, Backus S
Biomechanical evaluation of lateralization in Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis: impact of anatomical variations and implant geometry
Principal Investigator: Kontaxis, A
Co-Investigators: Chen S, Jahandar A
Kinematics and function in wrist hemi-arthroplasty patients
Principal Investigator: Wolff A
Co-Investigators: Hillstrom H, Hillstrom R, Wolfe S
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