Mentoring

“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.” - Bob Proctor.

Excellent photoshop work by Chayston Brown (KHS Department representing at the SWACSM Conference)

Chayston Brown presented his work on inter-step height variation

Bonny Lu presented her work on reaction times altered by an ACL tear

Liz Cafferty presented her work on older adult coactivation response in acute recovery

Aric Turner presented his work on the relationship of the Reacstick(R) inhibition accuracy and inhibitory control during balance recovery

Visual Contrast Enhancement for Fall Risk Reduction

Every day, adults risk falling on the stairs, jeopardizing their health and wellbeing. The risk of these falls may be reduced, however, through simple changes in the environment. The purpose of our investigation is to assess the real-world effectiveness of such environmental changes through the addition of black vinyl stair edge highlighters on each step and vertical ‘black and white’ striping on the face of the bottom and top steps to reduce stumbles and the associated consequences of falls. In addition, we are also examining factors that affect the ability to recover from a stumble such as how close the nearest handrail is and whether distractions are present (e.g. mobile device use). While the independent effect of these factors on fall risk and severity may be obvious, how their interaction affects fall risk and severity is not.

Utah State Today - Filling the Gaps in Stair Safety

Students Mentored: Alex Braeger, master’s, Kenneth Harrison, master’s, Samantha Corbridge, UG, Christopher Long, UG, Shandon Poulsen, UG, Brevin Zollinger, UG, Emmalee Rolfe, UG, Travis Boman, UG, Amy Hale, UG, McKay Wilding, UG, Chayston Brown, UG.

Spring 2021 student presentations:

Travis Boman : https://symposium.foragerone.com/2021-usu-student-research-symposium/presentations/22158

*Samantha Corbridge and Christopher Long : https://symposium.foragerone.com/2021-usu-student-research-symposium/presentations/21440

*Students were awarded the 2021 Student Research Symposium Social Sciences and Education Oral Presentation Award. https://symposium.foragerone.com/2021-usu-student-research-symposium

Distraction’s influence on handrail use and successful stairway negotiation - accepted by the Journal of Safety Research (Spring 2022).

Relationship of eccentric strength and forward perturbation restabilization after foot contact

Parker Carroll, 2022 Student Research Symposium

Cody Overson, 2022 Student Research Symposium

Lower Limb Asymmetries Among Older Adults

Chayston Brown and Daxton Kennington, 2022 Student Research Symposium

Blocking a Balance Recovery Step

Chase Mitton and Charlie Baggett, 2022 Student Research Symposium

Charlie Baggett, Chase Mitton, and Keaton Reel at the 2022 Student Research Symposium

The connections between musculoskeletal injury and global reaction