Quad (Dys)Function After ACL Injury

Lynn Snyder-Mackler

Dr Snyder-Mackler is a prolific author of more than 250 research articles, 30 book chapters and monographs, and textbooks on electrotherapy and sports physical therapy. She serves on the editorial boards of Orthopedics Today, Annals of Joint and JOR, and has given more than 1000 presentations on her research in the U.S. and 40 foreign countries.
Snyder-Mackler is a principal investigator or co-investigator on 5 NIH grants including her work with patients with ACL injury that was recognized with a prestigious MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Her study results also have been reported by The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, United Press International, and other major media.
She is the recipient of numerous awards from the American Physical Therapy Association, which named her a Catherine Worthingham Fellow, the highest honor in the profession, in 2003. In 2009, she won the Francis Alison Faculty Award, the University's highest faculty honor.
She is a Board Certified Sports Physical Therapist.

Dustin Grooms

Dr. Grooms is a Professor in the Division of Physical Therapy at Ohio University. His doctorate is in health and rehabilitation sciences from the Ohio State University. He has clinical experience as an athletic trainer and strength coach and has degrees in athletic training, kinesiology, biomechanics and neuroscience. Currently his main research interest is how the brain and movement mechanics change after musculoskeletal injury and therapy.

Lindsey Lepley

Dr. Lepley is an assistant professor of Athletic Training at the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology. She earned a master's in Education from the University of Virginia and a PhD in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Lepley’s research program focuses on the identification of neuromuscular mechanisms and rehabilitation strategies to treat dysfunction after common orthopedic injury. Much of her previous and current research has identified adaptions in neuromuscular mechanisms that contribute to injury and disease with a particular emphasis on anterior cruciate ligament rupture.

Elizabeth Wellsandt

Dr. Wellsandt is an Associate Professor in the Physical Therapy Program of the College of Allied Health Professions and Director of the Clinical Movement Analysis Lab at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her PhD is in Biomechanics and Movement Science from the University of Delaware. Prior to that she received her DPT from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her current research is focused on how physical activity and movement patterns of the knee contribute to early knee osteoarthritis and other outcomes after ACL injury. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, Arthritis Foundation, Rheumatology Research Foundation, and Foundation for Physical Therapy Research.

Grant Norte

Grant Norte is an Associate Professor in the School of Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences and Co-Director of the Motion Analysis & Integrative Neurophysiology (MAIN) Lab at the University of Toledo. Grant received a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine from California Lutheran University, a Master of Education in Athletic Training from the University of Virginia, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Sports Medicine from the University of Virginia. Grant’s research agenda is centered around the neuromuscular and biomechanical burden of joint injury, with a specific emphasis on the neurophysiological origins of post-traumatic muscular dysfunction in patients with knee joint injury to better understand, and develop, early intervention strategies that promote long-term health and well-being.