Deepak Kumar, PT, PhD

Undergraduate Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor - This course will provide a foundation in the use of equipment commonly used for human movement analysis. The curriculum will include in-depth discussion of motion capture, force platform, instrumented treadmill, and surface electromyography techniques. Additionally, students will be introduced to other technologies used for human movement analyses including inertial and wearable sensors, gait carpet, musculoskeletal modeling, dual fluoroscopy, and MR imaging. Hands-on lab activities will include working with relevant hardware and software. Students are required to sign up for both lecture and lab sections. The course includes a final project that requires understanding and use of some of the technologies discussed in the course. The course is for students who are currently using or are interested in using technologies for human movement analysis for research or industrial applications. (Credits: 4)

This seminar allows for a discussion of topics of interest to doctoral-level students in the PhD program in Rehabilitation Sciences, and is designed to provide insight in 1) curricular aspects of the PhD program, 2) mentor-mentee relationship, 3) skills necessary for PhD graduates entering the field of rehabilitation sciences with a research doctorate, and 4) interdisciplinary nature of the field of rehabilitation. This course enhances the student's ability to successfully complete the PhD program by working on skills needed to write and critically review IRB proposals, research manuscripts and research grant proposals, to outline ethical dilemmas in research, to formulate and disseminate a line of inquiry, and to distinguish various career paths. Literature addressing these issues will be used throughout to illustrate the arguments. (Credits: Var)