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Advice on professional development for undergraduate exercise science students… a thread 🧵…

@KatieHunzinger @JeffersonUniv @ResearchAtJeff All with a month to go still!

2025 By the Numbers: 📚8 papers + 4 in review + 9 in prep 🗣️7 conference talks + 2 invited talks 💰3 grants funded • 3 invited • 3 not funded 💡Reviewed 20 papers + 3 grants 🎓6 classes taught 👥Mentored 19 trainees • Advised 30+ students @JeffersonUniv @ResearchAtJeff

🔮 Ever wished you could predict ACL injury risk without expensive lab tech? A novel study shows how 2D analysis can accurately assess limb biomechanics & identify risk 👉 Tap the link to read our full breakdown now: physio-network.com/research-revie… ⁠ ---- Original Article: Straub RK, Powers CM 2025

@BasVanHooren @NMS_UM @HumanMoveSci_UM Cool!

New paper where I argue that injuries such as hamstring strains and ACL injuries may be overuse injuries instead of acute injuries For example, the figure shows that fiber force & length during injury step is not different from many preceding steps FREE paper link in comments

Psychosocial factors matter in the RTPerf process following injury. Big thanks to all co-authors on our Psychosocial RTPerf pathway paper journal.aspetar.com/en/archive/vol… @Aspetar @TheSSTofficial

Another #publicationalert highlighting the work of so many of our great undergraduate students! 4 decades of #rugby research shows disparities in authorship by gender-with women under-represented. @trpollen @ASchneiderMDPhD @JeffersonUniv @ResearchAtJeff journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/full…

@Tyry202 This is great!

Dynamic warm-up I implement with my classes on sprint days. Always subject to change, but this is the core framework. Rhythm, coordination, fluidity, biomechanical reinforcement, positive proprioceptive feedback, elasticity, and feeling good are some boxes we try to check.

🦘 After ACL injury, can hop tests be used to predict the risk of future injury? 🤨 Want to find out want hop tests REALLY tell us? 💯 @trpollen broke down a systematic review we have made it FREE for you! 👀 Check it out now to learn more! 🖇️ physio.network/ACLhoptests

@kcrehabguy Very cool!

Solid article in Sports Medicine about supplementation pre and post-op ACLR. Fortunately, the recs have held up over time and won't break the bank either. Give this one a read. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39853659/

@KatieHunzinger Inbox zero or GTFO!

Crawling out of my inbox overflow

@KatieHunzinger Let’s goooooo

When your students email that they got into graduate school. 🥹🥹🥹🥹

@KatieHunzinger @PhysSportsMed @ConcussionUd @BuzSwanik @ResearchAtJeff Great work! Very interesting that the relationship is different for males and females.

Full article is now live with @PhysSportsMed, highlighting increased odds of Upper extremity MSK in #rugby players with history of #concussion, expanding on the data linking concussion and subsequent LEMSI. @ConcussionUd @BuzSwanik @ResearchAtJeff tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

@JSportRehab @AmeliaSBruce Cool!!

#JSRWrapped2024 - our March post with the most engagement evaluated automated vs. manual scoring methods for the Balance Error Scoring System #BESS Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1123/jsr.20… @JoeHartUVA @AmeliaSBruce

Is AI going to replace us all? I ran a little experiment to see how well ChatGPT could grade student essays, and the results surprised me! Let’s just say I may never grade papers the same way again... travispollen.substack.com/p/can-chatgpt-…

@KatieHunzinger @JeffersonUniv @ResearchAtJeff LET'S GO!

Thank you to @JeffersonUniv Research Communications for highlighting my lab and the great research I have the privilege of conducting here at TJU! Stay tuned for some upcoming papers on #concussion in #rugby and #aging @ResearchAtJeff nexus.jefferson.edu/business/a-rug…

@Lornabarry86 @sj_sportsphysio @kathrynfahy4 @julianne_ryan Looking forward to reading!

@hollysilverspt @DustinGrooms @AnneBenjaminse @SportfisioSwiss Awesome!!

New commentary by researchers that have devoted their careers to understanding neural & orthopedic implications of ACL injury. 🙏 @DustinGrooms @AnneBenjaminse @SportfisioSwiss for lending your expertise & insight to improving the 11+ & other IPP's.💪 ijspt.scholasticahq.com/article/123956…

@KatieHunzinger The Phillies are dead to us.

Office mascot, Bone Jovi, has moved onto hockey season!

I wouldn't be the scholar (nor person) I am today were it not for the tutelage of my master's advisor, Dr. Steven Stanhope. Though we lost Steven in August, his memory lives on in all whose lives he touched. Thanks to @JBiomech for allowing us to pay homage with this In Memoriam.

👉️ Before you jump to conclusions, read the Research Review of this paper! ⁠ ✅ Every month we break down the latest research, making it easy to stay up-to-date. ⁠ ⬇️ Here are 2/12 papers we covered in the new, October issue:⁠ ⁠ • Asymmetric Running Linked to Pain in Achilles Tendinopathy • Kinesiotape vs. Low-Dye Tape for Plantar Fasciitis Pain: RCT ⁠ 🚀 Ready to explore all 12 papers? Click the 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 below: 🔗 physio.network/October-Resear…

@KatieHunzinger @INTS2024 @ASchneiderMDPhD @JeffersonUniv @ResearchAtJeff Nice bow tie!

Thank you @INTS2024 for having me speak today on dual task gait in older adults with #TBI. Stay tuned for more work in this space with mentor @ASchneiderMDPhD! @JeffersonUniv @ResearchAtJeff