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Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Laboratory

The mission of the Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Laboratory is to improve physical health throughout their lifespan by research on mechanisms of sport injury and pathological conditions through the development, evaluation, and implementation of interventions to improve pathological conditions and prevent musculoskeletal injuries.

The Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Laboratory is housed in a facility of 3,000 square feet for subject preparation, warmup, testing, data processing and analysis, and teaching in biomechanics. The lab includes several designated areas:

  1. a main data collection area that features a 13-camera high-speed motion capture system mounted on adjustable (vertically and horizontally) rails and three force platforms that can be configured to accommodate a variety of data collection needs
  2. a secondary data collection area featuring a 6-camera high-speed motion capture system mounted on adjustable tripods around a treadmill and unweighing system
  3. a balance testing area
  4. an isokinetic testing area
  5. an in-house computer lab with six networked PC computers
  6. 3 office partitions for graduate students
  7. large and small storage areas for equipment and testing products
  8. several independent carts on wheels with independent computers and hardware for data collection and analysis.

  • 1 13-camera V5/T10 1000 Hz motion analysis system (Vicon Inc)
  • 1 6-camera 240 Hz motion analysis system (Vicon Inc)
  • 3 force platforms (600×600, AMTI)
  • 1 force platform (454×508, AMTI)
  • 2 Kistler instrumented force pedals
  • 1 Biodex System 4 Isokinetic Dynamometer
  • 1 instrumented staircase (working with force platforms)
  • 1 16 channel Delsys Trigno Wireless EMG system
  • 1 8-channel Noraxon tethered EMG system
  • 1 insole plantar pressure system (Novell, Inc.)
  • 1 insole plantar pressure system (RSscan Inc.)
  • 1 plantar pressure mat system (RSscan Inc.)
  • 1 balance system (Biodex, Inc.)
  • 1 Phillips Lumify ultrasound system
  • 1 Genurob Knee Arthrometer
  • 1 Treadmill (Precor)
  • 1 Davis pointer (C-motion, Inc.)
  • 1 unweighing system (Biodex Inc.)
  • 1 F-Scan insole plantar pressure system (Texscan Inc.)
  • 2 APAS video analysis systems (one DOS based and one Window based)
  • 1 customized muscle MVC testing chair
  • 2 JVC high-speed digital video camera
  • 2 JVC VCR camcorders
  • 1 Lafayette Stabilometer
  • 2 Harris mats- plantar pressure/area measurement systems
  • 1 AHIMS system (Arch Height Index Measurement System, JAK Tool and Model, LLC)
  • 1 Vertec jump height measurement system
  • 2 Vertec jump height measurement boards
  • 1 customized ankle inversion device
  • 1 customized overhead bar with motorized adjustable heights
  • 1 Lode Cycle ergometer
  • 1 Monark cycle ergometer
  • 1 Wahoo Smart Bike
  • 2 cycle ergometers (E3, Kettler)
  • 1 Recumbent cycle ergometer (Kettler)
  • 2 Scales – height, weight
  • 1 Basketball exploder tower
  • 3 sets of Lafayette photo cells
  • 2 Lafayette electronic multifunction timers
  • 2 electrogoniometers (Biometrics Inc.)
  • 2 uni-axial miniature accelerometers (PCB Inc.)
  • 1 tri-axial accelerometers (PCB Inc.)
  • 1 4-channel line-conditioning unit (PCB Inc.)
  • 2-channel amplifier (Biopac Inc.)
  • Handheld goniometers
  • 2 Anthropometers
  • 1 Mindware wireless ambulatory monitor (Biometrics Inc.)
  • 1 set of lab running shoes for males and 1 set for females
  • 1 set of lab sport sandals
  • Various customized testing pieces including a pneumatic trapdoor device, and several landing surfaces.

  • Visual3D (C-motion, Inc)
  • SIMM – Software for Interactive Musculoskeletal Modeling (Motion Analysis Inc.)
  • OpenSIM – an open-source software system dynamic simulations of movement (Simbios, a NIH center at Stanford University)
  • Matlab engineering computing suite with a variety of toolboxes (Mathwork)
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Labview (National Instrument)
  • Vicon BodyBuilder
  • Vicon Polygon
  • SAS
  • SPSS
  • AutoCAD and 3D studio (AutoCad)
  • ImageJ (NIH)
  • UltraTrack
  • Various customized computer programs for data analysis and processing

Laboratory Director
Songning Zhang, PhD

Faculty
Josh Weinhandl, PhD
Rachel Tatarski, PhD, ATC

PhD Students

Name Year Research interests
Sean Brown
sbrow159@vols.utk.edu 		 2020 – present Clinical Biomechanics, Pathologic Gait, Cerebral Palsy, Footwear Biomechanics
Josh Lardie

jlardie@vols.utk.edu 

 2020 – present Musculoskeletal modeling of running injuries, specifically iliotibial band syndrome in long distance runners, Inertial measurement units to identify groups outside of the lab environment through statistical modeling, Tibial acceleration profiles on various natural and synthetic turf surfaces using inertial measurement units.
Walt Menke
wmenke@vols.utk.edu 		 2021 – present Joint replacement kinematics and kinetics as well as related radiographs to assess current replacement design, function, and rehabilitation. Wearable sensor technology (insole, IMU, accelerometer) research to obtain viable biomechanics data outside of restricted laboratory settings in human, equine, and porcine populations. Computational and statistical analysis (Python, Matlab) of high dimensional biomechanics data to predict and assess articular cartilage damage and risk in vulnerable populations.
Kaileigh Elster
kestler1@vols.utk.edu 		 2021 – present Implementation of various statistical models to assess and forecast biomechanics measures, Gait and cycling interventions/alterations for clinical populations
Alex Ovispo-Martinez

aovispom@vols.utk.edu 

 2023 – present  

Musculoskeletal modeling and simulation, Lower Limb Mechanics and Injury

M.S. students

Name Year
Taliah Carlson 2022 – present
Kavon Bonakdar 2022 – present
Thomas Young 2022 – present
Shawna Taylor 2022 – present
Austin Abbott 2023 – present
Grace Webb 2024 – present

Past PhD students under Dr. Zhang’s mentorship

Name Year Current Position
Kurt Clowers 2002 – 2005 Project Manager, Genesis, Houston, TX
Michael Wortley 2007-2010 Associate Professor at Georgian Court University
Douglas Powell 2006 Associate Professor at the University of Memphis
Maxime Paquette 2009-2012 Associate Professor at the University of Memphis
Jake Gardner 2010-2013 Associate Professor and Department Head at University of North Georgia
Tyler Standifird 2012-2015 Associate Professor at Utah Valley University, Provo, Utah
Hunter Bennett 2013-2016 Associate Professor at Old Dominion University
Chen Wen 2014-2017 Healthcare Data Analysist at the Center for Disease Control
Kevin Valenzuela 2014-2017 Assistant Professor at California State University Long Beach
Derek Yocum 2016-2019 Research Director at South Bend Orthopedics, South Bend, Indiana
Sean Quisenberry 2017-2020 Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
Erik Hummer 2017-2020 Assistant Professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Tanner Thorsen 2018-2021 Assistant professor at The University of Southern Mississippi

Past PhD students under Dr. Weinhandl’s mentorship

Shelby Peel 2016 – 2020 Assistant Professor at University of Memphis
Lauren Schroeder 2017-2021 TennCare Statistical Reesarch Specialist
Jake Melaro 2019-2023 Postdoctoral fellow at the Univeristy of Tennessee

Undergraduate Assistants

Research assistants Year
Emily Graham 2023 – present
Grace Webb 2022 – 2023

Visiting Scholars

Scholars Year Employment
Laura Victoria Rivera Amézquita 2023 Physiotherapy Program, Medicine and Health Science School, Universidad del Rosario
Yifeng Bu 2014 Jiangsu Normal University, Jiangsu, China
Xueying Cao 2013 – 2014 Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
Hairui Liu 2012 – 2013 Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
Professor Jingguang Qian 2012 Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China
Dr. Haifeng Ma 2011 Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China
Dr. Xiuli Zhang 2010 – 2011 Southeast China Normal University, Guanzhou, China

5.1 Project Title: Effects of Asymmetric Crank Arm Lengths during Cycling in Early Rehabilitation in the Lower Limbs of Patient with total knee arthroplasty.
Timeline: 2023-2024
Funding source: None
Zhang, S., Menke, W., Brown, S., Cates, H. and Stevens, K.

5.2 Project Title: Cycling and Walking Biomechanics in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Novel Approach Using Asymmetric Crank Arms
Timeline: 2023-2024
Funding source: Student/Faculty Grant, Graduate School, UTK
Brown, S., Zhang, S.

Peer-review Journals

(* – corresponding author and # – senior author)

2023

  1. Thorsen, T., Wen, C. Porter, J., Reinbolt, J., Weinhandl, J.T., and Zhang, S.# (2023) Do Interlimb Knee Joint Loading Asymmetries Persist Throughout Stance During Uphill Walking Following Total Knee Arthroplasty? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(14), 6341. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20146341 
  2. Thorsen T., Wen, C., Weinhandl J.T., Porter J., Reinbolt J., Zhang S.#* (2023) Examination of Tibiofemoral Compressive Forces During Downhill Walking in Patients with Total Knee Arthroplasty. Clinical Biomechanics. 102: 105900. 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2023.105900
  3. Lu, T., Thorsen, T., Porter, J.M., Weinhandl, J.T., Zhang, S.*# (2023) Effects of Workrate and Seat Position on Frontal and Sagittal Plane Knee Biomechanics in Recumbent Cycling. Sport Biomechanics. 22 (4): 494-509. doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2021.1979090
  4. Bowers K, Weinhandl JT & Anderson D. (2023). A review of equine tibia fractures. Equine Veterinary Journal. 55(7):171-181. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/evj.13599

2022

  1. Elvidge, T., Brown, S., Valenzuela, KA, Sorachan, J., Weinhandl, J.T. and Zhang, S.*# (2022) Knee and Ankle Biomechanics in 90° Side Cutting on Synthetic Turf with Shock Pad.  Footwear Science. 14 (3), 173-183. dx.doi.org/10.1080/19424280.2022.2077842
  2. Hummer, E., Thorsen, T.A., Weinhandl, J.T., Reinbolt, J., Cates, H., and Zhang, S.*# (2022) Medial and Lateral Tibiofemoral Compressive Forces in Patients Following Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty During Stationary Cycling, Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 38(3): 179-189. doi.org/10.1123/jab.2020-0324
  3. Qu, H., Zhang, S.#*, Sorochan, J.C., Weinhandl, J.T., Thoms, A.W., Dickson, K.H. (2022) Effects of synthetic turf and shock pads on impact attenuation related biomechanics during drop landing. Sports Biomechanics. 21(6): 748-760.  doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2019.1690570
  4. Wen, C., Cates, H.E., Weinhandl J. T., Crouter, S., and Zhang, S. #* (2022) Knee Biomechanics of Patients with Total Knee Replacement during Downhill Walking on Different Slopes. Journal of Sport and Health Science. 11(1): 50-57. doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2021.01.009
  5. Yocum, D., Valenzuela, KA, Standifird, T., Cates, HE, and Zhang, S.*# (2022) Altered Biomechanics in Bilateral Total Knee Replacement Patients During Stair Negotiation. The Knee, 34 (January): 9 -16. doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2021.11.009
  6. Peel SA & Weinhandl JT. (2022). Task but not arm position influences lower extremity joint mechanics during bilateral landings. Sports Biomechanics. 21(5):637-653. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2019.1659394
  7. Peel SA, Schroeder LE & Weinhandl JT. (2022) Effects of foot progression angle on knee mechanics during an anticipated cutting task: a statistical parametric mapping approach. Journal of Biomechanics. 130:110842. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110842
  8. Maddox EU, Bennett HJ & Weinhandl JT. (2022). Evidence for the use of dynamic maximum normalization method of muscle activation during weighted back squats. Journal of Biomechanics. 135:111029. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111029
  9. Boucher LC, DeLuca MK, Newman M, Tatarski R, Young J, & Duerson D. (2022). Musculoskeletal ultrasound of the patellar tendon in adolescent athletes. Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 10(5).

2021

  1. Schroeder, L., Valenzuela, K., Zhang, S., Orme, J., and Weinhandl, J.T. (2021) Rounding the base: a lower extremity biomechanical analysis in softball players. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 16(6):1322-1331. doi.org/10.1177/17479541211008275 
  2. Yocum, D, Reinbolt, J, Weinhandl, J.T., Standifird, T, Fitzhugh, E, Cates, HE, and Zhang, S*# (2021) Principal Component Analysis of Bilateral and Unilateral Total Knee Replacement Patients during Level Walking. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 143(11): 111003. doi.org/10.1115/1.4051524
  3. Thorsen, T.A., Wen, C. and Zhang, S.*# (2021) Are Medial and Lateral Tibiofemoral Compressive Forces Different in Uphill Compared to Level Walking for Patients Following Total Knee Arthroplasty? Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 143(10): 101005. doi.org/10.1115/1.4051227
  4. Valenzuela, K.A., Zhang, S.* Schroeder, LE, Weinhandl, J.T., Reinbolt, J., Zakrajsek, R., Cates, H.E., (2021) Overground walking biomechanics of dissatisfied persons with total knee replacements. Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 37 (4): 365–372. doi.org/10.1123/jab.2020-0343
  5. Valenzuela, KA, Schroeder, LE, Weinhandl, JT, Cates, HE, Zhang, S.*# (2021) Strength and balance deficits affecting patient satisfaction with total knee replacements. Human Movement, 22(4); doi.org/10.5114/hm.2021.103294. 
  6. Hummer, E., Thorsen, T.A., and Zhang, S. #* (2021) Does saddle height influence knee frontal-plane biomechanics during stationary cycling? The Knee, 28 (3): 233-240. doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2021.01.026
  7. Thorsen, T.A., Hummer, E., Reinbolt, J., Weinhandl, J.T., and Zhang, S.*# (2021) Increased Q-Factor Increases Medial Compartment Knee Joint Contact Force During Cycling, Journal of Biomechanics, 118, (30 March), 110271. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110271
  8. Hummer, E., Thorsen, T.A., Weinhandl, J.T., Cates, H., and Zhang, S.*# (2021) Knee Joint Biomechanics of Patients with Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty during Stationary Cycling, Journal of Biomechanics, 115 (22 January): 11011119. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110111
  9. Schroeder LE, Peel SA & Weinhandl JT. (2021). Type of unanticipated stimulus affects lower extremity kinematics and kinetics during sidestepping. Journal of Sports Sciences. 39(6):618-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1837481
  10. Peel SA, Schroeder LE & Weinhandl JT. (2021). Lower extremity muscle contributions to ACL loading during a stop-jump task. Journal of Biomechanics. 121:110426. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110426
  11. Schroeder LE, Tatarski RL & Weinhandl JT. (2021). Increased ankle range of motion reduces knee loads during landing in healthy adults. Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 37(4):333-342. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2020-0281
  12. Weinhandl JT, Irmischer BS & Bennett HJ. (2021). The effects of sex and landing task on hip mechanics. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. 24(16):1819-1827. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2021.1921163
  13. Sievert ZA, Bennett HJ & Weinhandl JT. (2021). Intra and inter rater reliability of ultrasound measures of the anterior cruciate ligament. Journal of Ultrasound. 24:49-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-020-00450-1
  14. Bennett HJ, Valenzuela KA, Lynn SK & Weinhandl JT (2021). Foot rotation gait modifications affect hip and ankle, but not knee, stance phase joint reaction forces during running. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 143(2):021001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4047994
  15. Nagelli CV, Di Stasi S, Wordeman SC, Chen A, Tatarski R, Hoffman J, & Hewett T. (2021). Knee biomechanical deficits during a single-leg landing task are addressed with neuromuscular training in anterior cruciate ligament-reconstructed athletes. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. 31(6):e347-e353.

Presentations

  1. Zhang, S. and Wen, C. EMG ACTIVITY OF KNEE MUSLCES DURING INCLINED WALKING ON DIFFERENT SLOPES FOR PATIENTS WITH TOTAL KNEE AHROPLASTY. 2023 Annual Meeting of American Society of Biomechanics, August 2023, Knoxville, TN.
  2. Menke, WG. and Zhang, S. USING LOADSOL DATA TO ESTIMATE KNEE JOINT MOMENTS IN STATIONARY CYCLING. 2023 Annual Meeting of American Society of Biomechanics, August 2023, Knoxville, TN.
  3. Estler, KE, Brown, SA., Menke, WG. and Zhang, S. CAN STATIONARY CYCLING AT INCLINED SLOPES MITIGATE KNEE JOINT MOMENT?. 2023 Annual Meeting of American Society of Biomechanics, August 2023, Knoxville, TN.
  4. Bonakdar K, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Effects of maturation on lower limb loading symmetry during speed-&-agility drills in male youth soccer players. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  5.  Bonakdar K, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Effects of maturation on tibial acceleration profiles during speed-&-agility drills in male youth soccer players. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  6. Carlson TJ, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Comparison of acceleration frequency bins between pre- and post-season youth male soccer players. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  7.  Carlson TJ, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Comparison of acceleration in pre- and post-season youth male soccer players. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  8.  Melaro JA, Lardie JM & Weinhandl JT. Tibial shock complexity differences between soccer athletes at different peak height velocities and across a season. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  9.  Lardie JM, Melaro JA, Valenzuela KA & Weinhandl JT. External attentional focus cues on tibial acceleration complexity via IMUs. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  10. Lardie JM, Valenzuela KA & Weinhandl JT. External attentional focus cues on tibial accelerations and symmetry via inertial measurement units during treadmill running. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  11. Lardie JM, Waite RC, Dickson KH, Sorochan JC & Weinhandl JT. Tibial accelerations, integrals, and symmetry via IMUs on various turf surfaces. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  12. Lardie JM, Melaro JA, Dickson KH, Sorochan JC & Weinhandl JT. Tibial acceleration complexity via IMUs on various turf surfaces. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  13. Waite RC, Lardie JM, Sorochan JC, Dickson KH & Weinhandl JT. Influence of surface types on lower extremity acceleration profiles during athletic maneuvers. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  14. Peel SA, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Lower extremity muscle contributions to 3-dimensional ground reaction forces during unanticipated cutting. 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics. August 2023; Knoxville, TN.
  15. Zhang, S., Wilbert, J., Brown, SA. Effects of Small and Normalized Q-Factor Changes on Knee Biomechanics in Stationary Cycling. XXIX Congress of International Society of Biomechanics and XXIX Congress of Japanese Society of Biomechanics, July 2023, Fukuoka, Japan.
  16. Menke, WG. and Zhang, S. RELIABILITY OF THE LOADSOL INSOLE FOR MEASURING KINETICS DURING STATIONARY CYCLING. XXIX Congress of International Society of Biomechanics and XXIX Congress of Japanese Society of Biomechanics, July 2023, Fukuoka, Japan.
  17. Brown, SA., Wilbert, J., Martin, J. and Zhang, S. SAGITTAL PLANE ROM CHANGES IN CYCLING WITH ASYMMETRIC CRANK ARMS. XXIX Congress of International Society of Biomechanics and XXIX Congress of Japanese Society of Biomechanics, July 2023, Fukuoka, Japan.
  18. Bonakdar K, Melaro JA, Brown SA & Weinhandl JT. Acceleration comparison between peak height velocities in male youth soccer players. Proceedings of the XXIX Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics. July 2023; Fukuoka, Japan.
  19. Menke, WG. Springer, C., and Zhang, S. Systematic and Proportional Bias using the Loadsol during Stationary Cycling. 16th Biennial Symposium of the Footwear Biomechanics Group, July 2023, Osaka, Japan. 
  20. Brown SA, Lardie JM, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Tibial acceleration peaks and integrals on three different surfaces during M-drill. 16th Biennial Footwear Biomechanics symposium. July 2023; Osaka, Japan.
  21. Carlson TJ, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Gender differences in tibial acceleration in pre-season youth soccer players. 41st Annual International Conference on Biomechanics in Sport. July 2023; Milwaukee, WI.
  22. Zhang, S., Brown, S. Estler, K., Menke W., Wen, C. and Cates, H. Ankle Biomechanics of Patients with Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty during Uphill Walking. 2022 North American Congress on Biomechanics, August 21 – 25, 2022, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  23. Thorsen, T., Wen, C. and Zhang, S. STANCE-PHASE MEDIAL COMPARTMENT TIBIOFEMORAL COMPRESSIVE FORCE DURING DOWNHILL WALKING IN PATIENTS FOLLOWING TOTAL KNEE ARTHOPLASTY. 2022 North American Congress on Biomechanics, August 21 – 25, 2022, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  24. Dugan EL, Hastings S, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Relationship between sagittal plane hip and knee coordination and non-sagittal plane knee moments. Proceedings of the 5th North American Congress on Biomechanics. August 2022; Ottawa, CA.
  25. Lardie JM & Weinhandl JT. Optimizing lower-body kinematics to reduce peak non-sagittal knee loads in silico: implications for ITBS injury risk. Proceedings of the 5th North American Congress on Biomechanics. August 2022; Ottawa, CA.
  26. Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. The effects of interfoot distance on hip joint kinetics during bilateral drop landings. Proceedings of the 5th North American Congress on Biomechanics. August 2022; Ottawa, CA.
  27. Peel SA, Melaro JA & Weinhandl JT. Does muscular fatigue influence lower extremity joint power? Proceedings of the 5th North American Congress on Biomechanics. August 2022; Ottawa, CA.
  28. Weinhandl JT, Hastings S, Lardie JM & Dugan EL. The non-sagittal knee moment vector-field is larger in the nondominant leg during land-and-cut maneuvers compared to the dominant leg. Proceedings of the 5th North American Congress on Biomechanics. August 2022; Ottawa, CA.
  29. Zhang, S., Brown, S., Menke W., Estler, K., Wen, C. and Cates, H. Hip Biomechanics in Uphill Walking on Different Inclines in Patients with Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty. 9th World Congress of Biomechanics (Virtual), July 10 – 14, 2022, Taipei, Taiwan.
  30. Thorsen, T., Wen, C., Weinhandl, J. and Zhang, S. Are Stance Phase Tibiofemoral Compressive Forces During Downhill Walking Different Between Limbs Following Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty? 9th World Congress of Biomechanics (Virtual), July 10 – 14, 2022, Taipei, Taiwan.
  31. Dugan EL, Hastings S & Weinhandl JT. Differences in the non-sagittal knee moment vector field between land and cut maneuvers and drop landings. 27th Annual Meeting of the Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society. June 2022; virtual.

By Car:

To park, we advise you contact one of faculty members or a research staff to obtain a visitor park pass to park in Staff parking lot 23.

Coming from I-40/75E:

  • Follow I-40 E to US-129 S/Alcoa Hwy in Knoxville. Take exit 386B from I-40 E
  • Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 386B for US-129/Alcoa Hwy toward Airport/Smoky Mts
  • Continue on US-129 S/Alcoa Hwy. Take Cumberland Ave Exit
  • Use the right lane to take the Kingston Pike ramp
  • Continue onto Cumberland Ave
  • Turn right onto Volunteer Blvd.
  • Continue onto Volunteer Blvd.
  • Turn left onto Pat Head Summit St.
  • Turn right to arrive at the Staff parking lot 23.  

Coming from I-40/75W:

  • Continue on I-40 W. Take Exit 388A to TN-158 W. Take the TN-158 W/Neyland Dr exit from TN-158 W
  • Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 389 for Hall of Fame Dr toward US-441 N/Broadway
  • Keep left to continue on Exit 388A, follow signs for TN-158 W/US-441 S/James White Pky/Downtown/Univ of Tenn
  • Continue onto TN-158 W
  • Take the TN-158 W/Neyland Dr exit toward University of Tenn
  • Continue onto Neyland Dr
  • Turn right onto Lake Loudoun Blvd
  • Turn left onto Volunteer Blvd
  • Turn right onto Pat Head Summitt St
  • Turn right to arrive at the Staff parking lot 23

Walking from the staff parking lot 23 to the Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Laboratory in HPR Building (please see map on this page):

  • Walk northwest toward Andy Holt Ave.
  • Trun left at the breezeway of HPER building
  • Turn right and get into the HPER building 
  • Go down to level one on staircase or take the elevator to level one
  • Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Lab is in Rm 136.

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Contact Us

136 Health Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Building
1914 Andy Holt Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-2091
Email contacts:
Dr. Songning Zhang: szhang@utk.edu
Dr. Joshua Weinhandl: jweinhan@utk.edu
Dr. Rachel Tatarski: rtatarsk@utk.edu

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