Join the Kinesiology department as their seniors present their senior comprehensive research projects.
Department of Kinesiology 2021 Senior Symposium Schedule
10:00 Welcome
10:05 Aerin Mellott - Upper extremity injury risk factors in fastpitch softball pitchers
10:35 Anna Lundquist - What are the anatomical differences between males and females that make females more prone to anterior cruciate ligament injuries in athletics?
11:05 Beatrice Stadler - The effects of whole body vibration therapy on bone mineral density in older adults
11:35 Alix Leslie - The biomechanical advantages of the underwater dolphin kick for maximizing performance in competitive swimming
12:05 Break
12:15 Vivian Sun - Motor Imagery-Based Rehabilitation: upper & lower extremity motor function recovery in post-stroke patients
12:45 Sean Kim - The effects of racial stereotypes on Asian American athletes and their motivation to participate in sports
1:15 Daviona Moore - How does gender influence the behavioral transformation undergone in contact sports? Why are male athletes more likely to display deviant behavior?
1:45 Break
1:55 Kitty Lu - Train for Your Brain: how resistance exercise promotes neuroplasticity
2:25 Sophie Lee - Prion Pathophysiology: mechanisms of neurological degeneration
2:55 Chaia Cherques-Wyatt - Influence of relative energy deficiency in sport on hormonal secretion from the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and exercise recovery
Please reach out to oasin@oxy.edu for Zoom details.