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Heather K Vincent, PhD, MS, FACSM : Research

Sports Medicine Specialist

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Research at a glance

Top areas of exploration

  • Obesity , 25 publications
  • Running , 21 publications
  • Athletic Injuries , 18 publications
  • Exercise , 18 publications

Research activity

178 publications

4,066 citations

Why is this important?

Focus

Dr. Vincent is the Vice Chair of Research, Director of the Exercise Medicine and Functional Fitness Laboratory and the Director of the BOB体育 Sports Performance Center. She was a University Term Professor 2018-2021. Her main clinical research focus is the study of the effects of obesity on joint disease mechanisms such as osteoarthritis, and the development of exercise based interventions to reduce disease pathology, pain and disability. She uses an integrative approach in her research, and combines physiological assessment, biochemical markers, biomechanical measures and patient subjective measures to study these relationships.

In the Sports performance Center, Dr. Vincent oversees the development of numerous health, fitness and motion analysis services. Her main sport foci include running for health, injury prevention and the study of lacrosse. Her specialty for lifestyle change includes the use of exercise and nutrition modification for weight management and health.

My publications

178 publications

2025

Ten-year patterns of emergent concussion injuries among various martial arts disciplines

Injury

2024

Accuracy of self-reported foot strike pattern detection among endurance runners.

Frontiers in sports and active living

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2024

Author Correction: Weight-cycling over 6聽years is associated with pain, physical function and depression in the Osteoarthritis Initiative cohort

Scientific Reports

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2024

Body composition and body mass index are independently associated with widespread pain and experimental pain sensitivity in older adults: a pilot investigation.

Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)

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2024

Child and Caregiver Beliefs of Importance of Physical Function and Quality of Life in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Survey Study.

Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association

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