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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

2024

Impact of probiotic supplementation on exercise endurance among nonelite athletes: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, clinical trial.

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme

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2024

Physical activity positively impacts disability outcomes during transition from midlife to early older age irrespective of body mass index.

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

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2024

Pilot Study on Therapeutic Horticulture for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Mixed Methods Study.

Alternative therapies in health and medicine

2024

The impact of body mass index on rehabilitation outcomes after lower limb amputation

PM&R

2023

A Research and Clinical Framework for Understanding Achilles Injury in Female Collegiate Gymnasts.

Current sports medicine reports

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