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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

2021

Helping Children with Obesity "Move Well" To Move More: An Applied Clinical Review.

Current sports medicine reports

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2021

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, gait characteristics and relation to function.

Gait & posture

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2021

Musculoskeletal pain in lacrosse officials impacts function on the field.

Research in sports medicine (Print)

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2021

Social Determinants of Health in Physiatry: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Decision Making and Improving Treatment Precision.

Frontiers in public health

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2021

Swing Type and Batting Grip Affect Peak Pressures on the Hook of Hamate in Collegiate Baseball Players.

Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine

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