Erik Wikstrom Email & Phone Number

Research:My research focuses on interactions between musculoskeletal biomechanics and sensorimotor control following injury with particular emphasis on the coordination of balance. In addition, my research has applied biomechanical and neurophysiologic principles to better understand the pathophysiology of ankle injuries, elucidate the mechanisms that lead to chronic ankle instability, and treat ankle osteoarthritis. A combination of techniques allows me to conduct hypothesis driven research that evaluates experimental results quantitatively rather than descriptively. As a result, my focuses and investigations cross multiple disciplines, including biomechanics, motor control, and rehabilitation sciences, but have the common goal of identifying impairments to neuromuscular control after lower extremity injury and developing effective evidence based interventions to restore the neuromuscular impairments.Teaching: My teaching experience is primarily within the scope of athletic training education but also extends to the fields of motor control, and rehabilitation sciences. Courses I have taught include:Research Methods, Evidence Based Practice, Motor Learning, Neuromechanics of Gait & Posture, Therapeutic Exercise, Therapeutic Modalities, Upper & Lower Extremity Injury Assessment, Emergency Management of Athletic Trauma, and Prevention and Care in Athletic Training.Specialties: Athletic Training, Rehabilitation Sciences, Research Methods