The goal of this session is to share both scientific and applied perspectives for distance running performance and injury risk mitigation.
The most exciting concept from this session is the integration of movement, training load, and anatomy for improving running performance and reducing injury risks.
I believe it is critical for podiatrists to have a strong understanding of running training loads beyond the typical measure of running distance. The marriage between training load and running biomechanics provide a more wholistic story of the larger training puzzle.
Deeper dive into the influence of shoes and training factors into running injury risks in a lecture format with discussions.
Max R. Paquette, PhD earned a bachelor's degree in human kinetics and a master's degree in biomechanics under Dr. Lori Ann Vallis from the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada). He completed his doctorate under Dr. Songning Zhang at the University of Tennessee in the area of biomechanics. He is currently an associate professor in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Memphis, director of the Musculoskeletal Analysis Laboratory and biomechanist within the Human Performance Center. He advises undergraduate internship students, master's students and and doctoral students
Dr. Paquette's research interests are largely focused on lower limb joint mechanics with regards to injury risk reduction and performance improvement. His primary research interests are focused on the effects of different footwear, fatigue/repetition, altered techniques and training interventions for injury prevention and performance improvement in runners. Dr. Paquette's research also focuses on the effects of exercise interventions and gait modifications on joint mechanics, and function in older individuals and athletes.
Dr. Paquette actively collaborates with researchers from other institutions within the U.S. and around the world. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and American Society for Biomechanics. Dr. Paquette consults for high school, collegiate and world-class track and field athletes and their coaches to optimize performance and reduce injury risks.
He competed as a collegiate athlete in cross country and track at the University of Guelph and served as team captain in 2008. During his collegiate career with the Guelph Gryphons, he won multiple national titles in cross country and track and in 2008, he was a national and Olympic trials finalist in the 3000m steeplechase. He is also the meet director for the Ed Murphey Classic..
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