Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Graduate Program in Sports Medicine
Title: Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Graduate Program in Sports Medicine
Phone Number:
Email address: charlie.hickslittle@hsc.utah.edu
Program Affiliations:
- Athletic Training Education Program Faculty
- Graduate Program in Sports Medicine
Degrees:
- B.S. East Stroudsburg University, PA
- M.S. East Stroudsburg University, PA
- Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Recent Research Activities/Interests:
- Dynamic pathomechanics of knee Osteoarthritis (OA) during functional tasks
- Kinematic and kinetics at the joints proximal and distal to the pathological knee joint
- Kinematic and kinetics of the reconstructed knee during gait
- The influence of knee OA on various sensorimotor measures
- Neuromuscular adaptations surrounding the knee OA joint during functional tasks
- The effectiveness of new therapeutic modalities in the treatment of knee OA
- The relationship between ACL laxity and reproductive hormone levels
Representative Courses:
- ESS 3480 Therapeutic Exercise in Athletic Training
- ESS 6250 Current Trends in Sports Medicine
- ESS 6260 Data Acquisition in Sports Medicine
- ESS 6280 Pathology and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
- ESS 4880/6880 Sports Medicine Symposium
