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David Kingston, PhD

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David Kingston

  • Biomechanics, Assistant Professor

email:
dkingston@unomaha.edu
office:
BRB  242
office phone:
402.554.6351
Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=OKYSjG8AAAAJ
ORCID:
0000-0001-8936-9653

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Biography

Current research objectives are to inform data-centric surgical decisions, evaluate postoperative gait rehabilitation, and improve mobility in persons with diabetes and children with cerebral palsy. My background is in biomechanics, with specific skillsets in 3D human movement analyses, pressure distributions on human tissue, musculoskeletal modeling of knee joint loading, and both surface and indwelling electromyography of lower limb muscles.

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate - Clinical biomechanics, ethics, introductory biomechanics. Graduate - 3D kinematics and kinetics of human movement.

Research Interests

Applied - Rehabilitation and functional outcomes of joint and whole body mobility. Basic - Musculoskeletal modeling of lower limb joint contact forces, intersegmental and plantar pressure distributions.

Service Summary

Director - Movement Analysis Core Center for Research in Human Movement Variability

Awards and Honors

Superior Paper Award, Scholarship/Research - 2021

Education

Ph D, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Kinesiology, Biomechanics, 2019

MS, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Biomechanics, 2013

BS, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Kinesiology and health studies, 2011

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Selected Publications

Harrington, Joseph, Anguiano-Hernandez, Jose, Kingston, David. 2023. Muscle Activation and Rating of Perceived Exertion of Typically Developing Children during Dry and Aquatic Treadmill Walking, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 68, 2.

Hinton, Erica, Buffum, Russell, Stergiou, Nicholas, Kingston, David, Bierner, Samuel, Knarr, Brian. 2023. A Portable Visual Biofeedback Device Can Accurately Measure and Improve Hip Extension Angle in Individuals Post-Stroke, Clinical Biomechanics, 105, May, 105967.

Anguiano-Hernandez, Jose, Harrington, Joseph, Shivaswamy, Vijay, Kingston, David. 2022. Alterations to Plantar Loading and Ankle Range of Motion during Normal and Assisted Walking in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Gait & Posture, 98, 56-61.

Kingston, David, Linassi, A., Zucker-Levin, Audrey. 2020. Changes to stance limb peak, cumulative, and regional plantar foot forces among normal walking and three mobility aids in healthy older adults, Gait and Posture, 81, 96-101.

Kingston, David, Acker, Stacey. 2020. Development of a Full Flexion 3D Musculoskeletal Model of the Knee Considering Intersegmental Contact During High Knee Flexion Movements, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 36, 6, 444-456.

Externally Funded Research

Gait mechanics in cerebral palsy, National Institutes of Health, Federal, 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025

COBRE Movement Variability Year 9, Federal, 08/01/2022 - 07/31/2023

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Chair, In-Process

Service

Department, College, and University

Movement Analysis Core, Other, Director of Core services, activities, and training of users and staff; maintenance of research equipment within the Biomechanics Research Building; and long-term strategic planning for external client projects., 12/15/2020 - present

Professional

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Reviewer, Journal Article, 10/01/2019 - 10/31/2019

Gait & Posture, Reviewer, Journal Article, 11/01/2021 - 11/30/2021

Clinical Biomechanics, Reviewer, Journal Article, 08/01/2021 - 08/31/2021

Journal of Biomechanics, Reviewer, Journal Article, 12/01/2020 - present

National Science Foundation, Reviewer, Grant Proposal, 11/12/2020 - present

Media Contributions

Other, UNO Gait Lab Video Release, https://unomail.sharepoint.com/sites/UNO-UCOMM/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FUNO%2DUCOMM%2FShared%20Documents%2FUniversity%20Communications%2FElsie%20Stormberg%2F01242022%5FGaitLabFinal%2Emp4&parent=%2Fsites%2FUNO%2DUCOMM%2FShared%20Documents%2FUniversity%20Communications%2FElsie%20Stormberg&p=true&wdLOR=c0170E98C%2D51DB%2D495B%2D8B8F%2DEAD60876FD1E&ct=1650988654273&or=Outlook-Body&cid=8BDE28EE-C3F5-406A-9AB2-226D96F0C717&ga=1, 01/24/2022

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