General Information
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 neuromuscular disorders. My background is in biomechanics, with specific skillsets in 3D human movement analyses, pressure distributions on human tissue, and electromyography of lower limb muscles.
Teaching Interests
Graduate - Advanced Biomechanics and Data Processing of 3D kinematics and kinetics of human movement.
Research Interests
Applied - Rehabilitation and functional outcomes of joint and whole body mobility.Basic - Body weight support and aquatic locomotion effects on motor control and cardiorespiratory systems.
Service Summary
Director - Movement Analysis CoreCenter 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
Professional Development
Workshop, Clinical Gait Analysis - Interpreter Level 1, 06/11/2023 - 06/14/2023
Workshop, Clinical Gait Analysis Interpreter - Level 2, 07/01/2024 - 07/03/2024
Workshop, Research Mentoring Workshop - NIH CIMER, 09/08/2023 - present
Continuing Education Program, Service Centers Intensive, 04/06/2026 - 04/15/2026
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Poomulna, Jutharat, Knarr, Brian, Dutt, Vivek, Kingston, David. Comparison of gait deviation index (GDI) and gait variability index (GVI) measured by marker-based and markerless motion capture systems in children with cerebral palsy (CP), Gait & Posture.
Gwaltney, Holton, Anguiano-Hernandez, Jose, Harrington, Joseph, Kingston, David. 2024. Plantar Kinetics During Wheeled Knee Walker Use Compared to Different Assistive Walking Aids in Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 9, 1, 1-8.
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, E, Buffum, R, Kingston, David, Stergiou, Nicholas, Kesar, T, Bierner, S, Knarr, Brian. 2024. Real-Time Visual Kinematic Feedback During Overground Walking Improves Gait Biomechanics in Individuals Post-Stroke., Annals of biomedical engineering, 52, 2, 355-363.
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
Mechanics of overground, dry, and aquatic treadmill walking in children & adolescents with cerebral palsy, National Institutes of Health, Federal, 09/01/2022 - 08/31/2025
Harnessing Movement Variability to Treat and Prevent Motor Related Disorder, National Institutes of Health, Federal, 08/01/2023 - 07/31/2025
Directed Student Learning
Dissertation Committee Chair, Comparison of marker-based and markerless in measuring kinematics and kinetics in children with cerebral palsy during overground walking, Completed
Dissertation Committee Chair, The Development of Predictive Models and Clinically Meaningful Thresholds for Children with Cerebral Palsy, In-Process
Dissertation Committee Chair, Movement Variability in Individuals with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, In-Process
Dissertation Committee Chair, In-Process
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Foot Posture as a Predictor of Ankle Neuromuscular Control: Linking Dynamic Arch Index to Co-Contraction and Metabolic Cost in Clinical Pediatrics, Completed
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Upper Limb Kinetic and Kinematic Changes of Body Weight Offloaded to the Hands During Assisted Simulated Gait Training in Children with Cerebral Palsy , Completed
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Changes to Stance Limb Plantar Force and Ankle Joint Mechanics During Normal and Assisted Walking in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Completed
Master's Thesis Committee Chair, Changes in Lower Limb Muscle Activity and Kinematics During Dry and Aquatic Treadmill Walking in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Completed
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