David Kingston, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of the Movement Analysis Core Facility (MOVAN)
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
David Kingston, Ph.D., is an expert in biomechanics, focusing on gait rehabilitation, pediatric mobility, and improving orthopedic surgical outcomes of the lower limbs.
Biography
Kingston has NIH-supported work to advance data-driven rehabilitation and surgical decision-making for children with cerebral palsy using aquatic and conventional environments.
His research uses 3D movement analysis, electromyography of muscle activation, and foot pressure distribution to improve mobility in persons with diabetes and children with neuromuscular disorders.
In addition, Kingston directs UNO’s Movement Analysis Core (MOVAN), which manages seven laboratory spaces in the Biomechanics Research Building. MOVAN supports Nebraska University’s researchers and external clients like Children’s Nebraska – Orthopedics and Intuitive Surgical Inc., a Fortune 500 company that produces robotic surgical instruments like the Da Vinci Surgical System.
In the News
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
Plantar Kinetics During Wheeled Knee Walker Use Compared to Different Assistive Walking Devices in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Muscle activation and rating of perceived exertion of typically developing children during dry and aquatic treadmill walking
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