| Titles: | Director, Human Performance Research & McMorland Family Research Chair in Mechanobiology |
| Associate Professor and McMorland Family Research Chair in Mechanobiology | |
| Department: | Research and Innovation |
| showarth@cmcc.ca |
I was first introduced to research in the summer between the second and third years of my undergraduate program at the University of Waterloo. Working in Dr. Stuart McGill’s lab, my first few projects focused on computational aspects of determining stability for the low back. My research shifted toward low back occupational biomechanics, injury mechanisms, and injury thresholds for my doctoral studies that were completed in Dr. Jack Callaghan’s lab, also at the University of Waterloo. Since arriving at CMCC in the summer of 2011, I have continued to evaluate the biomechanical demands of different occupational tasks. My recent work has been directed toward understanding the biomechanics of the chiropractic adjustment from the patient’s perspective. I have also branched into quantitative analysis of human movement, which is where my current interests lie. Future work will investigate whether spinal manipulative therapy influences biomechanical aspects of movement. I, along with colleagues at CMCC are also interested in understanding the biomechanics of how chiropractors perform spinal manipulative therapy. As Director of CMCC’s Human Performance Laboratory, I am also responsible for mentoring faculty and graduate residents toward completion of their research projects. The scope of these projects is broad. Examples of recently completed work include: hip and low back kinematics during the golf swing, shoulder muscle activities during the Turkish Get-Up exercise, effects of fatigue on scapular kinematics in neck pain patients, and vertebral artery strains in cadavers during cervical spinal manipulation. A complete list of my publications can be found on Google Scholar or ResearchGate
Member, Canadian Society for Biomechanics Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Special Graduate Faculty, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph Honorary Research Associate, School of Graduate Studies, University of New Brunswick Assistant Professor (Status Only), Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto
Forensic Biomechanics Consultant, Pario Engineering and Environmental Sciences
A complete list of my publications can be found on Google Scholar or ResearchGate.
