David A. Gabriel
Professor
Kinesiology
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Earned a Ph.D. in biomechanics from McGill University in 1995. He then worked as a post-doctoral fellow in orthopedic biomechanics at the Mayo Clinic until 1997, specializing in Physical Medicine and Rehabilition. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology and the American College of Sports Medicine. Perenial third chair trumpet with the Brock Wind Ensemble.
Research Interest
Biomechanical and electrophysiological techniques to understand how the nervous system controls and regulates muscle force; The role of motor learning and segmental reflexes in therapeutic resistive exercise in physical medicine and rehabilitation; Signal processing techniques to measure motor unit behavior from the skin surface
