My research is in clinical biomechanics, with specific interests in obesity and spinal immobilization. The aim of my research on spinal immobilization is to understand the extent and determinants of head-neck motion in patients with potential spine injuries. Identifying circumstances that contribute to excessive head-neck motion is important as this is widely-accepted as the primary mechanism of secondary injury in spine-injured patients, and a large portion of pre-hospital emergency care focuses on protecting patients from potentially deleterious motion. Our research team is particularly interested in the pre-hospital and pre-triage aspects of care, which have been largely under-represented in existing literature.
