Past Research Projects
Occupational Injuries among Boston Bike Messengers: We surveyed 113 bicycle couriers within the city of Boston about their work patterns and injury history. Annual incidence rates were large at 47 injuries resulting in days away from work per 100-bike couriers. We currenlty are developing a grant application to study messengers prospectively.
Using Muscle Fatigue as a marker of muscle fatique: Repetitive exercise changes muscle physiology, which manifests itself through localized muscle fatigue. We have demonstrated that very low levels of exposure for an 8 hour day create low frequency fatigue and factors such as force, mechanical work, and duty cycle are factors in the muscle fatigue. This research has been completed with Peter Johnson of the University of Washington, the Liberty Mutual Research Institute, and Steven Lehman at UC Berkeley
Vibrotactile Haptic Interfaces for Telerobotic Applications: This extended my post-doc with Robert Howe in the biorobotics laboratory at Harvard.