Exercise and Sport Injury Laboratory
What We Do
The EASIL provides research opportunities for faculty and graduate students in the masters and doctoral degree programs in Sports Medicine & Athletic Training and consists of four distinct testing areas and includes state-of-the-art equipment for the measurement of numerous aspects of human motion and neuromuscular performance. The lab houses measurement systems to assess strength, muscle activation, balance, motion, gait, joint laxity, functional performance, and neurocognitive function.
About Our Work
Specific equipment includes, but is not limited to, a multimode dynamometer, an electromagnetic motion capture system, an instrumented treadmill with a camera-based motion capture system, numerous force plates, musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging units, surface electromyography systems, arthrometers, and numerous clinical and functional movement assessment tools.
EASIL News
Grad Student’s Concussion Assessment Innovation Adopted University-wide
UVA doctoral candidate Cat Donahue’s innovation to the University’s concussion management protocol is making things easier for student athletes, athletic trainers, and team physicians.
EASIL Research
Associated Faculty
Jay Hertel
- Chair, Department of Kinesiology
- Joe Gieck Professor in Sports Medicine
Jacob E. Resch
- Associate Professor
Susan Saliba
- Professor