I thought it might be a good idea to post this here in case any of you have connections in Columbus that may be interested.
For my dissertation research at Ohio State, I am IRB approved for my study titled "The effect of squat load and depth on patellofemoral joint kinetics." I know lots of you here know the benefits of deep squatting yet there is still controversy out there in the public about whether or not they are good or bad. I hope this study will shed some light on that.
I will be looking at three different squat depths: 90 degrees (above parallel), 110 degrees (parallel), and 135 degrees (full deep squat) with three different loads: unloaded (mimicking rehabilitation settings), 50% 1RM (typical speed training %), and 85% 1 RM (typical strength and hypetrophy %).
I'm recruiting males who have at least 1 year of experience resistance training incorporating deep squats sometime throughout their training. There can be no previous surgeries of the leg or current injuries.
The study will be conducted at the OSU Sports Medicine Center on west campus. There is a biomechanics lab there that is awesome. There is an 8 camera Vicon motion capture system that we'll be using along with force plates that are already placed in the floor.
The subject who goes through this will have 2 sessions. The first session will be 1RM testing at the three different levels. The second session will be the actual motion capture using the scenarios given above. The subject will be able to look at the computer analysis and therefore get great feedback on their squat technique.
If you know of anyone who may be interested, tell them to contact me at
cotter.38@osu.edu.
Thanks!
