Shirley Rietdyk
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Contact Information Email: srietdyk |at| purdue.edu Office: LAMB 201 C Map Phone: (765) 496-6703 Fax: (765) 496-1239 Homepage: Homepage |
Associate Professor of Health & Kinesiology |
Education
B.S. University of Waterloo Kinesiology 1992
M.S. University of Waterloo Kinesiology 1994
Ph.D. University of Waterloo Kinesiology 1999
Research Interests
Age and mobility: to understand how disease or aging may lead to degeneration in the balance control system. The interaction of the neural and mechanical systems is considered.
Teaching Interests
Pathological and Aging Considerations for Gait, Posture, and Balance; Biomechanics of Human Motion; Biomechanical Foundations of Motor Skills; Analysis of Human Motion, Control of balance and adaptive locomotion
Grants
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
School of Liberal Arts Research and Discovery Support Program
Dean's Incentive Grant Award, SLA
Purdue Research Foundation Summer Faculty Grant
Interdisciplinary Innovation Initiative, School of Technology
Center on Aging and the Life Course
Research and Discovery Support Program, College of Liberal Arts
FAA/NASA Transport Canada
Publications
Rietdyk S, Drifmeyer JE. The rough terrain problem: Accurate foot targeting as a function of visual information regarding target location. Accepted by Journal of Motor Behavior August 2009.
Chagdes J, Rietdyk S, Haddad J, Zelaznik H, Raman A, Rhea C, Silver T. Multiple timescales in postural dynamics associated with vision and a secondary task are revealed by wavelet analysis. Accepted by Experimental Brain Research June 2009.
Kim J, Rietdyk S, Breur GJ. (2008) Comparison of two-dimensional and three-dimensional systems for kinematic analysis of the sagittal motion of canine hind limbs during walking. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 69(9): 1116-1122.
Rhea CK, Rietdyk S. (2007) Visual exteroceptive information provided during obstacle crossing did not modify the lower limb trajectory. Neuroscience Letters, 418(1): 60-65.