Dr William (Bill) Marras - Back Injuries and Muscle Co-activation

About this episode

Dr. William Marras discusses his research on back injuries and muscle co-activation.

William S. Marras, Ph.D., CPE chats to Sharon Todd about his reseach into back injuries and muscle co-activation. William S. Marras Ph.D., CPE is the Distinguished University Professor and holds the Honda Endowed Chair in Integrated Systems Engineering, at the Ohio State University. He serves as the Director of the Spine Research Institute at the Ohio State University where he leads NIH, NSF, DoD, Ohio BWC and privately funded research eGorts. Dr. Marras also holds joint academic appointments...

People in this episode

Host: Sharon Todd

Guest: William S. Marras

Topics covered

• back injuries
• muscle co-activation
• spine research
• ergonomics
• health and safety

Keywords

• back injuries
• muscle co-activation
• spine research
• ergonomics
• Ohio State University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ohio State University

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