
Michigan State University | Department of Kinesiology | Co-Director of @AIRLabsMSU | Researching why patients after knee injury are at ⬆️ risk for arthritis
East Lansing, MI
Joined February 2014
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🔍 New Study Alert! 🚀 Our latest research reveals that ultrasound assessment of the infrapatellar fat pad can detect Hoffa-synovitis in patients post-ACL reconstruction. A game-changer for early OA detection! #ACLR #UltrasoundImaging
Open access link: rb.gy/cbu4ss
Appreciate @MSUNews including our ultrasound research in the #MSUYearInReview25 highlights! 🙌🟢 This work is one piece of our broader effort to identify which patients are at highest risk of osteoarthritis after knee injury 🦵🩺 so we can help prevent OA 💪 ! 🚶♀️🏃♂️⚽️💚
A study led by kinesiology researchers @MSUCollegeofEd's @AIRLabsMSU, including @Harkey_MS, found that wireless ultrasound devices, which are smaller and more portable compared to standard machines, can provide athletic trainers and other medical professionals with similar information. go.msu.edu/kmk5
🚨 MSK FACULTY OPPORTUNITIES! 🚨
@HenryFordHealth + @michiganstateu Health Sciences are making a HUGE push to grow musculoskeletal research 🦴🔬🔥
They’re hiring up to 60 NEW FACULTY and building something really special in Detroit 🏥✨
henryfordmsu.infoready4.com/…
📍 Detroit campus
🎓 Assistant, Associate, Senior Scientist + MSU Associate/Full Professor ranks
🗓️ Applications reviewed starting Jan 19
🔗 Learn more + apply: henryfordmsu.infoready4.com/…
If you or someone you know works in MSK research, this is a HUGE opportunity 👀🙌
The future of MSK health research is being built right now 🦴🔬🚀
#MSKResearch #MusculoskeletalHealth #AcademicJobs #ResearchCareers #HenryFordHealth #MichiganStateUniversity #DetroitResearch
What. A. Day.💥
🦴The inaugural @HenryFordHealth+@michiganstateu Musculoskeletal Research Retreat was an incredible success!
🤝~90 attendees from both institutions came together to build connections, share ideas, and spark collaboration.
READ MORE ➡️lnkd.in/eGK6VqNj
Special shoutout to my fellow Co-Chairs:
👏 @Amandality – for leading the funding app + event planning
👏 Charles Day – for strong clinician buy-in at HFH
👏 Jane Manfredi – for bridging MSU Vet Med to MSK research
🏆 Excited to share that our paper — Bicycling over a Lifetime Is Associated with Less Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis — was awarded MSSE Paper of the Year at #ACSM2025! 🚲🦵
Congrats to Grace for this important work on knee health!
Read it here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3860…
Proud to see @AIRLabsMSU PhD student @tolzman_jessica presenting at #ACSM2025! 🦴📊
No significant changes in lower limb BMD from pre- to post-season in D1 female athletes. ⚽🏐🏑
Important insights for athlete bone health! 🏃♀️💪
#sportsmedicine #bonehealth #BMD
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Also, fun fact, you can’t search me by last name in the ACSM app because it only has 2 letters… 😅 Any chances on an update on that for next year, @ACSMNews?
🚀 New research from @AIRLabsMSU at #ACSM25!
Can we accurately measure knee flexion during jump landings using a webcam? Turns out— yes @Ajparmar_ can! 📹🦵✅
🧠 Vector analysis + MediaPipe depth estimation
📊 Validated against Theia3D
🙌 Accessible, low-cost kinematics!
Pumped to see our @AIRLabsMSU work on early inflammatory changes following knee surgery take center stage at #ACSM25 today!
🗣️🧠🔥 @goreycrozier will highlight how ultrasound gives us a window into joint health!
🔍🦵—we’re just getting started 💪📊 #OA #sportsmed
So pumped to present our research at #ACSM25 tomorrow!
“Knee Deep in Inflammation: Effusion-Synovitis & Hoffa Synovitis as Early OA Signals Post-ACLR”
Catch us in Room C201 on May 28 at 9:30 AM! Let’s talk knees, inflammation & early OA!
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Exciting PhD opportunities available at Michigan State University! Interested? Feel free to DM or email me for more info. #PhDPosition
🚨 Now recruiting 2 PhD students in the @AIRLabsMSU !
Join a funded study investigating early arthritis after knee surgery using:
– 🖥️ Ultrasound imaging
– 🦵 Movement biomechanics
– 🧠 Psychological & hormonal factors
📍: East Lansing, MI
📩: DM or email
📸 Flyer below 👇
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Scholars Hung Jen Kuo, Rajiv Ranganathan and other MSU scholars are teaming up with Lansing nonprofit Peckham to reimagine inclusive manufacturing with a $2M NSF grant.
More: spr.ly/601702lhS
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Happy National Athletic Training Month to our AT, Destiny Teachnor-Hauk, and our student AT, Hannah McClain-McConnell!
Thank you for all you do for us! 🫶
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