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Research Interests
- The physiology and biomechanics of terrestrial locomotion:
(1) Partitioning of the rate of metabolic energy expenditure
into its biomechanical constituents; (2) The influences
of internal and external forces on the way humans and other
animals walk and run.
- Locomotion Laboratory.
Education
- 1979-83, B.A., Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston,
IL.
- 1984-85, M.S., Biomechanics, Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA.
- 1986-91, A.M. and Ph.D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Professional Experience
- 1992-1994, Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative
Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
- 1994-2000, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative
Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
- 2000-2003, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology
and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO.
- 2003-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO.
- 2008, President, American Society of Biomechanics.
Recent Publications
- Browning RC, Kram R. Pound for pound: Working out how obesity influences the energetics of walking. Journal of Applied Physiology 106: 1755-1756, 2009.
- Browning RC, McGowan CP, Kram R. Obesity does not increase mechanical work per kilogram body mass during walking. Journal of Biomechanics 42: 2273-2278, 2009.
- Grabowski AM, McGowan CP, McDermott WJ, Beale MT, Kram, R, Herr HM. Running-specific prostheses limit ground-force during sprinting
Biology Letters 6: 201-204, 2010
- Kram R, Grabowski AM, McGowan CP, Brown MB, Herr HM. Counterpoint: Artificial limbs do not make artificially fast running speeds possible. Journal of Applied Physiology 108: 1012-1014, 2010
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McGowan CP, Kram R, Neptune RR. Modulation fo leg muscle function in response to altered demand for body support and forward propulsion during walking. Journal of Biomechanics 42: 850-856, 2009.
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