Clare Milner

About me

 

Clare E Milner PhD FACSM is an academic and researcher in rehabilitation sciences and an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Her research interests are in human movement during gait and other daily functional activities, including fitness and leisure activities such as running. She uses biomechanical data to better understand how to maintain movement quality and functional independence with challenges to the locomotor system due to injury, ageing, and other biological or environmental factors. As an applied biomechanist, she also has research interests in the technical aspects of biomechanical measurement, such as the accuracy and precision of biomechanical tools and wearable measurement devices. 

 

Dr Milner directs research in the gait lab at Drexel University and supervises graduate students conducting human movement research.

 

She also shares her expertise in biomechanics and research methods by teaching courses in the PhD program in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, and the undergradute Health Sciences program in the College of Nursing and Health Professions at Drexel University. 

Biography

Research Interests

 

  • Walking quality in clinical populations
  • Running injury biomechanics
  • Biomechanical measurement tools and wearable devices

Teaching Expertise

 

  • Graduate and undergraduate courses
  • Biomechanics, functional anatomy
  • Research methods, instrumentation

Education

 

  • Post-doc in running biomechanics,   University of Delaware, USA
  • Post-doc in gait analysis, Penn State University, USA
  • PhD in biomechanics, University of Leeds, UK 

Movement Matters

 

Vision

Empowering people to keep moving to maintain health and personal independence.

 

Mission

Improving movement quality of gait and other activities of daily living across the lifespan through applied biomechanics and rehabilitation sciences research.