Tasos Karakostas, MPT, PhD
Adjunct Faculty for Orthopedic Surgery, Northwestern
My Lab
Computerized Motion Analysis Laboratory
This lab offers this sophisticated gait assessment through the use of specialized cameras, computer technology captures and measures muscle activity.
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Dr. Karakostas’s professional activities in the field of motion analysis include the design of the Center for Clinical Rehabilitation and Assessment at TTUHSC, which involved setting up a gait evaluation laboratory and a balance assessment laboratory and designing a human performance laboratory, as well as consulting with architects on plans for a motion analysis laboratory at a TTUHSC satellite campus in Amarillo, Texas. In South Carolina, he designed, set up and directed the state-of-the-art motion analysis laboratory of the Medical University of South Carolina as a faculty member of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences. He also designed and co-directed an animal motion analysis laboratory for the Program in Motion, Exercise and Rehabilitation Research at MUSC for translational studies. During his transition from Texas to South Carolina, he did his military service in Greece where he additionally consulted for the development and construction of a new rehabilitation unit at Panarcadian Hospital in Tripoli, Greece. While the primary focus of the work performed is on neuromusculoskeletal disorders, recently he has developed an interest in brain, cognition and lower extremity function.
Location
Shirley Ryan 吃瓜天堂91
355 East Erie
Chicago, IL 60611
Education & Training
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Education
1991 – 1993
Biomechanics (MSc), Michigan State University
1993 – 2001
Engineering (PhD), Ohio State University
2000 – 2003
Physical Therapy (MPT), Texas Tech University
Featured Research
Recent Publications
Honors & Awards
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National Fellowship in BioengineeringScience and Engineering Research Council (Scotland, UK), 1988 - 1991
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Faculty departmental honorary fellowshipTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2000 - 2003
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Best paper awardNational Association of Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers, 2008
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Best paper awardAmerican Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists, 2015
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Director, Clinical Gait Evaluation ProgramTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2001 - 2003
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Director, Instrumented Human Motion Analysis ProgramMedical University of South Carolina, 2006 - 2008
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Director, Gait and Motion Analysis ProgramDepartments of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2009 - 2011
Professional Affiliations
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MemberGait & Clinical Motion Analysis Society, 2009
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MemberAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1993
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MemberSociety For Neuroscience, 2010
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MemberAmerican Physical Therapy Association, 2000 - 2010
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MemberAmerican Accademy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, 2009 - 2012
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Student MemberAmercian Society of Biomechanics, 1993 - 2000
Research Interests
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Gait Analysis
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Neuromusculoskeletal Diseases and Gait
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Neurodegenerative Diseases and Gait
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Motion Analysis of animals and humans
Selected Grants
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National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation ResearchR01 H133E30009, 1993 - 1998
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Department of Human Health Services/Adiminstration on Aging90AM2378, 2000 - 2002
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National Institute of AgingRO1 AG12122, 2006 - 2011
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South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund2005 - 2009
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Shaw Foundation954070, 2010 - 2013
