Abdulhamid M. A. Zeer, PhD

Abdulhamid M. A. Zeer, PhD Visiting Professor  University of Florida Department of Physical Therapy Box 100154, UFHSC  Gainesville, FL  32610-0154  Phone: (352) 273-6111 Fax:  (352) 273-6109 Email: wwwzir@ufl.edu

Abdulhamid M. A. Zeer is a Visiting Professor in the department of Physical Therapy. He has over 10 years of academic and research experience in Physical Therapy with a primary emphasis in Clinical Exercise Physiology and Motor analysis. He has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship, and is on sabbatical from Al-Quds University. He is collaborating with Dr. Krista Vandenborne for the current academic year 2009/2010.
The primary objectives of Dr. Zeer’s research project, which is entitled “Unimuscular versus Intermuscular roles in Physical and Functional Assessment, Rehabilitation, and Training of Neuromuscular performance”, is to measure and quantify the proportional roles of each Bijoint muscle independently, “Agonist, Antagonist as Antconcentric or Eccentric actions, Assistant, stabilizing, and Neutralizing action” at its proximal, distal and post distal joints, comparing with the classic approach of intermuscular roles during the movement of skeletal joint. Also the project aims to measure and standardize the accurate relationship between the electrical activity of skeletal muscle “Its EMG and Internal tension” and the resulted mechanical actions “External tension” during the different roles of skeletal muscle.
The proposed project is primarily based on the professional applications of Kinesiological Electromyography “EMG” in Rehabilitation as a general, and the Synchronized use of Biodex Dynamometer and EMG in particular.
The project is proposed to be applied through three phases: The first phase will be for Analytical Assessment and quantification of each unimuscular role. The second phase will be for planning and implementation of training protocols, based on the concluded results of the first phase, “The first and second phases will be implemented on healthy subjects”. The third phase will be for planning and implementation of specialized rehabilitation techniques on patients with chronic neuromuscular conditions, based on the obtained results of the first and second phases of the study.
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