Ryan D. Wedge PT, PhD

Assistant Professor
wedger19@ecu.edu
Locomotion Optimization Group
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Mailing Address:
Department of Physical Therapy
2405A Health Sciences Building, Mail Stop 668
Greenville, NC 27834

Research Focus

I am interested in the mechanics and energetics of how people walk after a lower extremity amputation, and interventions that can improve prosthesis acceptance and fitness for people with amputation.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3125-0400

Education History

PhD, Kinesiology with Biomechanics Concentration, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
MPT, Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)
Bachelor of Science, Health Science, Quinnipiac University (Hamden, CT)

Teaching

PTHE 8501 Prosthetics (course director)
PTHE 8904 – Advances in Prosthetics and Orthotics (course director)
PTHE 8502 Muscle Physiology (Exercise Physiology Module)

PTHE 8200 Clinical biomechanics
PTHE 8907 Research concentration