Curriculum Vitae - East Carolina University

111. Helseth, J., Noyes, B., Hortobagyi, T. & DeVita, P. (2005). Old and young adults use different
strategies to modulate step length during gait. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual meeting of the American
College of Sports Medicine, Southeast Regional Chapter, 33, 41.
112. Pullen M., DeVita P., Tikkanen O., Giggey K., Steinweg K., Hortobágyi T. (2005). The effect of age
on force control with and without visual feedback. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual meeting of the
American College of Sports Medicine, Southeast Regional Chapter, 33, 41.
113. DeVita, P., Noyes, B., Helseth, J. & Hortobagyi, T. (2005). Humans produce more muscle work in
ascending vs. descending gaits. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (suppl.) 37, s54.
114. Powell, D., Kimball, D., Rivera, T., Pullen, M., Noyes, B., Helseth, J., DeVita, P. & Hortobagyi, T.
(2005). The rectus femoris has a bimodal activation pattern during gait in old and young adults. Medicine
and Science in Sports and Exercise (suppl.) 37, s158.
115. DeVita, P., Helseth, J., Noyes, B. & Hortobagyi, T. (2005). Lower extremity joint work is larger in
ascending vs. descending gaits. Proceedings CD of the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Biomechanics.
116. McCaw, S., Hortobagyi, T. & DeVita, P. (2005). Joint torsional stiffness contributions to leg
stiffness vary during drop landings onto one or two legs. Proceedings CD of the 28th Annual Meeting of
the American Society of Biomechanics.
117. Gruber, A., Rider, P., Helseth, J., Hortobagyi, T. & DeVita, P. (2006). Changes in inter-joint
coordination during gait with age. Proceedings of the 34th Annual meeting of the American College of
Sports Medicine, Southeast Regional Chapter, 34, 8.
118. Armada, J., Pullen, M., DeVita, P., & Hortobagyi, T. (2006). Relationship between muscle
coactivity and force variability in young and old adults. Proceedings of the 34th Annual meeting of the
American College of Sports Medicine, Southeast Regional Chapter, 34, 8.
119. Rider, P., Gruber, A., Helseth, J., Hortobagyi, T. & DeVita, P. (2006). Age but not strength is
associated with mechanical plasticity in gait. Proceedings of the 34th Annual meeting of the American
College of Sports Medicine, Southeast Regional Chapter, 34, 8.
120. Rider, P., Gruber, A., Helseth, J., Hortobagyi, T. & DeVita, P. (2006). The effect of muscular
strength on the development of mechanical plasticity in older adults. Proceedings of the 2006 Human
Movement Science Research Symposium, 1, (no page number).
121. Helseth, J., Hortobagyi, T. & DeVita, P. (2006). How low forces cause high loads in walking and
running. Proceedings of the 2006 Human Movement Science Research Symposium, 1, (no page number).
122. Zalewski, P., Gruber, A., Rider, P., Bushey, E., & DeVita, P. (2006). Muscles generate more energy
in ascent running than they dissipate in descent running. Proceedings ECU Graduate Student Research
Day 15, 52.
123. Bushey, E. & DeVita, P. (2006). Muscles generate more energy in ascent running than they dissipate
in descent running. Proceedings of the 1 st South East Biomechanics Symposium, 1, 6.