Clinical Kinesiology and Biomechanics: A Problem-Based Learning Approach

Gordon J. Alderink, PT, Ph.D., was a member of the faculty at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) for 38 years, where he was Director of the Biomechanics and Motor Performance Laboratory and taught musculoskeletal physical therapy. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan State University, a BA in Biology from Hope College, a Certificate in Physical Therapy from the Mayo School of Health-Related Sciences, and an MS in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Alderink started the Clinical Motion Analysis Center at Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, in 1993, focusing on instrumented gait analysis for children with cerebral palsy. He is a Board member and Past-President of the Commission for Motion Laboratory Accreditation, the only free-standing accrediting body for clinical motion analysis laboratories in the United States, as well as a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, American Society of Biomechanics, andGait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society.

Blake M. Ashby, Ph.D., PE, has been a member of the faculty of the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) for over 12 years, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in mechanical and biomedical engineering and conducts research on the biomechanics of human movement. He is currently serving as the chair of the Biomedical Engineering Program. Prior to joining GVSU, he worked for several years as a consulting expert in the field of injury biomechanics and accident reconstruction with Woolley Engineering Research Corporation in Provo, Utah, and Exponent Failure Analysis Associates in Phoenix, Arizona. He began studying human movement biomechanics almost 25 years ago as a graduate student at Stanford University, where he received Ph.D. and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to that, he received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University. He is a member of the American Society of Biomechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American Society for Engineering Education.

戈登·J·阿爾德林克（Gordon J. Alderink），PT，Ph.D.，在大峽谷州立大學（Grand Valley State University, GVSU）任教38年，擔任生物力學與運動表現實驗室主任，教授肌肉骨骼物理治療。他擁有密西根州立大學的工程力學博士學位、霍普學院的生物學學士學位、梅奧健康相關科學學校的物理治療證書，以及密西根大學的運動學碩士學位。阿爾德林克博士於1993年在密歇根州大急流城的瑪麗自由床復健醫院創立了臨床運動分析中心，專注於對腦性麻痺兒童的儀器化步態分析。他是美國臨床運動分析實驗室唯一的獨立認證機構——運動實驗室認證委員會的董事會成員及前任會長，並且是美國物理治療協會、美國生物力學學會及步態與臨床運動分析學會的成員。

布雷克·M·阿什比（Blake M. Ashby），Ph.D.，PE，已在大峽谷州立大學（GVSU）工程學院任教超過12年，教授機械工程和生物醫學工程的本科及研究生課程，並進行人類運動生物力學的研究。他目前擔任生物醫學工程項目的主任。在加入GVSU之前，他曾在猶他州普羅沃的伍利工程研究公司（Woolley Engineering Research Corporation）和亞利桑那州菲尼克斯的Exponent Failure Analysis Associates擔任幾年的傷害生物力學和事故重建的顧問專家。他在斯坦福大學作為研究生開始研究人類運動生物力學，並獲得機械工程的博士及碩士學位。在此之前，他獲得了猶他州立大學的機械工程學士學位。他是美國生物力學學會、美國機械工程師學會及美國工程教育學會的成員。