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Research Overview
Dr. Pouran Faghri is a medical doctor and an exercise physiologist with expertise in health promotion, wellness, disease, and disability prevention for healthy individuals as well as neurologically impaired and those with chronic conditions and elderly. Dr. Faghri’s areas of interest are: work-site health promotion programs (design/intervention/evaluation), community health promotion programs (design/intervention/evaluation), health related behavior, intervention strategies, health promotion and secondary disability prevention (neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and physiological) in disabled and elderly populations, and evaluation of social determinant of health, self-care, self awareness, and decision making strategies under uncertain or distributed environments.
Dr. Faghri has joint appointments with the Biomedical Engineering Program and the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Dr. Faghri’s research has been continuously funded by federal and private organizations. She has more than 100 publications in archival journals and conference proceedings, and she has presented her research at national and international conferences. Presently, she serves on the editorial boards of many prestigious journals including Clinical Kinesiology, Clinical Rehabilitation, IEEE Transaction in Biology and Medicine, and Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation. She is also a primary grant reviewer for the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Paralyze Veteran of America, Spinal Cord Injury Foundation, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), and U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), as well as many prestigious archival journals.
Education
Postdoctoral training, Wright State University, 1983
M.D., University of Isfahan, 1981
M.S., Wright State University, 1987
Featured Publications
1. Haapala, S. A., Faghri, P. D., Adams, D. J. (2008). Identifying an Effective Paradigm for FES-Induced Cycle Ergometry in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 14(1). (accepted for publication)
2. Sisto, S. A., Forrest, G. F., Faghri, P. D. (2008). Technology for mobility and quality of life in spinal cord injury. IEEE, Transaction on Medicine and Biology, 27(2), 56-68.
3. Faghri, P. D., Omokaro, C., Parker, C., Nichols, E., Gustavesen, S., Blozie, E. (2008). E-Technology and Pedometer Walking Program to Increase Physical Activity at Work. Journal of Primary Prevention, [Epub ahead of print]
4. Haapala, S. A., Faghri, P. D., Adams, D. J. (2008). Leg joint power output during progressive resistance FES-LCE cycling in SCI subjects: developing an index of fatigue. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 5(14).
5. Faghri, P. D., Haapala, S. A., Adams, D. J. (2007). Lower leg joint power output during progressive resistance cycling in SCI subjects: the influence of stimulation intensity, IFESS, 8, 1-3.
6. Faghri, P. D., & Trumbower, R. (2006). Identifying offline muscle strength profile sufficient for short-duration FES-LCE: A PAC learning model approach. Journal of Clinical Monitoring DOI:10.1007/s10877-006-9023-2.
7. Faghri, P. D., & Du, Q. Y. (2006). Calf volume changes as a predictor of intensity of lower limb muscle contractions. Journal of Assistive Technology, 18(1), 46-55.
8. Trumbower, R., & Faghri, P. D. (2005). Software application for assessing real-time patient responsiveness to functional electrical stimulation devices. Proceedings of Materials & Processes for Medical Devices.
9. Faghri, P. D., & Trumbower, R. (2006). Clinical applications of electrical stimulation for individuals with spinal cord injury. Journal of Clinical Kinesiology, 59(4), 48-62.
10. Faghri, P. D., & Trumbower, R. (2005). Short-duration FES-induced leg cycling dynamics at different stimulation intensities and flywheel resistances. International Functional Electrical Stimulation, 10 (8), 241-243.
11. Trumbower, R., & Faghri, P. D. (2005). Relationship between isometric pedal force generation and stimulation intensity of individual leg muscles involved in FES-induced leg cycling. International Functional Electrical Stimulation, 10 (8), 238-240.
12. Trumbower, R., & Faghri, P. D. (2005). Kinematic analysis of recumbent leg cycling in able-bodied and spinal cord injured individuals. Spinal Cord, 43, 543-549.
13. Trumbower, R., & Faghri, P.D. (2004). Rigid link-segment models as predictors of semi-reclined leg cycling kinematics. Rehabilitation Engineering and Assertive Technology publications, 4, 344-347.
14. Devan, M. R., Pescatello, L. S., Faghri, P. D., Anderson, J. (2004). A prospective study of overuse knee injuries among female athletes with muscle imbalances and structural abnormalities. Journal of Athletic Training, 39(3), 263–267.
15. Trumbower R., & Faghri, P. D. (2004). Improving pedal power during semi-reclined leg cycling. IEEE Transaction in Medicine and Biology Magazine, 23(2), 62-71.
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