Pouran Faghri, M.D., M.S., FACSM Professor, Health Promotion & Allied Health Sciences 358 Mansfield Road Unit 2101 Storrs, CT 06269-2101 Phone: (860) 486-0018 Email: pouran.faghri@uconn.edu

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
M.S., Wright State University, 1987
Postdoctoral study, Wright State University, 1983
M.D., University of Isfahan, 1981

Featured Publications
Faghri, PD, Trumbower, R. “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 2006.

Faghri, PD., Du, QY. “Calf volume changes as a predictor of intensity of lower limb muscle contractions” Journal of Assistive Technology 18(1):46-55, 2006.

Trumbower, R. Faghri, PD. “Software application for assessing real-time patient responsiveness to functional electrical stimulation devices” Proceedings of Materials & Processes for Medical Devices 2006.

Faghri, PD, Trumbower, R. “Clinical applications of electrical stimulation for individuals with spinal cord injury” Journal of Clinical Kinesiology, 59(4): 48-62, 2006.

Faghri, PD., Trumbower, R. “Short-duration FES-induced leg cycling dynamics at different stimulation intensities and flywheel resistances” International Functional Electrical Stimulation, 10 (8): 241-243, 2005.

Trumbower RD and Faghri PD. “Relationship between isometric pedal force generation and stimulation intensity of individual leg muscles involved in FES-induced leg cycling exercise” International Functional Electrical Stimulation, 10 (8): 238-240, 2005.

Trumbower R., Faghri, PD. “Kinematic analysis of recumbent leg cycling in able-bodied and spinal cord injured individuals” Spinal Cord, 43: 543-549, 2005.

Trumbower, R. Faghri, PD. “Crank torque profile of leg muscles at different stimulation intensities and crank positions of electrically stimulated cycling” Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 19(4) 360-393), 2005.

Devan MR, Pescatello LS., Faghri PD, Anderson J. “A prospective study of overuse knee injuries among female athletes with muscle imbalances and structural abnormalities” Journal of Athletic Training, 39(3): 263–267, 2004.

Trumbower R., Faghri, PD. “Improving pedal power during semi-reclined leg cycling” IEEE Transaction in Medicine and Biology Magazine, 23(2): 62-71, 2004.

Faghri, PD, Hovorka CF, Trumbower RT. “Reducing edema in the lower extremity of hemiplegics stroke patients: a comparison of non-pharmacological approach” Clinical Kinesiology, 56(4): 51-60, 2002.

Faghri, PD, Yount, J. “Electrically induced and voluntary activation of physiologic muscle pump: a comparison between spinal cord injured and able-bodied individuals” Clinical Rehabilitation, 16(8): 878-885, 2002.

Faghri, PD, Yount, JP, Pesce, WJ, Seetharama, S. “Functional electrical stimulation vs. voluntary muscle contraction: A comparison between able-bodied people and people with spinal cord injury” International Functional Electrical Stimulation, 5(6): 141-143, 2001.

Faghri, PD, Yount, JP, Pesce, WJ, Seetharama, S, Votto, JJ. “Circulatory hypokinesis and functional electrical stimulation during standing in person with spinal cord injury” Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 82: 1587-1595, 2001.

Faghri, PD, Votto, JJ, Hovorka, CF. “Venous hemodynamic responses to electrical stimulation” Journal of Phlebology Digest, 4: 18-21, 1999.