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Irene S. Davis is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans medicine and engineering, with a focus on orthopedics and sports medicine as well as biomedical engineering. Additional areas of study include occupational therapy, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and surgery.

The primary topics covered in their work include lower extremity biomechanics and pathologies, sports injuries and prevention, foot and ankle surgery, occupational health and performance, sports performance and training, diabetic foot ulcer assessment and management, and osteoarthritis treatment and mechanisms.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Irene S. Davis include:

  • Outpatient Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy Synchronous Telemedicine, 2020, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • Impact-Related Ground Reaction Forces Are More Strongly Associated With Some Running Injuries Than Others, 2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Gait Retraining as an Intervention for Patellofemoral Pain, 2020, Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
  • Youth running consensus statement: minimising risk of injury and illness in youth runners, 2020, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • REPORT-PFP: a consensus from the International Patellofemoral Research Network to improve REPORTing of quantitative PatelloFemoral Pain studies, 2021, British Journal of Sports Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Irene S. Davis include Caleb D. Johnson, Adam S. Tenforde, Jereme Outerleys, Julie M. Hughes, and Lauren K. Sara.

They have published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Journal of Biomechanics, Clinical Biomechanics, British Journal of Sports Medicine, and Journal of Sports Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners

    Daniel E. Lieberman;Madhusudhan Venkadesan;William A. Werbel;Adam I. Daoud

  • Biomechanical factors associated with tibial stress fracture in female runners.

    Clare E. Milner;Reed Ferber;Christine D. Pollard;Joseph Hamill

  • The foot core system: a new paradigm for understanding intrinsic foot muscle function

    Patrick O McKeon;Jay Hertel;Dennis Bramble;Irene Davis

  • ACL Injuries—The Gender Bias: Research Retreat III, April 6–8, 2006, Lexington, Kentucky

    Irene Davis;Mary Lloyd Ireland;Saori Hanaki

  • 2016 Patellofemoral pain consensus statement from the 4th International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat, Manchester. Part 1: Terminology, definitions, clinical examination, natural history, patellofemoral osteoarthritis and patient-reported outcome measures

    Kay M Crossley;Joshua J Stefanik;James Selfe;Natalie J Collins

  • Proximal and Distal Influences on Hip and Knee Kinematics in Runners With Patellofemoral Pain During a Prolonged Run

    Tracy A Dierks;Kurt T Manal;Joseph Hamill;Irene S Davis

  • Gait retraining to reduce lower extremity loading in runners

    Harrison Philip Crowell;Irene S. Davis;Irene S. Davis

  • Core strength and lower extremity alignment during single leg squats.

    John D. Willson;Mary Lloyd Ireland;Irene Davis

  • Biomechanical and anatomic factors associated with a history of plantar fasciitis in female runners.

    Michael B Pohl;Joseph Hamill;Irene S Davis

  • Lower extremity mechanics of females with and without patellofemoral pain across activities with progressively greater task demands

    John D. Willson;Irene S. Davis;Irene S. Davis

  • ASB Clinical Biomechanics Award Winner 2006 Prospective study of the biomechanical factors associated with iliotibial band syndrome

    Brian Noehren;Irene Davis;Irene Davis;Joseph Hamill

  • The effect of real-time gait retraining on hip kinematics, pain and function in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome.

    B Noehren;J Scholz;I Davis

  • Heel Pain—Plantar Fasciitis: Revision 2014

    Robroy L. Martin;Robroy L. Martin;Todd E. Davenport;Stephen F. Reischl;Stephen F. Reischl;Thomas G. McPoil

  • Biomechanical predictors of retrospective tibial stress fractures in runners

    Michael B. Pohl;David R. Mullineaux;Clare E. Milner;Joseph Hamill

  • Competitive Female Runners With a History of Iliotibial Band Syndrome Demonstrate Atypical Hip and Knee Kinematics

    Reed Ferber;Brian Noehren;Joseph Hamill;Irene S Davis

  • The Effect of a Hip-Strengthening Program on Mechanics During Running and During a Single-Leg Squat

    Richard W. Willy;Irene S. Davis

  • A kinematic method for footstrike pattern detection in barefoot and shod runners

    Allison R. Altman;Irene S. Davis;Irene S. Davis

  • Utility of the frontal plane projection angle in females with patellofemoral pain.

    John D Willson;Irene S Davis

  • Patellofemoral pain: consensus statement from the 3rd International Patellofemoral Pain Research Retreat held in Vancouver, September 2013

    Erik Witvrouw;Michael J Callaghan;Joshua J Stefanik;Brian Noehren

  • What are the Main Risk Factors for Running-Related Injuries?

    Bruno Tirotti Saragiotto;Tiê Parma Yamato;Luiz Carlos Hespanhol Junior;Michael J. Rainbow

Frequent Co-Authors

Kay M. Crossley
Kay M. Crossley La Trobe University
Christopher M. Powers
Christopher M. Powers University of Southern California
James J. Irrgang
James J. Irrgang University of Pittsburgh
Bill Vicenzino
Bill Vicenzino University of Queensland
Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra
Sita M. A. Bierma-Zeinstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Darin A. Padua
Darin A. Padua University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Daniel E. Lieberman
Daniel E. Lieberman Harvard University
Jan A.N. Verhaar
Jan A.N. Verhaar Erasmus University Rotterdam
Conor J. Walsh
Conor J. Walsh Harvard University
Joseph J. Crisco
Joseph J. Crisco Brown University

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