Duke, Lara M.

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Lara M. Duke
Person Preferred Name
Lara M. Duke
Position
Faculty Member
Field of Activity
Sport Injuries
Human Nutrition
Motor Learning
Conditioning for Sport and Physical Activity
Department
Sport Science
Science and Technology
Affiliation Date
2004
Education and Credentials

MSESS, Biomechanics Specialization (University of Florida)
BS, Cum Laude (Furman University)

Douglas College Faculty 2004-2019

Lara has more than 20 years of post-secondary teaching experience in Canada and the United States. Before starting at Douglas College, she taught at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) in the Physical Education Department and the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) as a graduate teaching assistant. Lara combines knowledge from kinesiology and engineering sciences to construct undergraduate Biomechanics curriculum. The designed curriculum engages students whose goals include teaching physical education, career coaching, and kinesiology degrees. Additionally, she presents course material and content in a student-centered format to promote autonomous, inquiry development as part of the learning experience.
Lara’s previous research interests include running injury research and sport specific research topics. Fall 2012, Lara earned the Dartfish Certified Technologist (version 6.0) credential and continues to explore kinematic motion analysis research opportunities. Recently, Lara applied a comprehensive qualitative analysis model to Canadian Wheelchair Curling athletes to improve technical aspects of their game in preparation for the Winter 2014 Paralympics. Lara is developing relationships with local sports clubs and college varsity athletic teams to provide motion analysis for athletes and coaches.

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A service learning approach: Aligning Douglas College's strategic plan while engaging local communities
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Douglas College is a student first Canadian community college committed to fostering an environment in which students develop a passion and purpose through their academic program. The Sport Science Department embeds experiential, service learning within a number of classes across our Diploma and degree to enable students’ development into empathetic, critical thinkers. Our Department has created relationships with various community groups in order to meet their needs while facilitating and enriching student learning. This session will highlight the following work of our students: the implementing of Teaching Games for Understanding strategies for home learners; the planning and teaching of fundamental movement skills and movement education to elementary students in public schools; and the provision of fitness testing to local Bantam minor hockey players. Faculty and students have coordinated these approaches to align with the Douglas College 2015-2020 Strategic Plan and to inspire students to develop their own networking and innovation strategies.
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Examining biomechanical and anthropometrical factors as contributors to iliotibial band friction syndrome
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This study was conducted in an attempt to determine if the biomechanical parameters thought to predict iliotibial band injury could accurately differentiate between iliotibial band (IT band) injured and healthy runners. 20 injured and 20 healthy runners were tested. Injured subjects were randomly assigned into groups of ten (INJ-1 or INJ-2). Ten healthy runners acted as controls (CON) and ten healthy (EXP) subjects trained for 1 week with a 1.27 cm felt heal pad in the shoe of their longer leg. All subjects completed a runner's questionnaire, and 13 lower extremity anatomical measurements, four clinical lower extremity assessments, and 2D kinematics from the sagittal and frontal planes during treadmill running were recorded. Comparison of kinematic values between INJ-1 vs. CON and INJ-2 vs. EXP indicated the INJ-1 group had a greater knee flexion angle than the CON group. No other direct comparisons revealed statistically significant differences between groups, nor did a discriminant function based on nine anatomical measurements or analysis of the running questionnaire responses. It was not possible to clearly distinguish between the healthy and injured runners of this study based on the biomechanical factors most commonly thought to predispose individuals to iliotibial band injury.
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Creating entrepreneurial and innovative fund raising opportunities through service-learning
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The rapidly increasing enrollment in kinesiology programs recognizes the important role of our academic discipline in promoting future professionals within the physical activity, fitness, wellness, education, sport, and allied health domains. Unprecedented growth in student’s interest in kinesiology offers faculty and administrators in higher education both exciting opportunities and difficult challenges. One significant concern facing kinesiology faculty is maintaining high quality instruction within growing class sizes. Incorporating service-learning components within kinesiology curricula provides numerous benefits to students, faculty, institutions of higher education, and members of our local and global communities. In addition, service–learning has the potential to initiate innovative and entrepreneurial learning experiences and funding opportunities for students and faculty.
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