Scott Ducharme
Scott W. Ducharme, PhD, CSCS
Dr. Ducharme is an Assistant Professor of Motor Control & Learning in the Department of Kinesiology at Long Beach State University. His research interests are related to fall risk in older adults, and how physical activity impacts this risk. He studies postural and gait stability and adaptability, i.e., the ability to maintain upright postural orientation while navigating through various terrains that require constant adjustments to the way we coordinate movements.
Dr. Ducharme takes a Dynamical Systems’ approach to the study of motor behavior and human movement, and he incorporates both traditional and nonlinear analyses to quantify posture and gait metrics. Within this research line, he is also interested in how habitual physical activity (volume, intensity, modality) affects our ability to perform whole body movements, especially in older adulthood when various systems show signs of degradation. In his work, he also explores different ways to measure and analyze physical activity data derived from accelerometers, inertial measurement units (IMUs), and pedometers.
Education:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical Activity & Health, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
PhD, Kinesiology – Motor Control, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
MS, Kinesiology – Exercise Science, California State University, Long Beach
BS, Health Science & Human Performance, Fitness & Cardiac Rehabilitation/Exercise Science, Ithaca College
- Aguiar, E.J., Aguiar, E.J., Lucas, K.J., Benitez, C.J., Adandom, I.I., Toth, L.P., & Ducharme, S.W. Does sampling frequency affect the accuracy of ActiGraph’s ActiLife and Moving Average Vector Magnitude step count algorithms? Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. (2024). 7(1), jmpb.2024-0025. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2024-0025
- Chase, C.J., Aguiar, E.J., Moore, C.C., Chipkin, S.R., Staudenmayer, J., Tudor-Locke, C., & Ducharme, S.W. Cadence (steps/min) as an indicator of the walk-to-run transition. Human Movement Science. (2023). 90, 103117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2023.103117
- Ducharme, S.W., Lim, J., Busa, M.A., Aguiar, E.J., Moore, C.C., Schuna Jr., J.M., Barreira, T.V., Staudenmayer, J., Chipkin, S.R., & Tudor-Locke, C. A transparent method for step detection using an acceleration threshold. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2021-0011
- Ducharme, S.W. & Van Emmerik, R.E.A. The interplay between physical activity and aging in locomotor fractal behavior. (2020): Chaos, Solitons, & Fractals: X, 5:100045 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csfx.2020.100045
- Ducharme, S.W., & van Emmerik, R.E.A. Fractal dynamics, variability, and coordination in human locomotion. (2018). Kinesiology Review. 7(1), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2017-0054
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