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Michael Hunt

Professor
VCH Clinical Title(s)
Associate Dean (Graduate and Postdoctoral Education), UBC Faculty of Medicine
Research Focus
Bones, Joints and Muscles Rehabilitation Intervention
Degrees / Designations

PhD, PT

Contact Info
grad-postdoc.med.ubc.ca/about/contacts/
michael.hunt@ubc.ca
604-827-4721
mhunt_ubc

Biography

Dr. Michael Hunt is a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is the director of the Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Laboratory. Dr. Hunt was trained in biomechanics at UBC and later received his PhD and physical therapy degree (MPT) from the University of Western Ontario. During his postdoctoral training at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Health, Exercise and Sports Medicine, he was the Sir Randal Heymanson endowed Research Fellow in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences from 2007-2009.

Dr. Hunt’s research is based in clinical biomechanics which involves understanding biomechanical mechanisms of injury and disease and using this information to develop targeted treatment approaches to improve symptoms and physical functioning. His research combines assessment of muscle and joint characteristics during movement with self-reported measures of physical and psychological functioning. He is interested in examining the effects of conservative, non-pharmacological interventions on disease-specific outcomes and has conducted a number of randomized clinical trials to obtain the best evidence of effectiveness.

Research Studies

Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis Running & Cartilage Assessment (ORCA)

Knee, Osteoarthritis

Gait Modification Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis

News and Awards

People in profile: Dr. Jesse Charlton

Aug 18, 2022

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2022 Recipients

Jun 28, 2022

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2021 Recipients

Sep 17, 2021

Improving knee health one step at a time

Sep 1, 2021

Top Graduating Doctoral Student Award and Rising Star Award 2019 Recipients

Jul 18, 2019

Can shoe-worn insoles be the key to treating knee pain?

Oct 22, 2018

Uncertainty over safety of high impact exercise on joints highlights need for more research

Oct 6, 2018

Can running and osteoarthritis go together?

Nov 29, 2017

Publications

  • Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) -

    The Influence of Running on Lower Limb Cartilage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Khan MCM, O'Donovan J, Charlton JM, Roy JS, Hunt MA, Esculier JF
  • Physical therapy -

    Learning Gait Modifications for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: Applying Motor Learning Principles to Improve Research and Clinical Implementation.

    Charlton JM, Eng JJ, Li LC, Hunt MA
  • IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society -

    Wearable Real-Time Haptic Biofeedback Foot Progression Angle Gait Modification to Assess Short-Term Retention and Cognitive Demand.

    Shull PB, Xia H, Charlton JM, Hunt MA
  • Osteoarthritis and cartilage -

    Frontal plane knee alignment mediates the effect of frontal plane rearfoot motion on knee joint load distribution during walking in people with medial knee osteoarthritis.

    Hunt MA, Charlton JM, Felson DT, Liu A, Chapman GJ, Graffos A, Jones RK
  • Osteoarthritis and cartilage -

    Clinical and biomechanical changes following a 4-month toe-out gait modification program for people with medial knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.

    Hunt MA, Charlton JM, Krowchuk NM, Tse CTF, Hatfield GL
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