Ershela L Sims, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Contact Info:

Office Location:	206A Biological Sciences Building
Office Phone:	(919) 684-6582, (919) 660-7328
Email Address:

Typical Courses Taught:

• BAA 305.01, Human Gross Anatomy

• MS2, Special Topics in Human Anatomy

• EVANTH 193, RESEARCH INDEPENDENT STUDY

Education:

Ph.D.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2000
B.S.E.	Duke University	1993

Research Interests: Biomechanics, human locomotion, lower extremity injury, mechanical work & energy expenditure during walking

Current projects: Biomechanics and Inflammation in Osteoarthritis

Areas of Interest:

The influence of knee morphology on sex differences in incidence of knee OA
Energy exchange in persons with lower extremity injury or pathology
Anatomical shape differences in the femur and tibia by sex & race
The influence of anatomical shape differences on lower extremity pathology and implant design
The relationship between cytokines, depression, & osteoarthritis
Lower extremity injuries
The influence of pain related fear on physical function in knee OA

Keywords:

human locomotion • biomechanics • gait • lower extremity injury

Curriculum Vitae

Representative Publications   (search)

1. RM Queen, BL Charnock, WM Hardaker, EL Sims, and CT Moorman, A comparison of cleat types during two football-specific tasks on Fieldturf, British Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 42 (2008), pp. 278-284  [abs]
2. EL Sims, WM Hardaker, and RM Queen, Gender differences in plantar loading during three soccer-specific tasks, British Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 42 (2008), pp. 272-277  [abs]
3. EL Sims, JM Carland, FJ Keefe, VB Kraus, F Guilak, and D Schmitt, Sex differences in biomechanics associated with knee osteoarthritis, Journal of Women & Aging, vol. 21 no. 3 (2009), pp. 159-170  [abs]
4. TJ Somers, FJ Keefe, JJ Pells, KE Dixon, SJ Waters, PA Riordan, JA Blumenthal, DC McKee, L LaCaille, JM Tucker, D Schmitt, DS Caldwell, VB Kraus, EL Sims, RA Shelby, JR Rice, Pain catastrophizing and pain-related fear in osteoarthritis patients: relationships to pain and disability., Journal of pain and symptom management, United States, vol. 37 no. 5 (May, 2009), pp. 863-72, ISSN 1873-6513  [abs]
5. MB Nebel, EL Sims, FJ Keefe, VB Kraus,J Pells, DS Caldwell, RM Queen, and D Schmitt, Influence of Psychosocial Parameters on Altered Gait Mechanics Associated with Osteoarthritis and Obesity, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol. 90 (2009), pp. 1874-1879
6. EL Sims, FJ Keefe, VB Kraus, F Guilak, RM Queen, and D. Schmitt., Racial differences in gait mechanics associated with knee osteoarthritis, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (Accepted, 2008)
7. Junzo P Chino M.D., W. Robert Lee M.D. M.S. M.A. Ed., Richard Madden Ph.D., Ershela L. Sims Ph.D., Tracy L. Kivell Ph.D., Sara K. Doyle Ph.D., Terry L. Mitchell Ph.D., E. Jane Hoppenworth M.A., and Lawrence B. Marks M.D., Teaching the Anatomy of Oncology: Evaluating the Impact of a Dedicated Oncoanatomy Course, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology (Accepted, 2009)
8. TL Kivell, SK Doyle, RH Madden, TL Mitchell, EL Sims, An interactive method for teaching anatomy of the human eye for medical students in ophthalmology clinical rotations., Anatomical sciences education (July, Accepted, 2009), ISSN 1935-9780  [abs]

Conferences Organized

• South East Biomechanics Conference, Program Chair and Meeting Co-Chair, 2007