Jean McCrory
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
105 Trees Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-9875
EMAIL:
jmccrory@pitt.eduFull Time Faculty - Research Assistant Professor
School Affiliations
- Department: Health and Physical Activity - Research Assistant Professor
- Program: Exercise Physiology
- Program: Exercise Science
- Program: Wellness
Education
- PhD, Kinesiology, Penn State University, 5/1997
- MS, Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, 5/1992
- BS, Chemistry, California University of Pennsylvania, 5/1989
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- Seeley MK, Uhl TL, McGinn PA, McCrory JL, Kibler WB, Shapiro, R. A Comparison of muscle activation patterns during traditional and abbreviated tennis serves. Journal of Applied Biomechanics (Accepted)
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Recent Presentations
- Anthropometric parameters in the elderly: A DXA-Based Study
Chambers AJ, McCrory JL, Sukits AL, Cham, R. Anthropometric parameters in the elderly: A DXA-Based Study. Proceedings of the 2008 North American Congress on Bioemechanics. Ann Arbor, MI. August 5-9, 2008
- Age related differences in regional body composition in elite competitive older athletes and healthy controls
Hunt SE, Goss F, Robertson R, Greenspan SL, and McCrory JL. Age related differences in regional body composition in elite competitive older athletes and healthy controls. Proceedings of the 55th Annual meeting American College of Sports Medicine. Indianapolis, IN. May 28-31, 2008 (Accepted).
- Relationship between thigh muscle strength, competitive exercise, and BMD in elderly athletes and controls
McCrory JL, Salacinski AJ, Hunt SE, Greenspan SL. Relationship between thigh muscle strength, competitive exercise, and BMD in elderly athletes and controls. Proceedings of the 55th Annual meeting American College of Sports Medicine. Indianapolis, IN. May 28-31, 2008 (Accepted).
- Vitamin D concentrations and neuromusclar function in patients with Crohn’s disease.
Salacinski AJ, McCrory JL. Vitamin D concentrations and neuromusclar function in patients with Crohn’s disease. Proceedings of the 55th Annual meeting American College of Sports Medicine. Indianapolis, IN. May 28-31, 2008 (Accepted).
- Age related differences in regional body composition in elite competitive older athletes and healthy controls.
Hunt SE, Goss F, Robertson R, Greenspan SL, and McCrory JL. Age related differences in regional body composition in elite competitive older athletes and healthy controls. Proceedings of the 2008 Annual meeting of the Southeast Regional Conference of the American College of Sports Medicine. Birmingham, AL February 14-16, 2008.
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Current Professional Participation
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Recent Grants
- McCrory JL, Jakicic J, Redfern M, Krishnan E, Belle, S. Functional Biomechanics in Obesity (To be submitted in June 2008)
In preparation. To be submitted June 2007
- DiCesaro S, McCrory JL.
University of Pittsburgh School of Education.
Biomechanical Differences of the Knee Between Prepubescent Girls and Boys during a landing task.
$1500
- McCrory JL and Salacinski AJ. University of Pittsburgh School of Education. The Effect of serum vitamin D concentration on neuromuscular function in patients with Crohn's disease. $3,000
- McCrory JL, Redfern MS, Cavanagh PR, Mazumdar S, Schwerha J, Daftary A.
NIOSH 1 K01 OH00008548, Biomechanical Stability of Pregnant Women, $324,000
The purpose of this proposed K01 Career award is to investigate the changes to dynamic stability during level walking, stair ascent and descent, and perturbed stance in pregnant women. We hypothesize that, with advancing pregnancy, the following parameters will increase: the anterior position of the center of mass with respect to the base of support, the trial to trial intra-subject variability of selected gait parameters, the required joint torques, and the reaction time and response amplitude in response to a mild postural perturbation.
- Cham R, McCrory JL, and Storti KL. The anthropometrics of aging. ($28,603) from the University of Pittsburgh Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. May 2007- April 2009.
Anthropometric data are needed in aging-related biomechanical investigations of balance and gait. Such information is typically derived using non-age specific predictive regression methods, which can be associated with significant errors in older adults. The goal of this pilot study is to use dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to report on the magnitude of these errors and to develop preliminary regression equations providing accurate estimates of body segment parameters in older adults.
Role: Co-Investigator
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Recent Collaborative Efforts
- Research or Scholarship
- The Effect of High or Low Impact Exercise on Skeletal Integrity and Muscle Strength in Master Athletes.
This is a collaboration with Dr. Susan Greenspan, Professor, of the Department of Medicine. We collected bone density, muscle strength, nutrition, activity history, body composition, and serum markers of bone turnover in 105 athletes of the 2005 National Senior Olympics. We collected data from a control group of 89 sedentary athletes last summer (Summer 2006)
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Recent Projects
- Biomechanical Stability of Pregnant Women
We are collecting gait and balance data of 50 pregnant women over the course of their pregnancies to study how stability will change as their pregnancies advance.
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