NAME:
WORK ADDRESS:
HOME ADDRESS:
PLACE OF BIRTH:
EDUCATION:
1972
B.S.
1981
M.S.
1988
Ph.D.
Patrick Owen Riley, Ph.D.
University of Virginia,
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
545 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Suite 240
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
Phone: (434) 243-5615
Email: por2n@virginia.edu
16 Woodlawn Drive
Lake Monticello
Palmyra, VA 22963
Phone: (434) 591-0133
Mobile: (978) 407-1010
Email: patriley1972@earthlink.net
Assumption, Illinois
U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology, Medical Engineering and Medical Physics
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
1987-1988
Research Associate, MIT, Department Mechanical Engineering
1988-1995
Lecturer, MIT, Department Mechanical Engineering
1988-1995
Assistant Professor (adjunct) Massachusetts General Hospital
Institute of Health Professions, Department of Physical Therapy
1996-1998
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1998-2003
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2003-Present
Associate Professor, University of Virginia, School of Medicine
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
1989-1993
Assistant Biomedical Engineer, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH),
Boston, Department of Biomedical Engineering
1987-1995
Technical Director, MGH Biomotion Laboratory
1995-1998
Senior Research Engineer, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital,
Boston
1998-2002
Director, Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, Center for
Rehabilitation Science, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital,
Boston
2003
Interim Director, Center for Rehabilitation Science, Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston
2003-Present
Director of Research, Motion Analysis Laboratory, University of
Virginia, Department of PM&R
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND MAJOR VISITING APPOINTMENTS:
1991-1995
Consulting Engineer, Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA,
Department of Neurology
1996-1997
Visiting Scientist, NASA, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX,
Neuroscience Laboratory
MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1978American Society of Mechanical Engineers
1989IEEE, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
1989American Society of Biomechanics
1995-2001
American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Child
Neurology
1997Charter Member Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society
1998Member Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society
Communications Committee, 2001-2004 Web Master,
2004Committee Chair
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1972
American Society of Naval Engineers Award
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:
 Energetics and biomechanics of human movement
 Computer simulation for treatment planning
 Computer simulation for medical/surgical training
 Development of smart orthotics and training devices
PUBLICATIONS:
Book Chapters:
Riley PO, Kerrigan DC. Laboratory-based evaluation of gait disorders: high
tech, in Gait Disorders Evaluation and Management Hausdorff JM and
Alexander NB eds. Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL 2005.
Selected Original Reports:
1. Riley PO, and Rosen MJ. Evaluating manual control devices for those with tremor
disability. Journal Rehabilitation Research and Development 1987;24:99-110.
2. Hodge WA, Carlson KL, Fijan RS, Burgess RG, Riley PO, Harris WH, and Mann
RW. Contact pressures from an instrumented hip endoprosthesis. Journal Bone
Joint Surgery AM 1989;71A:1378-86.
3. Krebs DE, Elbaum LH, Riley PO, Catani PF, Mann RW, and Hodge WA. In vivo
hip contact pressures during exercise and ADL. Physical Therapy 1989;69:384.
4. Riley PO, Hodge WA, and Mann RW. Modelling the biomechanics of posture
and balance. Journal Biomechanics 1990;23:503-5.
5. Krebs DE, Elbaum L, Riley PO, Hodge WA, and Mann RW. Exercise and gait
effects on in vivo hip contact pressures. Physical Therapy 1991;71:301-9.
6. Riley PO, Schenkman ML, Mann RW, and Hodge WA. Mechanics of a
constrained chair rise. Journal Biomechanics 1991;24:77-85.
7. Krebs DE, Wong DK, Jevsevar DS, Riley PO, and Hodge WA. Trunk kinematics
during locomotor activities. Physical Therapy 1992;72:505-14.
8. Strickland EM, Fares M, Krebs DE, Riley PO, Hodge WA, and Mann RW. In
vivo acetabular contact pressures during rehabilitation: Part I, acute phase.
Physical Therapy 1992;72:691-9.
9. Givens-Heiss D, Strickland EM, Fares M, Krebs DE, Riley PO, Hodge WA, and
Mann RW. In vivo acetabular contact pressures during rehabilitation: Part II,
post-acute phase. Physical Therapy 1992;72:700-5.
10. Jevsevar DS, Riley PO, Hodge WA, and Krebs DE. Knee kinematics and kinetics
during locomotor activities of daily living in subjects with knee arthroplasty and
in healthy control subjects. Physical Therapy 1993;73:229-42.
11. Zachazewski JE, Krebs DE, and Riley PO. Biomechanical analysis of body mass
transfer during stair ascent and descent in healthy subjects. Journal Rehabilitation
Research and Development 1993;30:412-22.
12. Benda BJ, Riley PO, and Krebs DE. Biomechanical relationship between center
of gravity and center of pressure during standing. IEEE Transactions
Rehabilitation Engineering 1994;2:3-10.
13. Angeloni C, Riley PO, and Krebs DE. Frequency content of whole body
kinematic data for gait, IEEE Transactions Rehabilitation Engineering 1994;2:4046.
14. Hutchinson EB, Riley PO, and Krebs DE. A dynamic analysis of the joint forces
and torques during rising from a chair. IEEE Transactions Rehabilitation
Engineering 1994;2:49-56
15. Riley PO, Benda BJ, Gill-Body KM, and Krebs DE. Phase plane analysis of
stability in quiet standing. Journal Rehabilitation Research and Development
1995;32:227-35.
16. Bortolami S, Riley PO, and Krebs DE. Numerical differentiation of tracking data
of human motion: the virtual accelerometer. ASME J. of Dynamics Systems
Measurement and Control 1997;119:355-8.
17. Bortolami S, Riley PO, and Krebs DE. Modelling of the systematic uncertainty of
photogrameteric tracking of human motion. ASME Journal. of Dynamics Systems
Measurement and Control 1997;119:358-61.
18. Luepongsak N, Krebs DE, Olsson E, Riley PO, and Mann RW. Hip stress during
lifting with bent and straight knees. Scandanavian Journal Rehabilitation
Medicine 1997;29:57-64,.
19. Riley PO, Krebs D.E., and Popat R. Biomechanical Analysis of Failed Sit-toStand. IEEE Transactions Rehabilitation Engineering 1997;5:353-359.
20. McGibbon CA, Riley PO, and Krebs DE. Comparison of hip center estimation
using in-vivo and ex-vivo measurements from the same subject. Clinical
Biomechanics 1997;12:491-95.
21. Kerrigan DC, Roth R.S., and Riley PO The modelling of adult spastic paretic
stiff-legged gait swing period based on actual kinematic data, Gait Posture
1998;7:117-124.
22. Kerrigan DC, Todd M.K., and Riley PO. Knee osteoarthritis and high-heeled
shoes. Lancet 1998;351:1399-1402.
23. Kaya BK, Krebs DE and Riley PO. Dynamic stability in elders: momentum
control in locomotor ADL. Journal Gerontology Aging Biological Science
Medical Science 1998;53M126-34.
24. Riley PO and Kerrigan DC. Torque action of two-joint muscles in the swing
period of stiff-legged gait: a forward dynamic model analysis,” Journal
Biomechanics 1998;31:835-840.
25. Riley PO and Kerrigan DC, Kinetics of stiff-legged gait: induced acceleration
analysis. IEEE Transactions Rehabilitation Engineering 1999;7:420-426.
26. Kerrigan DC, Frates EP, Rogan S, and Riley PO. Hip hiking and circumduction:
quantitative definition. American Journal Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
2000;79:247-252.
27. Kerrigan DC, Burke DT, Nieto TJ, and Riley PO. Can toe-walking contribute to
stiff-legged gait? American Journal Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2001;80:
33-7.
28. Riley PO, Della Croce U, Kerrigan DC. Propulsive adaptation to changing gait
speed. Journal Biomechanics 2001;34:197-202.
29. Riley PO and Kerrigan DC. The effect of voluntary toe-walking on body
propulsion. Clinical Biomechanics. 2001;16(8):681-7.
30. Kerrigan SC, Karvosky ME, and Riley PO. Spastic paretic stiff-legged gait: joint
kinetics. American Journal Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2001;80:244-249.
31. Riley PO, Della Croce U, and Kerrigan DC. Effect of Age on Lower Extremity
Joint Moment Contributions to Gait Speed. Gait Posture 2001;14:264-270.
32. Della Croce U, Riley PO, Lelas JL, and Kerrigan DC. A refined view of the
determinants of gait. Gait Posture 2001;14:79-84.
33. Lelas JL, Merriman GJ, Riley PO, and Kerrigan DC. Predicting peak kinematic
and kinetic parameters from gait speed. Gait Posture 2003;17:106-12.
34. Clancy EA, Cairns KD, Riley PO, Meister M, Kerrigan DC. Effects of treadmill
walking speed on lateral gastrocnemius muscle firing. American Journal of
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2004;83:507-14.
35. Johansson JL, Sherrill DM, Riley PO, Bonato P, Herr H. A clinical comparison of
variable-damping and mechanically passive prosthetic knee devices. American
Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2005;84:563-75.