Eadric Bressel, Ph.D.

Field: Health Science, Kinesiology
Areas of Focus: Exercise Programs, Physical Therapy

Expertise

• Aquatic physical therapy
• Biomechanical determinants of rehabilitative exercise
• Balance training

Bio

Eadric Bressel is a professor and head of the department of Kinesiology and Health Science at Utah State University. Additionally, he serves as the director of the biomechanics laboratory and is the coordinator for the Pathokinesiology Ph.D. specialization. He received his bachelor's and master's in kinesiology at California State University, Fresno, and he received his doctorate in biomechanics from the University of Northern Colorado. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the health and rehabilitation center at Auckland University of Technology prior to his appointment with USU in 2000. His research examines neuro-mechanical adaptations to therapeutic exercise in healthy and special populations. He has specific interest in spine stabilization exercises, determinants of balance, and rehabilitation of chronic conditions such as osteoarthritis using an aquatic environment.