Dr Howard Hillstrom has 30+ years of experience directing biomedical engineering research groups and motion analysis laboratories, serving as Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, and Senior Director of the Leon Root, MD, Motion Analysis. Dr Howard Hillstrom has a strong background in the biomechanics of human movement with special interest in lower extremity structure and function as related to the onset, progression and treatment of osteoarthritis. He served as Principal and Co-Investigator on several NIH and NSF research grants, conducted over 90+ funded neuromusculoskeletal studies, and has 115+ peer-reviewed papers, 10+ book chapters and is co-inventor of 5 patents