TIM KEMPF

Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Boise State University
United States of America

Biography

Tim Kempf has been teaching at Boise State University since 2011 in the area of Exercise Science.  He teaches a variety of courses, such as Exercise Testing and Prescription and Biomechanics, and is interested in exploring mountain biking injuries in competitive youth cross-country mountain bike racers. Kempf’s past experiences include working in Cardiac Rehabilitation as a Clinical Exercise Physiologist at the University of Pittsburgh, and doing research in both Biomechanics and Human Motor Learning and Control at Rush Medical Center in Chicago.

Research Intrest

Cardiac Rehabilitation, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Biomechanics, Human Motor Learning

List of Publications
Flament D, Shapiro MB, Kempf T, Corcos DM (1999) Time course and temporal order of changes in movement kinematics during learning of fast and accurate elbow flexions. Experimental Brain Research 129(3):441-50.
Kempf T, Corcos DM, Flament D (2001) Time course and temporal order of changes in movement kinematics during motor learning: effect of joint and instruction. Experimental Brain Research 136(3):295-302.
Flament D, Vaillancourt DE, Kempf T, Shannon K, Corcos DM (2003) EMG remains fractionated in Parkinson’s disease, despite practice-related improvements in performance. Clinical Neurophysiology 114(12):2385-96.