ANDY HOFFER discusses his research in kinesiology

What I research is how the body controls movement and more importantly how we can intervene and help. I have been involved in controlling the diaphragm in patients who are critically ill. The diaphragm atrophies very quickly, within the first couple days it's already down to half it's size and its strength in a patient who is sedated and ventilated. What I teach primarily is around the material that I also research. I teach a course, KIN 4408, rehabilitation of movement disorders. Because the material I teach is really new, there aren't really any textbooks so I have to pull things out of the web a lot and students send me things. 10 minutes ago a student sent me an email asking 'Is this real?' and a link to a website that is describing something new.