Curriculum Vitae

1. Adrienne Henderson, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2026). Deformable Foot Orthoses Shift the Functional Roles of Foot and Ankle Joints During Walking Gait. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-54750-3 

2. Adrienne Henderson, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2025). Motors and Dampers: The Energetics Tradeoffs in the Shod Foot with Increasing Walking Velocity. https://doi.org/10.1002/jfa2.70101 

3. Jacob Skigen, Corey Koller, Luke Nigro, Darcy Reisman, Zahra McKee, Shay Pinhey, Adrienne Henderson, Jason Wilken, Elisa Arch (2024). Customized Passive-Dynamic Ankle-Foot Orthoses Can Improve Walking Economy and Speed for Many Individuals Post-Stroke. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-024-01425-7 

4. Adrienne Henderson, Thomas Hulcher, Corey Koller, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2021). Deformable Foot Orthoses Redistribute Power from the Ankle to the Distal Foot During Walking. Journal of Biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110728

5. Adrienne Henderson, A. Wayne Johnson, Lidsey Rasmussen, Weston Peine, Sydney Symons, Kade Scoresby, Sarah Ridge, Dustin Bruening (2020). Early-Stage Diabetic Neuropathy Reduces Foot Strength and Intrinsic but not Extrinsic Foot Muscle Size. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/9536362

6. Adrienne Henderson, A. Wayne Johnson, Sarah Ridge, Jonathan Egbert, Kevin Curtis, Levi Berry, Dustin Bruening (2019). Diabetic Gait is Not Just Slow Gait: Gait Compensations in Diabetic Neuropathy. doi: 10.1155/2019/4512501

Currently in progress:

1. Foot Intrinsic Muscle Strength of Young Pre-Professional Ballet Dancers

2. Simulating Pregnancy: Foot Energetics in Walking Gait with Added Anterior Mass

3. Interaction of  Shoe Type and prescence of Deformable Foot Orthoses on Foot and Ankle Joint Energetics

4. Foot Intrinsic Muscle Cross Sectional Area is Greater in Pre-Professional Ballet Dancers Who Train Daily en Pointe

5. Daily Training En Pointe is Correlated with Greater Achilles Tendon Dysfunction

6. The Spring Ligment Morphological Changes Between Loaded and Unloaded Positions

7. Changes to Spring Ligament Morphology Over the Course of a Single Day in Pregnant Individuals

8. Using the Short Foot Exercise to Evaluate Foot Intrinsic Muscle Strength in Dancers and Active Non-Dancers

9. Daily Activity Levels Affects Inter-rectal Distance and Abdominal Function in Post Partum Women

Podium Presentations:

1. International Society of Biomechanics, Stockholm, Sweeden. Adrienne Henderson, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2025) The Motor in the Foot: Changes in Shod Foot Energetics with Increasing Walking Velocity.

2. American Society of Biomechanics. Knoxville, TN, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Lauren Williams, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2023) Foot Power Decreases With Restricted First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Range of Motion.

3. American Society of Biomechanics, East Coast Conference. Reading, PA, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Lauren Williams, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2023) Foot Power Decreases With Restricted First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Range of Motion.

4. University of Utah, Biomechanics Seminar. Virtual. Adrienne Henderson (2022) Don't Forget the Foot!

5. University of Delaware, College of Health Science Research Day. Newark, DE, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Elisa Arch (2022) An Exploratory Study of Carbon Fiber Foot Orthoses' Effect on Functional Tasks of Gait.

6. American Society of Biomechanics, East Coast Conference. Virtual. Adrienne Henderson, Thomas Hulcher, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2020) Modulating Distal Foot Energetics Using a Customized Deformable Foot Orthosis.

7. International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics. New York City, NY, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Dustin Bruening, Sarah Ridge. (2018) Midfoot Angle Changes During Running After an 8-Week Intervention Program.

Poster Presentaitons:

1. North American Congress on Biomechanics/ American Society of Biomechanics. Ottawa, Ont, CA. Adrienne Henderson, Thomas Hulcher, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2022) An Exploratory Study of Carbon Fiber Foot Orthoses' Effect on Functional Tasks of Gait.

2. University of Delaware, College of Health Science Research Day. Newark, DE, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Elisa Arch (2022) An Exploratory Study of Carbon Fiber Foot Orthoses' Effect on Functional Tasks of Gait.

3. American Society of Biomechanics. Virtual meeting. Adrienne Henderson, Jonathan Egbert, Dustin Bruening (2021) Gait Changes vs. Tissue Changes in Diabetic Plantar Pressure.

4. American Society of Biomechanics. Virtual meeting. Adrienne Henderson, Thomas Hulcher, Dustin Bruening, Elisa Arch (2020) Modulating Distal Foot Energetics Using A Deformable Foot Orthosis.

5. Southwest Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine. Long Beach, CA, USA. Adrienne Henderson, A. Wayne Johnson, Sarah Ridge, Dustin Bruening (2017) Arch Height and Foot Strength.

6. Utah Physical Therapy Association. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Joaquin Barrios, Dustin Bruening (2017) Arch Structure and Loading Pattern May Predict Running Foot Mechanics.

7. American Society of Biomechanics. Boulder, CO, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Joaquin Barrios, Dustin Bruening (2017) Arch Structure and Loading Pattern May Predict Running Foot Mechanics.

8. American College of Sports Medicine. Denver, CO, USA. Victoria Violette, Mark Olsen, Wayne Johnson (2017) Reliability and Comparison of Measurements of the Timialis Posterior Cross-Sectional Area via Ultrasound Imaging.

9. Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics. Estes Park, CO, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Joaquin Barrios, Dustin Bruening (2017) Arch Structure and Loading Pattern May Predict Running Foot Mechanics.

10. Southwest Chapter of American College of Sports Medicine. Costa Mesa, CA, USA. Adrienne Henderson, Dustin Bruening (2016) Choosing a Multi-Segment Foot Model for Sports Applications.

Source: University of Delaware, KAAP Department, Newark, DE

Amount: $500 (Funded)

Title: Slobodan Jaric Travel Award

Principal Investigator: Adrienne Henderson

Date: March 2023

Source: University of Delaware, KAAP Department, Newark, DE

Amount: $2,500 (Funded)

Title: KAAP Doctoral Research Fund

Principal Investigator: Adrienne Henderson

Date: December 2021

Source: National Science Foundation (Dare Program)

Amount: $563,000 (Funded)

Title: Don’t forget the foot! Exposing foot energetics to enhance foot orthoses and gait rehabilitation

Principal Investigator: Elisa Arch, Dustin Bruening

Co-Investigator: Adrienne Henderson, Lauren Williams

Date: February 2021

Source: Brigham Young University, Gerontology Program, Provo, Utah

Amount: $2,000 (Not Funded)

Title: BYU Gerontology Grant

Principal Investigator: Adrienne Henderson

Date: October 2017

Source: Brigham Young University, Department of Exercise Sciences, Provo, Utah

Amount: $1,300 (Funded)

Title: Student Research Funding

Principal Investigator: Adrienne Henderson

Date: October 2017

Source: Brigham Young University Graduate Studies, Provo, Utah

Amount: $400 (Funded)

Title: Research Presentation Award

Principal Investigator: Adrienne Henderson

Date: September 2017

Instructor

1. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.  Department of Exercise Sciences. Course: EXSC 440 Advanced Musculoskeletal Human Anatomy (Fall 2023 - Present)

2. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.  Department of Exercise Sciences. Course: EXSC 691 Foundations in Graduate Studies (Fall 2026 - Present)

Guest Lecturer

1. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 617 Biomechanical Instrumentation (Fall 2022) Plantar Pressure - Systems, Measurement, and Demonstration. 

• Developed and taught lecture materials

2. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 105 Freshman Seminar in Exercise Science (Fall 2022) Representative on a graduate student panel. 

• Shared about my graduate experience and potential career paths

3. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 617 Biomechanical Instrumentation (Fall 2021) Plantar Pressure - Systems, Measurement, and Demonstration. 

• Developed and taught lecture materials

4. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 620/420 Advanced Functional Human Anatomy (Fall 2021) Foot Muscles and Neurovasculature.

• Developed and taught lecture materials

5. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 620/420 Advanced Functional Human Anatomy (Fall 2021) Anatomical Structures of the Foot.

• Developed and taught lecture materials

6. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 620/420 Advanced Functional Human Anatomy (Fall 2019) Cross Section of the Foot

• Developed and taught lecture materials

7. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Department of Exercise Sciences. Course: ExSx 440 Musculoskeletal Human Anatomy (Fall 2017) The Brachial Plexus.

• Developed and taught lecture materials

Teaching Assistant

1. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 620/420 Advanced Functional Human Anatomy (Fall 2019 - Fall 2021) Responsibilities: Lab instruction on cadavers, cadaver preparation and dissection, test and weekly quiz preparation, test and quiz grading.

2. University of Delaware, Newark, DE. Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology. Course: KAAP 425 Biomechanics of Human Motion (Spring 2019) Responsibilities: Lecture presentation, class instruction, quiz and handout grading.

3. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Department of Exercise Sciences. Course: EXSC 440 (Lab) Advanced Musculoskeletal Human Anatomy (Summer 2014 - Summer 2018) Responsibilities: Lab instruction on cadavers, cadaver preparation and dissection, Test and quiz preparation, test and quiz grading.

4. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Department of Exercise Sciences. Course: EXSC 363 Kinesiology and Biomechanics (Spring 2016 - Spring 2018) Responsibilities: Hold office hours for individual and group instruction, provide guidance for assignments and semester project, test and assignment grading, assist in course instructional design, exam preparation, hold test reviews.

5. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Department of Exercise Sciences. Course: EXSC 440 Lecture Advanced Musculoskeletal Human Anatomy(Spring 2014 - Spring 2018) Responsibilities: Hold office hours for individual and group instruction,  test and assignment grading, class instruction when professor out of town, test and assignment grading, hold test reviews.

6. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Department of Exercise Sciences. Course: EXSC 460 Orthopedic Impairments (Spring 2014 - Fall 2016) Responsibilities: Hold office hours for individual and group instruction,  test and assignment grading, class instruction when professor out of town, test and assignment grading, hold test reviews.

Teaching Workshops

1. Summer Institute on Teaching, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Summer 2023) Course Titles: Groupwork strategies: what equal opportunity really looks like; Helping yourself, helping your students: addressing stress and mental health concerns; Measuring active teaching and learning in the classroom; Integrating sustainability into your classes; Teaching soft skills to first-years; They hate working in groups: how we can facilitate cooperative learning to turn haters into lovers; Learning science by doing science; Gamified student collaborative one health investigation: design and educational outcomes; Professional development and instruction in STEM.

2. Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Fall 2022) Workshop Title: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses.

3. Summer Institute on Teaching, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Summer 2022) Course Titles: Best practices from the science of learning: retrieval and spacing; Attention in the classroom; You, too, can bring JEDI (justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion) into your classroom; Pronouns, power & responsibility in the syllabus; Making the most of your lecture slides.

4. American Society of Biomechanics Virtual Meeting (Summer 2021) Workshop Title: How to be a Culturally Competent Mentor.

5. Summer Institute on Teaching, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Summer 2021) Course Titles: Use of educational technology in college teaching; Reducing anxiety in the classroom; From experiment to journal paper.

1. Undergraduate Mentor, Orthotics & Prosthetics for Enhanced Mobility Lab, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Winter 2022 - Spring 2024) Responsibilities: Plan, organize, and implement training of undergraduate research assistancts, coordinate lab efforts for data collections.

   • • Jordan Bunting (2023)

     • Hannah Kennedy (2021-2022)

     • Jess Crawford (2021-2022)

     • Samantha Stubbe (2023)

     • Laura Weinstein (2022)

     • Kevin Wolynetz (2022-2024)

2. Attendee, Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops, University of Delaware (Spring 2023) Write Winning Grant Proposals.

3. Research Assistant, Orthotics & Prosthetics for Enhanced Mobility Lab, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Fall 2021 - Spring 2024) Responsibilities: Data colection, reduction, analysis, and interpretation, study design and IRB approval forms, train new lab members (graduate and undergraduate), recruitment of research participants, lab coordination with lab members and other lab groups, present research findings at conferences.

4. Organizing Committee Member, American Society of Biomechanics East Coast Conference, Penn State Berks, Reading, PA (Fall 2022 - Spring 2023) Responsibilities: Identify and contact sponsors, plan and organize workshops, coordinate presentation sessions, plan event logistics, identify and secure keynote speaker, recruit and organize abstract reviewers and the review process.

5. President, University of Delaware Student Chapter of the American Society of Biomechanics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Summer 2022 - Summer 2023) Responsibilities: Plan and organize leadership meetings, oversee planning and organizing of chapter meetings, search and secure funding, chapter coordination with national society, oversee planning and implementation of National Biomechanics Day.

6. Founder, University of Delaware Student Chapter of the American Society of Biomechanics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Summer 2022 - Fall 2022) Responsibilities: Write and edit chapter constitution, bylaws, and application, identify and reach out to faculty advisors, search and secure funding, organize leadership election process.

7. Attendee, Great Plains IDeA-CTR Grant Writing Workshop, Virtual Meeting (Summer 2022) Effective Grant Applications: Taking It To the Next Level.

8. Lab Representative, Anatomy Lab Tours, Blue and Golden Recruitment Days, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Oct 2021, Dec 2021)

9. Moderator, American Society of Biomechanics, Virtual Meeting (Summer 2021) Footwear Thematic Poster Session.

10. Presenter, National Biomechanics Day, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Spring 2021) Responsibilities: Coordinate a small team of students, develop and present a module to multiple groups of high school students.

11. Research Assistant, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (Summer 2015 - Summer 2018) Responsibilities: Coordination of all research assistants, recruitment of research participants, data collection, reduction, analysis, and interpretation, assist with study design and IRB approval forms, build and maintain research group website, present research findings at conferences.

12. Volunteer Tutor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018) Responsibilities: one-on-one instruction according to the students' needs.

13. Graduate Student Society, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018) Responsibilities: Help organize and carry out graduate student events.

14. Physical Therapy Assistant S.O.S. Physical Therapy (Spring 2013 - Spring 2014) Responsibilities: Teach patients home exercises and stretches, therapeutic ultrasound and electrical stimulation operation, therapeutic massage, assisted with in-clinic patient exercises.

15. Treasurer and Council Member, BYU Physical and Occupational Therapy Club, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011, Spring 2013 - Fall 2013) Responsibilities: Track all expenses and maintain club budget, help organize and carry out club activities.

16. Physical Therapy Intern  Alpine Physical Therapy and Spine Care (Summer 2012 - Winter 2012) Responsibilities: Train new interns on clinic operations, create exercise regimens for patients under supervision of the physical therapist.

17. Physical Therapy Aide Now I Can Pediatric Physical Therapy, Provo, UT (Summer 2009 - Summer 2011) Responsibilities: Assist physical therapist as needed, entertain pediatric patients.