Director, Pathokinesiology Laboratory
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center
As the Co-Director of the Pathokinesiology Lab and Director of the Rehabilitation Engineering Program at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Dr. Rankin oversees a specialty outpatient clinical physical rehabilitation service and several ongoing research projects focused on improving the lives of those living with disability, including spinal cord injury. Dr. Rankin completed his Doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics) at the University of Texas at Austin, where his research investigated the relationships between different manual wheelchair propulsion techniques, upper extremity demand (e.g., muscle force, stress, and work), and shoulder overuse injury. He now has almost two decades of experience in conducting and leading movement biomechanics research spanning sport and clinical rehabilitation settings, with a primary research focus on understanding the relationships between neuromuscular control, task performance, and human-device interaction. Dr. Rankin is currently the Project Co-director and Research Director of Rancho’s Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems program where he oversees the refinement and testing of a community-based pain management program, among other research projects. He is also the Principal Investigator on a 5-year NIDILRR supported project aimed at developing, refining, and testing a system to support pressure injury prevention efforts for individuals with SCI.
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