Rate My Professor James Karnes

Karnes specializes in rehabilitation sciences, with research interests encompassing falls prevention, proprioception, fatigue effects on joint replication, outcomes of the 6-minute walk test, and upper extremity functional tests for return to overhead sports. His expertise includes neurodegenerative diseases, neurobiology, neurophysiology, and synaptic plasticity. Key publications include "Stopping Falls: A United Initiative among Physical Therapy Educators" (2023, Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, co-authored with Taylor, D. W. M., et al.), "Effects of Guarding on the Outcomes of the 6-Minute Walk Test" (2021, Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal, co-authored with Lefebvre, K., et al.), "Effects of Fatigue on Active Joint Replication Proprioception of the Shoulder in Physically Active Individuals" (2021, presentation, co-authored with Bargeron, S. L., et al.), and earlier works such as "NMDA Receptor Blockade Maintains Correlated Motor Neuron Firing and Delays Synapse Competition at Developing Neuromuscular Junctions" (2008), "Culturing Neurons from the Snail Helisoma" (2003), "Continuous therapeutic ultrasound accelerates repair of contraction-induced skeletal muscle damage in rats" (2002), and studies on high-voltage pulsed current and edema formation (1992-1995). His publications have accumulated over 215 citations. Karnes actively mentors graduate physical therapy capstone projects on topics including kinetic force analysis of plyometric exercises and efficacy of knee simulation models for manual therapy skills.