Zifchock

Dr. Rebecca Zifchock

Professor of Biomechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering Program Director

Rebecca.Zifchock@westpoint.edu

Biography


Dr. Rebecca Zifchock received her doctoral degree in Biomechanics from the University of Delaware in 2007, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.  She became a member of the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering faculty at the U.S. Military Academy in 2010 and has taught courses in Biomechanics, Computer Aided Design, Engineering Design, Thermal-Fluids, and Engineering Materials and Design.  Dr. Zifchock is a founding member of the United States Military Academy's Center for Innovation and Engineering.  

Ongoing Research Projects


Biomechanics of Human Movement, Human Performance, and Soldier Loading

Publications & Presentations


Selected Publications:
 

Bloch, AE, Steckenrider, JJ, Zifchock, RA, Freisinger, GM, Bode, VG, Elkin-Frankston.  2023.  Military Medicine  usad086.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usad086 

Miller, EM, Crowell, MS, Morris, JB, Mason, JS, Zifchock, RA, Goss, DL.  Gait Retraining Improves Running Impact Loading and Function in Previously Injured U.S. Military Cadets: A Pilot Study.  2021. Military Medicine 128 (11-12): e1077  - e1087.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaa383 
 

Helton, GL, Cameron, KL, Zifchock, RA, Miller, E, Goss, DL, Song, J, Neary, MT.  Association Between Running Shoe Characteristics and Lower Extremity Injuries in United States Military Academy Cadets.  2019.  American Journal of Sports Medicine, 47(12):2853-2862. 
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546519870534
 

Chao, C, Song, J, Neary, M, Goss, D, Cameron, K, Zifchock, R, Hannan, M, Thaqi, I, Shahid, M, Trepal, M, Pasquale, M, Hillstrom, H.  Changes in Foot Function between Baseline and 1-year Follow-up in West Point Cadets.  2019.  Footwear Science, 11(sup1), S171.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/19424280.2019.1606312 
 

Panizzolo, FA, Freisinger, GM, Karavas, N, Eckert-Erdheim, AM, Siviy, C, Long, A, Zifchock, RA, LaFiandra, ME, Walsh, CJ.  Metabolic Cost Adaptations During Training with a Soft Exosuit Assisting the Hip Joint.  2019.   Scientific Reports, Nature, 9(1), 9779.
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-45914-5