Jeff Wheeler of Vector Scientific recently presented a CLE/MCLE accredited Webinar "Forensic Biomechanics: Applying Injury Biomechanics to Sport and Recreation Accidents."
Mr. Wheeler has served as an injury biomechanics researcher, consultant, and expert witness for over 30 years. The recent Webinar was an opportunity to share his experience as a consultant on a variety of legal cases involving biomechanics applied to sport/recreation accidents, including:
- ATV/ROV
- Baseball/Softball
- Basketball
- Bicycle
- Exercise equipment
- Golf
- Horseback
- Ice Hockey
- Inflatable Water Toys
- Marine Boat/PWC
- Parasailing
- Playground
- Snowmobile
- Skiing
Mr. Wheeler's undergraduate studies at the University of Connecticut (UCONN) were in Sport Biomechanics and his graduate studies and research at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the UCLA Biomechanics Laboratory were in knee injury biomechanics sponsored by a United States Olympic Committee Sport Science Research Grant and working with the US Cycling Team. Over the past three decades Mr. Wheeler has applied his sport biomechanics academic and research background as well as experience coaching youth and high school hockey, baseball, and football to a number of litigation and non-litigation consultant roles including several projects for the National Hockey League (NHL).
