Kyle Kiesel

P.T., Ph.D., A.T.C., C.S.C.S.

Dr. Kiesel is an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Evansville.   His areas of research include motor control of the core and functional movement testing.   Using ultrasound imagining and EMG, he has investigated how pain adversely affects motor control of the core and developed specific muscle tests used for patients with low back pain. Because of his long-standing interest in athletic performance, injury prediction and recovery, his research has also led to significant work related to functional movement screening, testing and assessment for athletes. He is currently a co-investigator on a 1.5 million dollar grant to study functional movement risk factors related to injury in US military personnel.  

He has authored several peer-reviewed publications and regularly presents his work nationally and internationally as well as reviewing manuscripts for a variety of journals. He serves as a consultant for professional and college sports teams where he assists with functional movement testing and training and with the prevention and treatment of athletic low back pain.  

He has extensive experience teaching lecture and lab courses emphasizing core training and functional movement assessment and intervention including both the FMS and the SFMA.   He contributed his expertise related to the SFMA, FMS research, and the adverse affects of pain on motor control to the new book, 'Movement'.

Dr. Kiesel is engaged in patient care in orthopedics and sports at ProRehab PC in Evansville, Indiana where he serves as Director of Evidence-Based Practice.