David Alexander Sherman, PhD, DPT
Postdoctoral Associate NRSA (previously held)
Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Personal Training/Athletic Training




Dave is a clinical scientist working to optimize treatment and rehabilitation after ACL injury. Dave's research targets the "unseen" consequences of joint injury in order to optimize recovery. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University and Harvard University.

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  1. Huang CH, Segal NA, Felson DT, Sherman DA, Lewis CL, Bacon KL, Lynch J, Lewis CE, Stefanik J. Effect of Knee Extensor Power on Knee Pain in Adults With or at Risk for Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study. J Rheumatol. 2025 Dec 01; 52(12):1281-1287.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40953946; PMCID: PMC12443331; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2025-0621;
     
  2. Norte GE, Murray AM, Rush JL, Sherman DA, Glaviano NR. Hamstrings Volumetric Adaptations to a Four-Week Nordic Hamstring Exercise Protocol in Individuals with ACL Reconstruction: A Preliminary Case Series. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2025; 20(9):1377-1387. PMID: 40904716; PMCID: PMC12404571; DOI: 10.26603/001c.143149;
     
  3. Koohestani M, Sherman DA, Rush JL, Schwartz AL, Norte GE. Hamstrings corticomotor and neuromechanical function in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2025 Oct; 84:103048. PMID: 40834755
     
  4. Sherman DA, Neogi T, Hornsby S, Felson D, Lavalley M, Stefanik JJ. Association of Knee Pain Frequency and Severity with Quadriceps Strength but Not Rate of Decline Over Four Years. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2025 Jul; 7(7):e70067.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40586171; PMCID: PMC12207324; DOI: 10.1002/acr2.70067;
     
  5. Norte GE, Glaviano NR, Sherman DA, Rush JL, Murray AM. Four-week Nordic hamstring exercise intervention for individuals with ACL reconstruction via hamstrings tendon autograft: feasibility of a pilot randomized controlled trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2025 Apr 03; 11(1):37. PMID: 40181441; PMCID: PMC11969947; DOI: 10.1186/s40814-025-01624-6;
     
  6. Sherman DA, Beausejour JP, Koohestani M, Stock MS, Norte GE. Quadriceps motor unit properties following ACL reconstruction are associated with corticospinal excitability and motor cortex activations. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Apr 01; 138(4):1011-1023. PMID: 40059647
     
  7. Schwartz AL, Koohestani M, Sherman DA, Stock MS, Norte GE. Knee Extensor and Flexor Force Control after ACL Injury and Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2025 Feb 01; 57(2):238-251. PMID: 39800896
     
  8. Rush JL, Murray AM, Sherman DA, Gokeler A, Norte GE. Single-Leg Hop Performance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Ready for Landing but Cleared for Take-Off? J Athl Train. 2024 Nov 01; 59(11):1100-1109. PMID: 38779887; PMCID: PMC11611365; DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-0628.23;
     
  9. Sherman DA, Rush J, Glaviano NR, Norte GE. Knee joint pathology and efferent pathway dysfunction: Mapping muscle inhibition from motor cortex to muscle force. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2024 Nov; 74:103204. PMID: 39426249
     
  10. Norte GE, Sherman DA, Rush JL, Ingersoll CD, Bodkin SG, Snyder-Mackler L, Grindstaff TL, Burland JP, Hopkins JT, Blackburn T, Chaput M, Konishi Y, Rice DA, Hart JM, Harkey MS, Zarzycki R, Palmieri-Smith RM, Lepley LK, Lepley AS, Pamukoff DN, Park J, Lisee C, Pietrosimone B, Thomas AC, Goetschius J, Tourville TW, Kidgell DJ, Kuenze CM. Advancing Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition: A Need for Validation and Innovation-Letter to the Editor. Am J Sports Med. 2024 Oct; 52(12):NP34-NP36. PMID: 39432392
     
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2021 National Athletic Trainers Association: GLATA Living Pinky Newell Graduate Scholarship
2019 The University of Toledo Graduate Council: Robert N. Memorial Scholarship
2016 Texas Health Resources, Arlington, TX: Mosaic Pin Award for Exemplary Modelling of Promise Behaviors
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