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Nathan Schilaty

Nathan Schilaty, DC, PhD

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery & Brain Repair

Associate Professor, Medical Engineering

Contact Info

Education

  • Postdoctoral Certificate, Clinical & Translational Science, Mayo Clinic, 2019
  • PhD, Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, 2014
  • DC, Chiropractic Medicine, Parker University, 2007
  • BS, Health & Wellness, Parker University, 2006
  • BS, Anatomy, Parker University, 2005
  • AS, Chemistry, Salt Lake Community College, 2003

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs

  • Biomedical Engineering & Nanomedicine
  • Neurodegenerative Disease
  • Neuroscience
  • Women & Children's Health

Research Interests

  • I explore the neuromechanics of human movement, specifically of neck and lower back pain, anterior cruciate ligament injury, concussion, and proprioception. I utilize clinical trials, in vivo, in vitro, and machine learning models. My long-term goal is to implement programs to advance chiropractic medicine, prevent injury, and improve rehabilitation techniques. My backgrounds in chiropractic, neuroscience, and kinesiology keep me exploring for solutions to common health concerns.

Awards/Honors

  • Endowed Kelly Research Fellow (Mayo Clinic - 2016)
  • 1st Place - Grad Talk (Brigham Young University - 2013)
  • Outstanding Dallas Clinic Intern (Parker University - 2006)
  • Presidential Scholarship (Parker University - 2006)
  • Erchonia Scholarship (Erchonia Inc. - 2005)
  • Presidential Scholarship (Parker University - 2005)
  • Presidential Scholarship (Parker University - 2004)
  • Lincoln Endowed Chair (University of South Florida - 2021)

Memberships

  • Member (American College of Sports Medicine, 2022 - Present)
  • Member (Florida Chiropractic Association, 2021 - Present)
  • Member (International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, & Orthopedic Sports Medicine, 2021 - Present)
  • Member (International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, 2018 - Present)
  • Member (Society for the Neural Control of Movement, 2018 - Present)
  • Member (American Society of Biomechanics, 2015 - Present)
  • Member (Society for Neuroscience, 2013 - Present)
  • Member (American Chiropractic Association, 2004 - Present)
  • Member (Orthopedic Research Society, 2016 - 2018)
  • Student Member (Research Society on Alcoholism, 2013 - 2014)

Recent Publications

  • Schilaty ND, Savoldi F, Nasr Z, Weinshenker BG. Neuromotor control associates with muscle weakness observed with McArdle sign of multiple sclerosis. Annals of clinical and translational neurology. 9(4) : 515-528, 2022.
  • Schilaty ND, McPherson AL, Nagai T, Bates NA. Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition Manifests in Thigh Musculature Motor Unit Characteristics After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. Eur J Sport Sci. , 2022.
  • Schilaty ND, Hedges D. Redirect Indirects: A Phased Approach to Decentralized Research Funding Academia Letters. : Article 4481, 2022.
  • Cooney NJ, Sowman P, Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Hewett TE, Doyle TL. Head and Neck Characteristics as Risk Factors For and Protective Factors Against Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Military and Sporting Populations: A Systematic Review Sports Medicine. , 2022.
  • Yorgason JT, Wadsworth HA, Anderson EJ, Williams BM, Brundage JN, Hedges DM, Stockard AL, Jones ST, Arthur SB, Hansen DM, Schilaty ND, Jang EY, Lee AM, Wallner M, Steffensen SC. Modulation of dopamine release by ethanol is mediated by atypical GABA receptors on cholinergic interneurons in the nucleus accumbens. Addiction biology. 27(1) : e13108, 2022.
  • Schilaty ND, Savoldi F, Nasr Z, Delgado AM, Berglund LJ, Weinshenker BG. Biomechanical muscle stiffness measures of extensor digitorum explain potential mechanism of McArdle sign. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 82: 105277, 2021.
  • Nagai T, Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Bies NJ, McPherson AL, Hewett TE. High school female basketball athletes exhibit decreased knee-specific choice visual-motor reaction time. Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. 31(8) : 1699-1707, 2021.
  • Schilaty ND, Martin RK, Ueno R, Rigamonti L, Bates NA. Mechanics of cadaveric anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions during simulated jump landing tasks: Lessons learned from a pilot investigation. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 86: 105372, 2021.
  • Ueno R, Navacchia A, Schilaty ND, Myer GD, Hewett TE, Bates NA. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Loading Increases With Pivot-Shift Mechanism During Asymmetrical Drop Vertical Jump in Female Athletes. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 9(3) : 2325967121989095, 2021.
  • Ueno R, Navacchia A, Schilaty ND, Myer GD, Hewett TE, Bates NA. Hamstrings Contraction Regulates the Magnitude and Timing of the Peak ACL Loading During the Drop Vertical Jump in Female Athletes. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 9(9) : 23259671211034487, 2021.
  • Nagai T, Bates N, McPherson A, Hale R, Hewett T, Schilaty ND. Effects of Sex and Age on Quadriceps and Hamstring Strength and Flexibility in High School Basketball Athletes. International journal of sports physical therapy. 16(5) : 1302-1312, 2021.
  • Hollman JH, Nagai T, Bates NA, McPherson AL, Schilaty ND. Diminished neuromuscular system adaptability following anterior cruciate ligament injury: Examination of knee muscle force variability and complexity. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 90: 105513, 2021.
  • Doyle TLA, Schilaty ND, Webster KE, Hewett TE. Time of Season and Game Segment Is Not Related to Likelihood of Lower-Limb Injuries: A Meta-Analysis. Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine. 31(3) : 304-312, 2021.
  • Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Ueno R, Hewett TE. Filtration Selection and Data Consilience: Distinguishing Signal from Artefact with Mechanical Impact Simulator Data. Annals of biomedical engineering. 49(1) : 334-344, 2021.
  • Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Kruisselbrink S, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Linear Discriminant Analysis Successfully Predicts Knee Injury Outcome From Biomechanical Variables. The American journal of sports medicine. 48(10) : 2447-2455, 2020.
  • Beyer EB, Hale RF, Hellem AR, Mumbleau AM, Schilaty ND, Hewett TE. INTER AND INTRA-RATER RELIABILITY OF THE DROP VERTICAL JUMP (DVJ) ASSESSMENT. International journal of sports physical therapy. 15(5) : 770-775, 2020.
  • McPherson AL, Bates NA, Haider CR, Nagai T, Hewett TE, Schilaty ND. Thigh musculature stiffness during active muscle contraction after anterior cruciate ligament injury. BMC musculoskeletal disorders. 21(1) : 320, 2020.
  • Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Ueno R, Hewett TE. Timing of Strain Response of the ACL and MCL Relative to Impulse Delivery During Simulated Landings Leading up to ACL Failure. Journal of applied biomechanics. : 1-8, 2020.
  • Zhou J, Schilaty ND, Hewett TE, Bates NA. ANALYSIS OF TIMING OF SECONDARY ACL INJURY IN PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES DOES NOT SUPPORT GAME TIMING OR SEASON TIMING AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO INJURY RISK. International journal of sports physical therapy. 15(2) : 254-262, 2020.
  • McPherson AL, Nagai T, Schilaty ND, Hale R, Hewett TE, Bates NA. High school male basketball athletes exhibit greater hamstring muscle stiffness than females as assessed with shear wave elastography. Skeletal radiology. 49(8) : 1231-1237, 2020.
  • Mumbleau AM, Schilaty ND, Hewett TE. HIP MUSCLE INHIBITION AFTER HIP ARTHROSCOPY: A ROLE FOR NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION. International journal of sports physical therapy. 15(6) : 1222-1228, 2020.
  • Ueno R, Nagai T, Bates NA, Hewett TE, Schilaty ND. Sex differences in passive and active stiffness of the knee flexor muscles during dynamic perturbation test: principal component analysis. Somatosensory & motor research. 37(4) : 293-299, 2020.
  • Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. In vivo attachment site to attachment site length and strain of the ACL and its bundles during the full gait cycle measure by MRI and high-speed biplanar radiography. (Published Jan. 2, 2020). Journal of biomechanics. 109: 109922, 2020.
  • Hedges DM, Yorgason JT, Perez AW, Schilaty ND, Williams BM, Watt RK, Steffensen SC. Spontaneous Formation of Melanin from Dopamine in the Presence of Iron. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland). 9(12) , 2020.
  • Bates NA, Myer GD, Hale RF, Schilaty ND, Hewett TE. Prospective Frontal Plane Angles Used to Predict ACL Strain and Identify Those at High Risk for Sports-Related ACL Injury. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 8(10) : 2325967120957646, 2020.
  • Nagai T, Schilaty ND, Laskowski ER, Hewett TE. Hop tests can result in higher limb symmetry index values than isokinetic strength and leg press tests in patients following ACL reconstruction. Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA. 28(3) : 816-822, 2020.
  • McMurray NS, Bates NA, Fischer S, Schilaty ND, Hewett TE. INVESTIGATION OF PRIMARY AND SECOND ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT TEARS USING A GEOGRAPHIC DATABASE. International journal of sports physical therapy. 15(4) : 593-602, 2020.
  • Nagai T, Schilaty ND, Krause DA, Crowley EM, Hewett TE. Sex Differences in Ultrasound-Based Muscle Size and Mechanical Properties of the Cervical-Flexor and -Extensor Muscles. Journal of athletic training. 55(3) : 282-288, 2020.
  • McPherson AL, Shirley MB, Schilaty ND, Larson DR, Hewett TE. Effect of a Concussion on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Risk in a General Population. Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.). 50(6) : 1203-1210, 2020.
  • Ueno R, Navacchia A, Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Analysis of Internal Knee Forces Allows for the Prediction of Rupture Events in a Clinically Relevant Model of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 8(1) : 2325967119893758, 2020.
  • Hellem A, Shirley M, Schilaty N, Dahm D. Review of Shoulder Range of Motion in the Throwing Athlete: Distinguishing Normal Adaptations from Pathologic Deficits. Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine. : 346-355, 2019.
  • Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Variation in ACL and MCL Strain Before Initial Contact Is Dependent on Injury Risk Level During Simulated Landings. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 7(11) : 2325967119884906, 2019.
  • Bates NA, Mejia Jaramillo MC, Vargas M, McPherson AL, Schilaty ND, Nagelli CV, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. External loads associated with anterior cruciate ligament injuries increase the correlation between tibial slope and ligament strain during in vitro simulations of in vivo landings. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 61: 84-94, 2019.
  • Navacchia A, Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Knee Abduction and Internal Rotation Moments Increase ACL Force During Landing Through the Posterior Slope of the Tibia. Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society. 37(8) : 1730-1742, 2019.
  • Savoldi F, Nasr Z, Hu W, Schilaty ND, Delgado AM, Mandrekar J, Kaufman KR, Berglund L, Weinshenker BG. McArdle Sign: A Specific Sign of Multiple Sclerosis. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 94(8) : 1427-1435, 2019.
  • Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Influence of relative injury risk profiles on anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament strain during simulated landing leading to a noncontact injury event. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 69: 44-51, 2019.
  • Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Frontal Plane Loading Characteristics of Medial Collateral Ligament Strain Concurrent With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Failure. The American journal of sports medicine. 47(9) : 2143-2150, 2019.
  • Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Nagelli CV, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Multiplanar Loading of the Knee and Its Influence on Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Medial Collateral Ligament Strain During Simulated Landings and Noncontact Tears. The American journal of sports medicine. 47(8) : 1844-1853, 2019.
  • Nagai T, Bates NA, Hewett TE, Schilaty ND. Paradoxical relationship in sensorimotor system: Knee joint position sense absolute error and joint stiffness measures. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 67: 34-37, 2019.
  • Nagai T, Bates NA, Hewett TE, Schilaty ND. Effects of localized vibration on knee joint position sense in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 55: 40-44, 2018.
  • McPherson AL, Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Nagelli CV, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Ligament Strain Response Between Lower Extremity Contralateral Pairs During In Vitro Landing Simulation. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 6(4) : 2325967118765978, 2018.
  • Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Nagelli C, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Sex-Based Differences in Knee Kinetics With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Strain on Cadaveric Impact Simulations. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 6(3) : 2325967118761037, 2018.
  • Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Nagelli CV, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Sex-Based Differences of Medial Collateral Ligament and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Strains With Cadaveric Impact Simulations. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine. 6(4) : 2325967118765215, 2018.
  • Bates NA, Schilaty ND, Nagelli CV, Krych AJ, Hewett TE. Validation of Noncontact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears Produced by a Mechanical Impact Simulator Against the Clinical Presentation of Injury. The American journal of sports medicine. 46(9) : 2113-2121, 2018.
  • Hewett TE, Schilaty ND. Determination of the Position of the Knee at the Time of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture for Male Versus Female Patients by an Analysis of Bone Bruises: Letter to the Editor. The American journal of sports medicine. 46(11) : NP47-NP48, 2018.
  • Hollman JH, Buenger NG, DeSautel SG, Chen VC, Koehler LR, Schilaty ND Altered neuromuscular control in the vastus medialis following anterior cruciate ligament injury: A recurrence quantification analysis of electromyogram recruitment Clin Biomech. 100: 105798, 2022.
  • Cummings P, Schilaty ND, Nagai T, Rigamonti L, Ueno R, Bates NA Application of Shear-Wave Elastography in the Evaluation of Hamstring Stiffness in Young Basketball Athletes Int J Sport Phys Ter. , 2022.
  • Bates NA, Goodyear E, Huffman A, Nagai T, Rigamonti L, Breuer L, Holmes BD, Schilaty ND Physical Clinical Care and Artificial-Intelligence-Guided Core Resistance Training Improve Functional Performance, Power, and Lumbar Isokinetics in Lower Back Pain Patients Clin Biomech. 103: 105902, 2023.
  • Chaney GK, Krause DA, Hollman JH, Anderson VA, Heider SE, Thomez S, Vaughn SN, Schilaty ND Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Isokinetic Strength Tests: A Comparison of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructed and Uninjured Limb Clin Biomech. 104: 105929, 2023.
  • Schilaty ND, McPherson AL, Anderson S, Nagai T, Bates NA. Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: Injured and Uninjured Limb Recovery Over Time Front Sports Act Living. 5: 1143376, 2023.
  • Beyer-Wert EB, Bates NA, Krill MK, Krill ML, Chaney GK, Hewett TE, Schilaty ND Game Schedules and Injury Occurrence in the National Football League – Are Injuries Affected by the Number of Days between Games? J Int Acad Neuromusculoskel Med. 20(1) : 36-51, 2023.
  • Mitchell CV, Nagai T, Bates NA, Schilaty ND Neck Strength and Force in Multi-Directional Reaction Time Task of Adolescent Athletes with and without Concussion History: A Pilot Study Phys Ther Sport. 61: 192-197, 2023.
  • Schilaty ND, Bates NA, Holmes BD, Nagai T Group Differences and Association between Patient-Reported Outcomes and Physical Characteristics in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients and Healthy Controls Clin Biomech. , 2023.
  • Nagai T, Bates NA, Rigamonti L, Hollman JH, Laskowski ER, Schilaty ND Effects of Neuromuscular and Proprioceptive Training on Self-Reported Wellness and Health Scores and Knee Sensorimotor Characteristics in Active Seniors Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies. 36: 370-379, 2023.
  • Schilaty ND, McPherson AL, Nagai T, Bates NA Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury is Evident in Motor Unit Characteristics BMJ Open Sp Ex Med. 9(3) : 1-10, 2023.
  • Bates NA, Goodyear E, Huffman A, Nagai T, Rigamonti L, Breuer L, Holmes BD, Schilaty ND Physical Clinical Care and Artificial-Intelligence-Guided Core Resistance Training Improve Endurance and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Subjects with Lower Back Pain Clin Biomech. 103: 105902, 2023.
  • Nagai T, Schilaty ND, Kunzer CM, Greer A, Bates NA, McPherson AL Portable Hip Clamshell Strength Assessment: Reliability and Validity J Int Acad Neuromusculoskel Med. 20(2) : 9-18, 2023.
  • Hollman JH Buenger NG DeSautel SG Chen VC Koehler LR Schilaty N. Altered neuromuscular control in the vastus medialis following anterior cruciate ligament injury: A recurrence quantification analysis of electromyogram recruitment Clinical Biomechanics. 100: 105798

Positions Held

  • Assistant Professor (Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic 2020 - 2021)
  • Assistant Professor (Physiology, Mayo Clinic 2016 - 2021)
  • Assistant Professor (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic 2019 - 2021)
  • Assistant Professor (Neurosurgery & Brain Repair, University of South Florida 2021 - 2024)
  • Assistant Professor (Medical Engineering, University of South Florida 2022 - 2024)