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Kari Odland, Other (she/her/hers)

Clinical Researcher
University of Minnesota/Department of Orthopedic Surgery

Kari comes to the University of Minnesota and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery research staff with 25-plus years and a range of athletic training experience in the collegiate athletics and academic settings. After completing her undergraduate degree in Athletic Training at South Dakota State University, she pursued a Master’s degree in Exercise Science from Northern Michigan University. She completed her degree in 1997, and began working as an assistant athletic trainer at the University of Minnesota-Crookston. In 2002, she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to work as an assistant athletic trainer for Saint Joseph’s University where she worked with the women’s basketball team, and had the privilege of working with the likes of Jameer Nelson.
In 2005, Kari began her academic career at Central Michigan University as a clinical faculty member in the CAATE undergraduate program in addition to providing coverage for the Sports Medicine department. She accepted a visiting clinical faculty position at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York in their CAATE undergraduate program and in 2012 returned to Minnesota to serve as a visiting clinical faculty member for the Winona State University CAATE undergraduate program. She began her doctoral study through the University of Idaho in 2014. After completing her doctoral work in May of 2016, she accepted a clinical faculty position at the University of South Carolina teaching in both the CAATE undergraduate and post-professional AT programs.

Kari’s research interests include manual therapy (Mulligan Concept) for the treatment of mechanical neck pain, chronic low back pain, acute ankle sprains, and shoulder impingement. Additional research interests include adult spinal deformity pathologies (idiopathic scoliosis, thoracic kyphosis, degenerative disease, spondylolisthesis) and associated interventions. She has had her research published in international peer-reviewed journals in addition to being an invited speaker on Mulligan Concept at the state, regional and national levels.

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