Daniel Goble, Ph.D.

Title: Coordinator, Exercise Science Graduate Program; Associate Professor, Exercise Science
Office: 1015 Human Health Building
Phone: (248) 364-8688
Fax: (248) 364-8657
E-mail: dgoble@oakland.edu

Educational Background
Ph.D., Kinesiology; University of Michigan
MHK, Human Kinetics; University of Windsor
BHK, Human Kinetics; University of Windsor 

Teaching Interests
Motor Control
Sensorimotor Neuroscience
Research Design

Research/Scholarship
Dr Goble's research centers on the assessment and training of balance and postural control, with a particular focus on developing and validating the Balance Tracking System (BTrackS), a low-cost portable force plate. His work has established the accuracy, reliability and validity of this technology and produced large-scale normative datasets spanning childhood through older adulthood, including protocols for concussion management, sensory integration, limits of stability, and single-leg stance. He applies these tools to clinical and applied populations, including people with Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis, type 2 diabetes, ankle instability, and older adults at high fall risk, as well as athletes and young adults, to detect sensorimotor impairments and track change over time. A related line of work examines how people perceive and use their own balance, including the mismatch between self-reported and performance-based balance and the factors that drive health service use for balance problems in national survey data. Building on earlier neuroscience training in proprioception, aging and brain imaging, he continues to study how proprioceptive acuity, sensory reweighting and cognitive demands shape postural strategies in both healthy and clinical groups.

Publications
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Professional Affiliations
Society for Neuroscience
International Society of Gait and Posture Research

Personal Interests
Spending time with family/friends, sports, public service