Professor
University of Delaware
Avondale, PA, US
Karin Grävare Silbernagel PT, ATC, PhD, FAPTA is a Professor and Associate Chair at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE USA. She received her Physical Therapy and Athletic Training Degrees from Boston University, her MSc and PhD from University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has been a physical therapist and athletic trainer for 35 years, worked full-time in sports medicine for 10+ years including semiprofessional sport, performed sports medicine related research for 20+ years, and is actively engaged as a consultant for professional sports organizations both in the United States and abroad. Her expertise is in orthopaedics and musculoskeletal injury with a focus on tendon and ligament injury. At University of Delaware, she is the principal investigator of the Delaware Tendon Research Group and the Delaware ACL Research Group. Her work has been directly integrated into the clinical guidelines for treatment of patients with tendon injuries. She has presented her research at numerous conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals (190+ published articles to date). She is also invited to speak about her research at conferences nationally and internationally. Her research approach is to evaluate tendon health and recovery by quantifying tendon composition, structure, and mechanical properties, as well as patients’ impairments and symptoms. Her research is funded by the National Institute of Health, Foundation for Physical Therapy, Swedish Research Council for Sport Science, and Swedish Research Council
Thursday, July 9, 2026
11:39 AM - 11:45 AM PDT
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Case Presentations and Panel Q&A
Thursday, July 9, 2026
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
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