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Division of Exercise Physiology

Faculty and Staff

Name: Stauber, William T. Ph.D.
Title: Professor
Campus Office:
Phone: 304-293-1491
Fax: 304-293-3850
E-mail: wstauber@hsc.wvu.edu
EDUCATION:
  • B.S., Physical Therapy, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, 1967
  • M.S., Physiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1969
  • M.D.A and PostDoc., Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1976

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 1976 - 1979 Associate, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa
  • 1979 - 1981 Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, West Virginia University, College of Medicine
  • 1981 - 1985 Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, West Virginia University, College of Medicine
  • 1984 - 1985 Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, West Virginia University, College of Medicine
  • 1985 - 1994 Professor, Departments of Physiology and Neurology, West Virginia University, Hlth. Sci. Ctr.
  • 1994 - Pres. Professor, Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Neurology and the Division of Physical Therapy, West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • North American Life Research Award for a study on knee dysfunction (1985), Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (1987), Nominated for Distinguished Teacher Award WVU (1990, 1991), Cosmos Biosatellite Team, Group Achievement Award (NASA 1991), Cosmos 2G Comparison Study Team, Group Achievement Award (NASA 1994), Honorary Fellow of the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics (1995), Invited speaker for the Steven Rose Memorial Lecture, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, for lifetime research contributions to Physical Therapy (1999), Nominated for the John W. Traubert Award (2001), received the Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award, West Virginia University, April, 2002.
  • Grant reviewer for NIH (ad hoc member of SEPs), NSF, NASA, and private foundations as well as a manuscript reviewer for a wide variety of research journals.
  • Chairman of the Scientific/Medical Advisory Committee of MEDigital, Inc., Marietta, GA, 2000-2003.
  • Member of Special Emphasis Panel, Interaction of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders, ZOH1 JFK (04), April, NIOSH, March 2005.

PROJECTS ONGOING OR COMPLETED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS:

  • "Cumulative Trauma Disorder: Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction".
    Principal Investigator: William T. Stauber, Ph.D.
    Agency: NIOSH/CDC
    Type: 5 R01 OH02918-08 Period: June 1, 2000 – May 31, 2005.
    The major goal of this project is to investigate the origin of cumulative trauma disorder by defining the mechanisms that lead to pathology and weakness following repeated strain injuries in skeletal muscles in rats.

RECENT AND RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

  • Stauber, W.T., Fritz, V.K., Clarkson, P.M. and J.E. Riggs. 1991. An injury myopathy mimicking dystrophy: Implications regarding the function of dystrophin. Med. Hypotheses. 35: 358-362.
  • Stauber, W.T., G.R. Miller, J.G. Grimmett and K.K. Knack. 1994. Adaptation of rat soleus muscles to intermittent chronic strain. J. Appl. Physiol. 71:58-62.
  • Gibala, M.J., MacDougall, J.D., Tarnopolsky, M.A., Stauber, W.T. and A. Elorriaga. 1995. Changes in human skeletal muscle ultrastructure and force production after acute resistance exercise. J. Appl. Physiol. 78(2): 702-708.
  • Stauber, W.T., Miller, G.R., Gibala, M.J., and J.D. MacDougall. 1995. Use of double labeling and photo CD for morphometric analysis of injured skeletal muscle. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 43 (11): 1179-1184.
  • Stauber, W.T. Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, In: Athletic Injuries and Rehabilitation, Zachazewski, J., Magee, D., and W. Quillen (eds), Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 1996, pp. 92-98.
  • Stauber, W.T., Knack, K.K., Miller, G.R., and J.G. Grimmett. 1996. Fibrosis and intercellular collagen connections from four weeks of muscle strains. Muscle & Nerve 19: 423-430.
  • Cutlip, R.G., Stauber, W.T., Willison, R.H., McIntosh, T.A., and K.H. Means. 1997. A dynamometer for the measurement of rat plantar flexor muscles in vivo. Med. Biol. Engin. & Comput. 35: 540-543.
  • Stauber, W.T., and C.A. Smith. 1998. Cellular responses in exertion-induced skeletal muscle injury. Molecular Cell. Biochem. 179: 169-176.
  • Stauber, W.T., Miller, G.R., and J.G. Grimmett. 1998. Adaptation of rat gastrocnemius muscles to 2 wk of centrifugation: Myofibers and Matrix. Aviation, Space Environ. Med. 69(6) Suppl: A45-A48.
  • Willems, M. E.T. and W. T. Stauber. 1999. Static and dynamic actions of rat plantar-flexor muscles in vivo. Exp. Physiol. 84: 379-389.
  • Miller, G.R., Smith, C.A. and W. T. Stauber. 1999. Determination of fibrosis from cryostat sections using high performance liquid chromatography: Skeletal muscle. Histochem. J. 31: 89-94.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2000. Force output during and following active stretches of rat plantar flexor muscles: effect of velocity of ankle rotation. J Biomech 33: 1035-1038.
  • Stauber, W.T., Barill, E.R., Stauber, R.E., and G.R. Miller. 2000. Isotonic dynamometry for the assessment of power and fatigue in the knee extensor muscles of females. Clinical Physiology 20: 225-233.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2000. Performance of plantar flexor muscles with eccentric and isometric contractions in intact rats. Med Sci Sports Exerc 32 (7): 1293-1299.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2000. Effect of resistance training on muscle fatigue and recovery in intact rats. Med Sci Sports Exerc 32 (11): 1887-1893.
  • Stauber, W.T., Smith, C.A., Miller, G.R., and Stauber, F.D. 2000. Recovery of rat soleus muscles from 6 weeks of repeated strain injury. Muscle & Nerve 23: 1819-1825.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2000 Changes in force by repeated stretches of skeletal muscle in female Sprague Dawley rats. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research 12: 478-481.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2000 Force during stretches of rat skeletal muscles after hypertonia at short and long lengths. Arch. Physiol. Biochem.108: 391-397.
  • Willems, M. E. T., Miller, G.R. and W.T. Stauber. 2001. Force deficits after stretches of activated rat muscle-tendon complex with reduced collagen cross-links. Euro. J. Appl. Physiol. 85: 405-411.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2001. Force deficits after repeated stretches of activated skeletal muscle in female and male rats. Acta Physiologica Scand.172: 63-67.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2002. Force deficits by stretches of activated muscles with constant or increasing velocity. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 34: 667-672.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2002. Effect of contraction history on torque deficits by stretches of active rat skeletal muscles. Cand. J. Appl. Physiol. 27: 323-335.
  • Willems, M. E. T. and W.T. Stauber. 2002. Fatigue and recovery at long and short muscle lengths following resistance training. Med. Sci. Sports & Exerc. 34: 1738-1743.
  • Stauber, W.T. and M.E.T. Willems. 2002. Prevention of histopathologic changes from 30 repeated stretches of active rat skeletal muscles depends on inter-stretch rest time. Eur. J. Appl. Physiol. 88: 94-99.
  • Willems, M.E.T. and W.T. Stauber. 2003. Attenuation of stretch-induced histopathologic changes of skeletal muscle by quinacrine. Muscle & Nerve 27: 65-71.
  • Stauber, W.T. 2004. Factors involved in strain-induced injury in skeletal muscles and outcomes of prolonged exposures. J. Electromyography & Kinesiology 14 (1): 61-70.
  • Willems, M.E.T. and W.T. Stauber. 2005. Streptomycin and EDTA decrease the number of desmin-negative fibers following stretch injury. Muscle & Nerve 32: 310-315.