Mailing Address: 003C Human Performance Center

Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0244

Publications: Interceptive Skill. Journal of Motor Learning and Development.

King D, Hecimovich M, Clark T Gissane C. (2017). Measurement of the head impacts in a sub-elite Australian Rules football team with an instrumented patch: An exploratory analysis. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching.

Cohen A, King D, Hecimovich M, Fraser C, Putrino D, Pearce AJ. (2017). Head impact monitoring and assessment using the King-Devick test for suspected concussion in amateur Australian senior rugby union players. Journal of Sports Sciences. (Accepted but yet published).

Hecimovich M, King D, Garrett T (2016). Accelerometric analysis of head impacts in amateur wrestling: An exploratory analysis. International Journal of Wrestling Science. 6-2 p117-126.

Muller S, Gurisik Y, Hecimovich M, Harbaugh G, Vallence AM. (2017) Individual Differences in Short-Term Anticipation Training for High-Speed

Hecimovich M, King D. (2016). Prevalence of head injury and medically diagnosed concussion in junior-level community-based Australian Rules Football. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2016 Nov 10. DOI:10.1111/jpc.13405

Hecimovich M, Hebert JJ. (2016). Reliability and concurrent validity of an alternate method of lateral lumbar range of motion in athletes. South African Journal of Sports Medicine. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516X/2016/v28i1a1414

Hecimovich M, King D, Marais I. (2016). Player and parent concussion knowledge and awareness in youth Australian Rules Football. The Sport Journal. http://thesportjournal.org/article/player-and-parent-concussion-knowledge-and-awareness-in-youth-australian-rules-football/

Forrest M, Hecimovich M, Dempsey A. (2016). Lumbopelvic muscle activation patterns in adolescent fast bowlers. European Journal of Sport Science. DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2015.1135985. Epub 2016 Feb 3

Hecimovich M, Stomski N. (2016). Lumbar sagittal plane spinal curvature and junior-level cricket players.

International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training, 21:47-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijatt.2015-0028

Hecimovich M, Peiffer J, Harbough G. (2014). Development and psychometric evaluation of a post exercise exhaustion scale utilising the Rasch measurement model. Psychology of Sport & Exercise, 15 (6), 569-579. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.06.003

Shahtahmassebi B, Hebert J, Stomski N, Hecimovich M, Fairchild T. (2014). The Effect of Exercise Training on Lower Trunk Muscle Morphology. Sports Medicine. doi: 10.1007/s40279-014-0213-7

Areas of Interest: Concussion; injury prevention (lumbopelvic)

Brief biography: Certified athletic trainer (ATC) with Mayo Clinic Health Systems 2001-2004; Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University 2005-2015; Associate Professor at the University of Northern Iowa 2015-current.