Roger M. Enoka

{{Short description|Physiology professor}}

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| caption = Enoka at a lab journal club in 2008

| birth_name = Roger Maro Enoka

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|04|07|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand

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| known_for = Biomechanics, Fatigue, Aging, Electromyography, Motor Control

| education = Dip. P.E. University of Otago
Dip. Teaching Christchurch Teachers' College
M.S. University of Washington
Ph.D. University of Washington

| employer = University of Colorado at Boulder

| organization = Department of Integrative Physiology

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| awards = 2004 Presidential Lecture, American College of Sports Medicine

| website = http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/faculty/enoka.html

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Roger Maro Enoka is professor and former chair of the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.[http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/faculty/index.html List of Integrative Physiology Faculty] He is also the director of the Neurophysiology of Movement Lab.[http://www.colorado.edu/intphys/research/ncm.html Enoka's Lab Webpage]

According to Web of Knowledge, Professor Enoka has 232 published items, which have been cited a total of 9,254 times (as of Nov 10, 2014). His most frequently cited paper (622 citations) is titled "Neurobiology of Muscle Fatigue".{{cite journal| pmid=1601767 | volume=72 | title=Neurobiology of muscle fatigue | date=May 1992 | journal=J. Appl. Physiol. | pages=1631–48 | last1 = Enoka | first1 = RM | last2 = Stuart | first2 = DG | issue=5 | doi=10.1152/jappl.1992.72.5.1631}} Professor Enoka has an h-index of 51 as of November 10, 2014.[http://www.isiknowledge.com ISI Web of Knowledge]

Notable publications

In 2012, Enoka co-authored a review on the motor unit with C.J. Heckman. This work represents a major contribution as the work was published in Comprehensive Physiology, which is the most authoritative collection of review content ever assembled in the physiological sciences.{{cite journal|doi=10.1002/cphy.c100087 | title=Motor Unit | year=2012 | journal=Comprehensive Physiology | last1 = Heckman | first1 = C.J.| volume=2 | issue=4 | pages=2629–82 | pmid=23720261 | isbn=9780470650714 }}

To appear in publication in 2013, Enoka co-authored a chapter in the 5th edition of Principles of Neural Science along with Pearson KG. The chapter is titled "The motor unit and muscle action."

Invited lectures and awards

In May 2010, Enoka was inducted into the University of Otago, School of Physical Education Wall of Fame.[http://physed.otago.ac.nz/alumni/wof/inductees/2010RogerMaroEnoka.html Profile on the University of Otago Wall of Fame]

In July 2011, Enoka gave the Muybridge Keynote Lecture at the International Society of Biomechanics Meeting, held in Brussels, Belgium.[http://www.isb2011.org/keynote.html ISB 2011 Keynote Speaker Information]

On Nov 1, 2012, Enoka delivered a keynote lecture titled "Adaptations in physical performance from childhood to senescence" at the 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health in Sydney, Australia.[http://sma.org.au/be-active/speakers ACSMS 2012 Keynote Speaker Information]

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