Biography and education
Dr. Lally received her Ph.D. in Health Sciences with an expertise in lower extremity clinical biomechanics from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Her research areas of emphasis include biomechanics of knee injury and running-related injury, movement interventions, the effects of music on exercise and movement, and psychosocially informed intervention in athletic training. An athletic trainer since 2014, her research is devoted to feasible, patient-centered interventions that can be accessed at a majority of athletic training settings. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Texas State University where she continues her research in the Clinical Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology Lab and teaching in the Master of Athletic Training Program and HHP department.
Featured grants
- Koldenhoven, Rachel Mary (Principal), Lally, Erin Marie (Co-Principal). Clinically Accessible Gait Training Strategies for Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 6, 2023, Funded: January 2024 - May 2025). Grant.
- Lally, Erin Marie (Principal). Using Music to Modify Step-rate and Running Biomechanics in Healthy Runners: the acquisition phase of motor learning, Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association, State, $2000. (Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.
- Lally, Erin Marie. Music to conduct a self-administered gait retraining program, Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association, Regional, $2500. (Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Maldanado, R., Johnson, D., & Lally, E. M. (2025). Movement Assessment as Predictors for Initial Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Critically Appraised Topic. J Sport Rehabil. https://doi.org/https://doi:10.1123/jsr.2024-0362
- Miller, K. C., Koldenhoven, R. M., & Lally, E. M. (2025). Validity of common body temperature sites and gait parameters during a heat tolerance test. Temperature. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/23328940.2025.2493456
- Lally, E. M., Ericksen, H., Huddelston, W., Azen, R., & Earl-Boehm, J. (2025). Running Step-rate Can be Increased with Both Music and Metronome Auditory Cueing. J Sport Rehabil. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1123/jsr.2024-0392.
- Mach, M., Lally, E. M., Ericksen, H., & Earl-Boehm, J. (2025). Foot-Placed Inertial Measurement Units are Valid Against Shank-Placed Units When Measuring Temporospatial Running Variables. J Sport Rehabil.
- Ericksen, H., Lally, E. M., & Earl-Boehm, J. (2024). External Focus Instruction is No Better than Internal Focus Instruction on Jump-landing Biomechanics in Healthy Females. J Athl Train.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Poster Presentation Winner in Master Student Category, Texas American College of Sport Medicine Annual Conference. February 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Podium Presentation Finalist and Third Place Award, UWM Partners for Health Spring Research Symposium 2023. 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: “What the Best College Professors Do”, Masters of Occupational Therapy Program, University of Wisconsin-MIlwaukee. May 2023
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Scientific Significance and Impact, UWM Partners for Health Spring Virtual Research Symposium 2022. 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Most Innovative Data Collection Methods, UWM Partners for Health Spring Virtual Research Symposium 2022. 2022
Featured service activities
- Other
International Women in Biomechanics
- Co-Chair
South Padre Island Conference Planning Committee
- Member
Scholarship Review Commitee
- Reviewer / Referee
National Athletic Training Convention Project Proposal
- Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Athletic Training
- Reviewer / Referee
Sports Health: a Multidisciplinary Approach Journal Reviewer