Health and Human Performance Department Faculty

About Professor King 

Marjorie A. King is currently the Director of Athletic Training Graduate Education at Plymouth State University. Dr. King's degrees from the University of New Hampshire and Simmons College have allowed for the combined practices of athletic training and physical therapy. Her master's degree work in Exercise Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst sparked her interest in research, prompting several studies in the area of patellofemoral dysfunction.

More than 20 years of clinical experience in sports medicine and outpatient orthopedics in a variety of settings is the foundation for Dr. King's current research focus on core stability and interest in the role of motor learning in rehabilitation. She has presented her work internationally, nationally and locally. Dr. King chairs research committees for the Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association, the National Academy of Sports Medicine and is on the Board of Directors for the Neuromuscular Institute for Research (Manchester, N.H.). She also chairs the Women in Athletic Training Committee for the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) and is a member of the NATA Research and Education Foundation Committee as well as the Strategic Health Initiative for Women, Sport and Physical Activity for the American College of Sports Medicine.

Marjorie A. King C.V.