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Ðǿմ«Ã½ÊÓÆµ Receives Center Grant to Test Effectiveness of Home and Community Services
A new center grant recently was awarded to Shirley Ryan Ðǿմ«Ã½ÊÓÆµ to create a system to evaluate home and community-based services. The grant ¡ª with funding of $4.4 million over five years ¡ª started on Sep. 1 and is through the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Ðǿմ«Ã½ÊÓÆµ (NIDILRR), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Dr. Monica Rho Selected for AAPM&R¡¯s PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship
At the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation¡¯s (AAPM&R) Annual Assembly, Monica Rho, MD, chief, Musculoskeletal Medicine, will receive the prestigious 2020 PASSOR Legacy Award and Lectureship.
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COMPLETE: Wearable Sensor Platform to Monitor Stroke Recovery
This project proposes continuous monitoring, quantification, and interpretation of recovery during inpatient treatment of stroke using non-invasive, portable, real-time body-worn sensors.
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COMPLETE: Assessment and Monitoring of Neuromotor Function through Advanced Dynamic Pose Estimation
We plan to use videos of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) doing different things to develop sophisticated computer programs that can detect specific movement patterns that are only seen in people with PD.
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Nerve Damage Linked to Prone Positioning in COVID-19
Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been associated with lasting nerve damage.
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Wearable Sensor and Video Platform to Monitor Motor Development in Infants
The goal of this project is to develop an automated, precise, quantitative biobehavioral assay for detecting infants at risk, and then rigorously test an early-life intervention to promote typical motor movement and sensory development in those infants in a manner designed for uptake and dissemination.
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ÊÓÆµing Sensory-specific Peripheral Stimulation
The purpose of this research project is to understand the neurophysiological mechanisms of peripheral electrical stimulation (PES) in modulating tremors, sometimes seen in Parkinson's disease.
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COMPLETE: Wearable Airbag Technology to Mitigate Falls in Individuals with Parkinson¡¯s Disease
We expect that a smart, wearable airbag system that can accurately predict falls and quickly inflate will reduce hip fractures in people with Parkinson's.
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Open-Source Leg Ðǿմ«Ã½ÊÓÆµ Published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
A new research article on the Open Source Leg project was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.
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Precision Medicine Originating From Patient Derived Neurons
This project studies precision neurotrauma medicine with patient-derived iPSC-neurons to determine patient specific factors affecting clinical outcomes
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After a Hospital Stay for Covid, Patients May Face Months of Rehabilitation
Allen Washington was an active, busy executive before contracting Covid-19 this summer. After weeks in the hospital, he now faces extensive physical and occupational therapy.
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