Cooperative Agreement DEEE0008695

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, will conduct the "POWER FORWARD STUDY: A CROSS-SECTOR, MULTISITE CLINICAL TRIAL OF A POWERED KNEE-ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS" project under a $1.679 million project grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2022 and will support project activities through July 31, 2026. The project aims to transform health care for service members and the public through...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), provides $613,744 to Assistive Technology Development Inc. to develop a lightweight, cost-effective robotic telerehabilitation device for patients with musculoskeletal conditions. The device will provide motorized exercise modes coupled with blood flow restriction to enhance the...

This National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Project Grant award of $275,197, issued on Aug 10, 2023, supports the development and evaluation of a novel, compliant low-profile prosthetic foot. The key objectives are to (1) design and test a family of layered low-profile prosthetic feet, (2) assess the biomechanical benefits of the layered low-profile foot with transtibial prosthesis users with short and long residual limbs, and (3) evaluate the biomechanical function...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) under the Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.846) provides $376,310 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop the necessary documents and procedures to conduct a 16-week randomized controlled trial. The trial will test the efficacy and biochemical mechanisms of a dietary intervention involving increasing omega-3 fatty acids (EPA...

Teliatry Inc. received a $768,138 project grant award from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop a minimally invasive, single incision, rechargeable spinal cord stimulation system for chronic pain management. The grant was awarded under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program. Through this award, Teliatry will engineer the world's smallest (0.75cc), most cost-effective...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $301,304 to the University of Illinois to conduct research on sex-specific musculoskeletal adaptations to wheelchair use in childhood and adolescence. The primary objectives are to: Establish the relationships between sex-specific adaptations to glenohumeral muscle morphology, scapula shape, and...

Cooler Heads Care, Inc. was awarded a $632,981.28 Project Grant from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to develop a portable, patient-administered scalp cooling device and smartphone application. The goal is to reduce barriers to scalp cooling access for chemotherapy patients experiencing hair loss. Cooler Heads will develop training materials and conduct usability testing to demonstrate patients can self-administer the scalp cooling...

This $720,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) will develop a novel robotic ankle-foot orthosis (exoskeleton) system to assist older adults' mobility and gait ability in real-world ambulation. The project at North Carolina State University aims to design and fabricate a compact, lightweight robotic ankle-foot orthosis to provide powered assistance and enhance ankle...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is funded under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279). The $1,570,904 award to the University of Pittsburgh will support research to deepen the understanding of the whole-person experience of chronic low back pain (CLBP). Building on the previous HEAL Initiative's BACPAC Consortium, the project aims to determine the...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), part of the Administration for Community Living, awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Results Group, LLC, a small disadvantaged business in Connecticut. The 6-month project, titled "Expanding Access to Assistive Walking Devices: Managing Symptoms for Child and Adolescent CMT Patients with Exoskeletal Boots," will be conducted in partnership with the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association and CMT...