Cooperative Agreement W81XWH2020056

The Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences under the Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects program (CFDA 12.750), supports the NEUROCOGNITIVE ANKLE TRAINING FOR INSTABILITY TO OPTIMIZE NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL OUTCOMES (NATION) project for chronic ankle instability. The $1,073,016.00 award, granted to the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., will fund a 3-year research initiative to...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $2,489,035.02, was provided by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program. The award aims to optimize retention on duty in patients with chronic ankle instability using auditory biofeedback gait training through a multi-site randomized controlled trial. The key products and services to be delivered include: Determining if a 6-week gait training program with auditory biofeedback improves lower...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $903,697.00 to the University of Nebraska at Omaha to conduct research on the neurophysiology of chronic ankle instability. The goal is to determine functional and neurophysiological differences between subgroups of chronic ankle instability patients to enable the development of evidence-based rehabilitation approaches that can improve patient outcomes. Key research activities include...

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), aims to improve the design of Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) to enhance functionality and customizability for individuals with balance disorders, weakness, and neurological deficits. The $232,230 award, effective from December 1, 2024 to March 13, 2027, will fund the development and testing of a Decoupled Energy...

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has awarded a $199,750 Project Grant to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, in partnership with Results Group LLC, to evaluate the effectiveness of novel exoskeleton footwear with an integrated spring footplate (Flyband Exoshoe) for patients with transmetatarsal amputation (TMA). The key objectives of this 3-year research project are to: 1) engineer and evaluate passive exoskeleton footwear...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $392,482 to researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder to investigate the potential benefits of customized, biomimetic ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) for improving walking function in healthy individuals and individuals post-stroke. The primary goal is to develop an AFO emulator that can effectively mimic both dual-stiffness and single-stiffness passive AFOs, and then use...

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), will fund the development of a novel passive, compliant ankle prosthetic device called the APTO-Ankle. The $293,514 award to Orthocare Innovations LLC, a prosthetic device company, will support the design, prototyping, bench testing, and clinical evaluation of this unpowered ankle prosthesis. The goal is to...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $465,009 CAREER grant to the University of Florida (UF) Division of Sponsored Research to develop a novel neuromechanical simulation framework for improving gait rehabilitation design and prescription. The project aims to model how patients adapt to error-augmentation based gait training interventions that challenge and retrain walking balance control. The research activities include capturing muscle activity and kinematics data from...

The National Science Foundation, through its Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), awarded a $239,810 Project Grant to the University of Alabama to develop a novel robotic ankle-foot orthosis (exoskeleton) system to improve mobility and gait ability for older adults. The project aims to create a compact, lightweight device that can assist with ankle movement and push-off, enabling more natural and efficient walking for elderly individuals experiencing...