Project Grant HT94252410319

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project aims to develop a novel prescription process for customizing prosthetic feet based on individual patient characteristics. The $274,975 award, granted on September 15, 2023, will enable the awardee, Little Room Innovations LLC, to create a system that utilizes adjustable prosthetic foot prototypes and optimization algorithms to determine optimal mechanical properties for each patient's customized...

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 on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) program (CFDA 93.433) provides $199,750 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. The 3-year research project aims to: 1) engineer and bench-test the exoskeleton...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Army Medical Command under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) provides $2,467,635.00 to the University of South Florida to conduct "The IM ABLE 2 STUDY: Long Term Outcomes to Advance Care for Warriors and Veterans Using Advanced Ankle Foot Orthoses" over a performance period from June 15, 2025 to June 14, 2029. The research aims to advance biomedical solutions and transform healthcare for...

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 develop a semi-active prosthetic ankle-foot system that can automatically adjust stiffness levels to improve balance control for individuals with lower-limb amputations. The $890,340 award will fund a 4-year research project at the University of Texas at Austin to: 1) determine the influence of prosthetic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $207,611 to the University of Delaware to investigate the potential benefits of customized and biomimetic (nature-inspired) stiffness profiles in passive ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) for improving walking function in healthy individuals and those post-stroke. The research aims to develop an AFO emulator model that can effectively mimic both dual-stiffness and single-stiffness passive...

This $2 million project grant from the Defense Health Agency will fund research at the University of California, San Francisco to develop a patient-centered decision tool for shared decision making regarding upper extremity prosthetics. The research will be conducted under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to translate outcomes that matter most to individuals living with orthotics and prosthetics into shared decision making in clinical practice. A sub-award of...

This $399,992 federal Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development (CFDA 12.420) program will fund research conducted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) to develop a rehabilitation regimen to improve locomotor function and confidence in lower limb prosthesis users. The three-year project aims to study the effects of training on uneven surfaces to enhance the rehabilitation process and boost the mobility and self-assurance of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program Project Grant, with the award ID 2340519, is providing $478,141 to the University of Illinois to develop a personalized, wearable robotic prosthesis that can dynamically adapt to the unique movement patterns and sensory needs of individuals with below-knee amputations (BKA). The 5-year project aims to create an advanced, co-adaptive robotic prosthesis that uses biofeedback and real-time optimization to continuously personalize the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) awarded a $249,697 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, to develop a novel prosthetic robot for individuals with lower limb amputation. The key objectives of this 4-year project are to: Develop a wearable motion capture system using inertial measurement units (IMUs) to reconstruct and predict human gait during daily life activities outside of...