This federal 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), is providing $330,000 to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab) to conduct research on improving locomotor function in individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). The key objectives of this 2-year grant (Award ID: R03HD114768, August 1, 2024...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $185,713 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, to determine the effects of transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation and non-invasive brain stimulation combined with constraint force to the non-paretic leg during treadmill walking on paretic leg motor control in individuals with stroke....
This federal 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 provide $243,000 to the University of Cincinnati to conduct research on "Tracking the Development and Influence of Post-Stroke Sensory Reweighting on Walking and Balance Outcomes". The research aims to identify physiological and neuroanatomical correlates of walking and balance recovery...
This federal Project Grant award of $137,859 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) supports research to quantify balance control mechanisms during walking in individuals with chronic stroke. The study aims to 1) characterize balance control mechanisms during unconstrained and complex walking tasks in those with and without chronic stroke, and 2) determine how walking...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) program, provides $411,941 to Drexel University to conduct research on identifying novel trunk reflex pathways and how they differ after neonatal versus adult spinal cord injury in animal models. The key objectives are to test the hypothesis that the newly discovered contralateral monosynaptic trunk...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under CFDA 93.853 - Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders provides $449,391 to the University of Florida to conduct research aimed at improving breathing recovery after cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). The research will investigate the use of combinatorial approaches that pair therapeutic acute intermittent hypoxia (TAIH) with two distinct respiratory...
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 $242,310 to the University of Illinois to investigate the impact of cognitive-motor interference on balance control in children with cerebral palsy. The award supports research that will: 1) evaluate proactive balance control during obstacle negotiation and reactive balance control during treadmill...
The University of Florida was awarded a $159,492 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to develop neuromuscular simulations for predicting functional walking ability. The project aims to address gaps in understanding neuromuscular control impairments that limit walking ability and rehabilitating individuals based on their specific impairments. Researchers will use motion capture and predictive musculoskeletal...
This Project Grant award of $305,447, issued on September 2, 2024 by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research), aims to identify predictive biomarkers for acute intermittent hypoxia-induced motor recovery in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. The research team from the University of Colorado will: 1) Validate the cellular mechanisms underlying hypoxia-induced plasticity in humans, using...
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), is funding a cross-sectional, comparative study to investigate the influence of vascular dysfunction on walking inefficiency in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). The $514,196 award, with a project period from December 1, 2024 to May 31, 2026, will compare the oxygen cost of walking and lower-limb muscle...