Research from PM&R residents Corey Wernimont and Christie McKinney that looks into whether students with Down syndrome will see improved health outcomes compared to a control group that does not take karate training is featured in a story, photo essay, and video from the USA Today network.
His collaborators include:P2C grant: Dr. Riann Palmieri-Smith (Kinesiology) and Dr. Edward Wojtys (Orthopaedic Surgery)
R21 grant: Dr. Riann Palmieri-Smith (Kinesiology), Dr. Edward Wojtys (Orthopaedic Surgery), Dr. Mark Peterson (PMR), Dr. Cathie Spino (SPH).
A new clinical trial will explore three interventions in improving one of the most disabling symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis: fatigue.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (link is external) has approved a $3,476,448 funding award over four years to Michigan Medicine’s Tiffany Braley, M.D., M.S. and Anna Kratz,
Researchpalooza brings together more than 75 exhibitors from labs and offices across campus to highlight the stellar services and cutting edge research going on at the medical school.
A recently awarded research grant will fund a study to assess the quality-of-life (QoL) perceptions among spinal cord injury (SCI) patients across four continents.
Dr. Emily Briceno is Co-investigator on a newly awarded R01 titled “The Effect of Lower Blood Pressure over the Life Course on Late-life Cognition in Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites (BP-COG)” (PI-Levine, Internal Med)
Dr Noelle E Carlozzi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Michigan, as well as Director of the Center for Clinical Outcomes Development and Application (CODA). Her research aims to develop brief, sensitive patient self-report measures that evaluate the impact of a disease on a
His project is entitled “ Openness to cognitive approach of non-specific chronic back pain: A Randomized controlled trial of emotional awareness verses general health activities to assess openness to cognitive approach of non-specific back pain.”
Congratulations to Dr. Mark Peterson for the recent publication, along with his collaborators from China, of "Low Normalized Grip Strength is a Biomarker for Cardiometabolic Disease and Physical Disabilities Among U.S. and Chinese Adults" in The Journals of Gerontology .
