Principal
Investigator: Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH (now at
University of Pittsburgh, E-mail:
sas33@pitt.edu)
COA
Investigators: Pamela W. Duncan, Ph.D., FAPTA (now at VA
Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center of Excellence, Gainesville,
Florida, E-mail
pwduncan@hp.ufl.edu;
Randolph J. Nudo, PhD (rnudo@kumc.edu)
Begin/End
Dates: 2/1/98 to
12/31/03
Funding
Agency: NIH/NIA
Abstract:
The specific aims of
the Kansas Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)
are to
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carry out
intervention development studies designed to improve the function
and independence of older Americans recovering from stroke
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integrate studies
of clinical outcomes with studies of underlying physiologic,
biomechanical, and psychosocial mechanisms of stroke recovery
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foster
multidisciplinary research and research training related to
independence in older Americans, with a special focus on Geriatric
Rehabilitation
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disseminate
information about stroke, disability and rehabilitation to the lay
and professional public
The proposal includes
three Intervention Development Studies, two Research Resources Cores,
a Research Development Core, Leadership/Administrative Core and a
Demonstration and Information Dissemination Core. The three
Intervention Development Studies are:
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IDS-1, "Improving Recovery After
Stroke": a randomized clinical trial of a physiologically based,
twelve week program of therapeutic exercise in 180 stroke survivors,
designed to improve key impairments, functional limitations and
disabilities
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IDS-2, "Attention and Motor
Learning After Stroke": a cross sectional and cohort study of
attentional deficits and their influence on motor learning in stroke
survivors and health older adults
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IDS-3, "Neural Bases for Recovery
of Function After Stroke": a study of the relationship between motor
recovery and functional reorganization in motor cortex of adult
primates following vascular infarcts
The two Research
Resources Cores are:
Research
Development Core (RDC)
Leadership
Core (LAC)
Demonstration and Information Dissemination Core (DIDC)
This
multidisciplinary program engages project leaders from four Schools
and faculty from 12 departments.
The long range goals
of the Kansas Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center are
to:
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establish effective, multidisciplinary
interventions fro stroke rehabilitation that can be implemented in
clinical practice
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improve recovery in older adults with
disabilities by fostering mechanistic and outcomes research in
Geriatric Rehabilitation
-
model multidisciplinary collaboration by
integrating basic and applied research and research training of
diverse disciplines
