PHYS THER
Vol. 88, No. 9, September 2008, pp. 1097-1098
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2008.88.9.1097
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Former Foundation Recipient Receives NIH Award of $12.4 Million for Stroke Rehabilitation Study
 
Carolee Winstein, PT, PhD, FAPTA, has been awarded $12.4 million by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) in support of her project I-CARE (Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation Stroke Initiative), a 5-year study of a physical therapy program for patients with stroke who have lost movement in their upper limbs.

The trial will investigate the effectiveness of the Accelerated Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP), an intense and focused outpatient rehabilitation program that emphasizes activities-based training and resistance exercises. It will link the USC School of Dentistry's Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy with 2 other academic clinical research centers in the United States: the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC, and the Emory University Center for Rehabilitation Medicine in Atlanta. I-CARE also will involve 5 Southern California physical rehabilitation sites.

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Introducing the Foundation's July 2008 Scientific Review Committee Appointees
 

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Marquette Challenge Raises $171,124 for Foundation
 

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Foundation Campaign Raises More Than $5 Million for Physical Therapy Research
 

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Foundation's 3rd Annual Online Auction
 

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