Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Announces Research Grant Winners

ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Foundation for PM&R will present over $100,000 in research grant awards on Saturday, November 15 during the AAPM&R Annual Assembly in San Diego.

Mallinckrodt Acute Pain Management Research Grant  

• Venu Akuthota, MD (University of Colorado, Denver), "Correlation of PROMIS Short Form to Legacy Functional and Pain Outcome Measures in Individuals undergoing Spinal Interventions for Acute Low Back Pain or Radicular Pain."

Richard Materson ERF New Investigator Research Grants

• Jonathan S. Kirschner, MD (Mount Sinai), "Efficacy of Ultrasound-guided Glenohumeral Joint Injections of Platelet-rich Plasma vs Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis and Rotator Cuff Arthropathy." 
  John Ross-Rizzo, MD (Rusk Rehabilitation), "Objective Eye Movements during the King Devick Test in the Concussed Patient." 
• Patricia Z. Zheng, MD (Stanford University), "Impact of Custom Mobile Device Application on Home Exercise Therapy Compliance and Its Associations to Improvements in Pain, Function and Quality of  Life Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain."

Mid-career Investigator Grant

• James T. Eckner, MD (University of Michigan), "Evaluation of a Supervised Neck Strengthening Program in Young Athletes: A Potential Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Sport-related Concussion."

Gabriella Molnar, MD Pediatric PM&R Research Grants

• Hadiya Green Guerrero, PT, DPT (Mayo Clinic), "Effectiveness and Efficacy of Kinesio Taping Method in Children Who Toe Walk." 
• Kimberly M. Karrat, MD (University of North Carolina), "Toward Transition and Self-Management: Assessing the Needs of Individuals with Cerebral Palsy in North Carolina."

Scott Nadler, MD PASSOR Musculoskeletal Research Grant

• Gwendolyn A. Sowa, MD (University of Pittsburgh), "Genetic Variants of Pain and Inflammation: Association with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Clinical Characteristics and Response to Treatment."

About The Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation:
Nine out of 10 Americans will suffer functional disability due to illness or injury at some point in their lives. The Foundation for PM&R is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which strives to restore health, improve function, minimize pain and enhance quality of life  for individuals with disability through research and education in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.  Over 85% of support for the Foundation comes from private individual donations.  For more information, please contact Phyllis Anderson at panderson@foundationforpmr.org or visit the website at www.foundationforpmr.org.

Contact: Jennifer L. Vince
Phone: 312-593 4470
jvince@foundationformpr.org

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