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Project Number: | I01RX003237-01 |
| Title: | Optimizing Gait Rehabilitation for Veterans with Non-Traumatic Lower Limb Amputation |
| Principal Investigator: | Cory Christiansen |
| Location: | Denver, CO |
| Congressional District Code: | 6 |
| Research Service: | Rehabilitation R&D |
| Project Period: | November 2019 - October 2023 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $145,483 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$577,983 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: The focus of this study is to improve walking symmetry in order to optimize walking ability and reduce disability for Veterans with non-traumatic lower limb amputation (LLA). Over 80% of current LLAs are non-traumatic, resulting from complications of pathologies, such as diabetes mellitus and peripheral artery disease. Despite current declines in total amputation rate among Veterans, the population with non-traumatic LLA is growing. For example, from 2000 to 2004 the relative amputation rate dec... |