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Project Number: | I01RX003207-01A1 |
| Title: | Passive leg movement: A tool to assess vascular health and guide rehabilitation |
| Principal Investigator: | Russell S. Richardson |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Congressional District Code: | 2 |
| Research Service: | Rehabilitation R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2020 - September 2025 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $0 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,199,928 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Current U.S. Veteran demographics reveal an aging population with significant cardiovascular dysfunction. This ultimately manifests as mobility limitation, inactivity, and a subsequent worsening of cardiovascular disease (CVD) that often leads to death. However, despite this clear negative cycle of events, there is not a single clinically accepted, and therefore routinely utilized, method of assessing vascular health. As nitric oxide (NO) is anti-atherogenic and cardioprotective, identifying an... |