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November 16,
2017
Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Centers Program Grant Awarded to Promote Exercise and Health Among People
with Disabilities
The
grant awardees will conduct a set of research and development projects to
address a multilevel set of barriers to participation in healthful exercise
and recreation among adults with physical areas. The six areas include:
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A decision
support tool to improve quality of exercise and recreation recommendations
and outcomes;
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Advance of
a wheelchair accessible active video gaming controller to expand game play
among users with physical disabilities;
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Final
development of an exercise device that allows single-to-multiple limb
loading in engaging virtual exercise environments;
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A
crowdsourcing platform for building accessible community-based exercise and
recreation resources;
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An eHealth
tele-exercise platform for increasing exercise among adults with spinal
cord injury;
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A mixed
methods study examining barriers and facilitators associated with adoption
of universal design of fitness equipment standards by manufacturers and
fitness facility managers.
Anticipated
outcomes for this grant include a set of hardware and software products
that will improve health, function, and quality of life among people with
physical disabilities. They also will work to disseminate products and
tools to stakeholders, including people with disabilities, caregivers,
rehabilitation and exercise science researchers, and rehabilitation and
exercise professionals, who can use them in their respective communities
and professions.
The
purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of
services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by conducting advanced
engineering research on and development of innovative technologies that are
designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or to remove
environmental barriers. RERCs also demonstrate and evaluate such
technologies, facilitate service delivery system changes, stimulate the
production and distribution of new technologies and equipment in the
private sector, and provide training opportunities.
Within
ACL, NIDILRR works to generate new knowledge
and promote its effective use to improve the abilities of individuals with
disabilities to perform activities of their choice in the community; and to
expand society's capacity to provide full opportunities and accommodations
for people with disabilities. NIDILRR conducts its work through grants that
support research and development.
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