Past Research Studies

Below is information on past funded grants. We may still be analyzing data on some of these projects for which the funding period has ended.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Impact of Physical Activity on Participation and Quality of Life in Individuals who use Prostheses & other Assistive Technology / Lower Extremity Prostheses versus Wheelchair for Functional Performance and Participation of Military and Veteran Personel

 Rehabilitation of the Combat Amputee- Consensus Conference and Creating a Roadmap for the Future
Manual Wheelchair Propulsion on Cross Slopes  

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury (I)

Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Students with Disabilities
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wheeled Mobility  Enhanced Remote Data Logging for Electric Powered Wheelchairs
Development of a Lightweight, Adjustable, Modular Pediatric Wheelchair India Chair Project
Personalized Powered Mobility For Persons With Traumatic  Brain Injury (TBI) Collaboration on Upper Limb Pain in Spinal Cord Injury (CULP-SCI)
Development of a Collapsible Folding Manual Wheelchair: Phase II Development of a Lightweight, Adjustable, Modular Pediatric Wheelchair- Phase II 

 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Interdisciplinary Research Training in Assistive Technology (IGERT)

 

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Development of the GameWheels Training System An Improved Lever Drive Wheelchair Transmission - Phase I
Development of a Pushrim Force and Measurement Device Smart Power Assisted Module (SPAM)
Development of a GameCycle Exercise System: Phase II An Improved Lever Drive Wheelchair Transmission-Phase II
Datalogger Development for Wheelchair Mobility Outcomes: Focus Group Navigation Assistant for a Wheeled Walker
Data Logger Development for Wheelchair Mobility Outcomes Smart Wheelchair Component System
Determine the Effectiveness of the GAMECycle Upper Body Exercise System to Improve Cardiovascular Fitness A Modal Reciprocating Pushrim Drive Wheelchair Phase II
Advanced 3D Control Techniques for Powered Wheelchairs Nonlinear Filtering of Athetoid Movement
Wheelchair Propulsion Training Joystick Use for Virtual Electric Power Wheelchair Driving in Individuals with Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Development of an Ergonomic Manual Wheelchair Pushrim - Phase II   

 

PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS

The Prototype Anthropometric Database Project Applying Research & Development to Wheelchair Selection
An Experimental Testbed for Optimized Wheelchair Control Semi-Autonomous Wheelchair Mobility System
Biomechanics of Manual Wheelchair Propulsion in the Frail and Non-Frail Elderly Enhanced Remote Data Logging for Electric Powered Wheelchairs
Enhanced Remote Data Logging for Electric Powered Wheelchairs – Phase II Quality of Life Technology Project
Mobility Aids for Persons with Multiple Sclerosis  

 

CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

Biomechanical Investigation of Optimal Wheelchair Transfer Techniques Center for Injury Research Control (CIRCL)- An Analyses of Power Wheelchair Safety While Driving (Crash Study)