Body Composition Assessment In Spinal Cord Injury, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Are you:
- 1-year after spinal cord injury
- Between ages of 18-65
- Available for 2 consecutive days
- Located in the Richmond area
If you answered YES to these questions you may be eligible to participate in a spinal cord injury research study to evaluate and compare different ways of measuring body composition (amount of fat, muscle, bone and water in your body) and to determine relationships with other health conditions. This study is being conducted by Dr. David Gater. Study treatment will be provided at no cost. You will be paid $100 for participation and an extra $10 for parking costs.
If interested please contact Joshua Miller at (804) 675-6200 or Joshua.Miller@va.gov.
Exercise to Reduce Obesity in Spinal Cord Injury, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia
Do you meet these criteria:
- 1-year after injury
- Willing to exercise 5 days per week
- Available for 5 consecutive months
- Located in the Richmond area
This research study is being conducted by Dr. David Gater. The purpose is to evaluate and compare the benefits of arm exercise vs. leg exercise using electrical stimulation. Payment available.
If interested please contact Joshua Miller at (804) 675-6200 or Joshua.Miller@va.gov.
Would You Like to Know How Accessible Your Fitness/Recreation Facility Is?
The University of Illinois at Chicago is looking for health and fitness professionals who are employed at a fitness/recreation facility to complete an accessibility survey on their facility as a part of a national study. Facility staff that participates in the study will have the option to receive feedback and advice on ways to further improve the accessibility of their facility.
If you would like more information on the study, please contact Carolyn Lullo in the Department of Disability and Human Development at clullo2@uic.edu or 312-355-1400, or go to http://www.ncpad.org/survey/survey.php?sid=74.
Electrical Stimulation Training of Paralyzed Muscle, University of Georgia and Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA
If you are between the ages of 18 and 59, live in the Northeast Georgia area, and have complete paralysis of lower legs, you can be a research subject to test whether home-based electrical stimulation training can improve glucose tolerance and reduce diabetes.
For more information, contact Kevin McCully, Ph.D., Kinesiology Department, University of Georgia, at 706-542-1129 or mccully@uga.edu.
Request for Research Participants, Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago is looking for children with disabilities aged 12-18 and their parents/caregivers to complete an Internet-based survey on the lifestyle and environment of adolescents with disabilities. This survey can be found by visiting http://www.healthforyouth.org and entering the access code: NCPAD.
For more information, or if you have difficulty accessing the survey, please contact Brienne Davis in the Department of Disability and Human Development at bdavis7@uic.edu or 312-355-4054.
Research Participants Needed to Help Develop Universally Accessible Exercise Equipment, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
If you are between the ages of 18 and 50, live in the Chicago area, are healthy, and use a manual (non-electric) wheelchair, you can be a research subject to test and evaluate new accessible exercise equipment. The total time commitment is about 1 hour and compensation will be provided.
This research is directed by Karen L. Troy, Ph.D., in the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratories at UIC. For more information, please call 312-413-9432 or email klreed@uic.edu.
