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Gait Variability in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease, Dr. Sara Myers

Received NIH R01 HD090333, Improving mobility in peripheral artery disease using an ankle-foot orthosis (2016-2020).

Virtual Reality Effects on Gait Variability after Stroke, Dr. Mukul Mukherjee

Received AHA Institutional Research Enhancement Award, Virtual reality augmented gait adaptation in stroke survivors (2018-2020); and NASA EPSCoR award, Modular Robotic Suit as an Exercise System for Maintenance of Muscle Strength of Astronauts during Long-Term Space Missions (2018-2021).

Breathing and walking coupling variability in COPD, Dr. Jenna Yentes

Received NRI award for device development, Reliability of a portable device to measure respiratory and step rates (2016-2017); UNeTecH award, Reliability of a portable device to measure respiratory and step rates (2015–2016); and a NASA EPSCoR award, A novel and simple tool to measure health (2014–2015).

Clinical Characterization of Movement Variability in Total Knee Arthroplasty, Dr. Brian Knarr

Received, NIH R15HD094194, Impact of assistive device use during treadmill and overground walking post-stroke; private funding for Upper extremity rehabilitation post-stroke using head-mounted virtual reality; and Great Plains CTR Pilot Grant, Development of a Wearable Intelligent System for Elderly (WISE) with fall risk (2018).

Foot Biomechanics and Thermoregulation in Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease, Dr. Kota Takahashi

Received NSF ITEST 1759000 award for Biomechanics to Offer Diverse Young Minds Opportunities to Develop, Explore and Learn STEM (2018-2020); Nebraska Collaboration Initiative award, Foot Biomechanics and Thermoregulation in Diabetes and Peripheral Artery Disease (2017-2019); Nebraska Collaboration Initiative award, Towards Optimal Prescription of Footwear for Enhanced Human Movement Performance (2017-2018); and two NASA EPSCoR awards, Robotic Variable Terrain Treadmill for Research and Rehabilitation (2017-2018); Locomotion on Dynamically Adaptive Terrain (2016).

Dr. Takahashi's demonstration of the thermal camera on a foot.

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