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Get the most interesting and important stories from the 51精品视频.Bioengineering Researcher Gelsy Torres-Oviedo Awarded Grant to Study Stroke Patients
, assistant professor of in 51精品视频鈥檚 Swanson School of Engineering, recently received a $805,670 CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation to apply a novel approach to in stroke patients.聽
Torres-Oviedo鈥檚 lab will record how patients with brain lesions perceive asymmetries in their gait, then measure how their perception is adjusted once their movements are adapted in the split-belt environment. In the second part of this study, the lab will use these data and a unique method to manipulate how people perceive their movement to create the illusion of error-free performance during split-belt walking. The goal is for patients to sustain these movement changes in daily life.
The project also aims to increase participation by underrepresented minorities (URM) in science and engineering.聽