Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Resident Research Program  

The goal of the Resident Research Program is to prepare residents to become confident in developing, conducting and presenting clinical and / or biomedical research.  Residents in their second year of residency are required to begin the process of starting their research project.

Current Resident Research Protocols

• Effects of Botox Injections on Residual Limb and Phantom Pain as Compared to Lidocaine / Depomedrol; Barton, Co-PI; Wu, PI
• The Kinetic Contribution of Arm Movement to Forward Gait; Groner, Co-PI; Dillingham, PI
• Postural Instability in Patient with Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction; Kennedy, Co-PI; Braza, PI
• Serum Dysmetabolism in Spinal Cord Injury Patients with Decubitis; Vaishnavi, Co-PI; Waring, PI
• Effectiveness of Multi-disciplinary Approach to Fibromyalgia; Tchekanov, Co-PI; Reddy, PI
• Reproducibility of Fatigue-Induced Power Spectral Density Shift Rates in Surface EMGs; Roberts, Co-PI; Wertsch PI
• Prevalence of Primary and Secondary Hypogonadism in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury; Durga, Co-PI; Sepahpanah, PI
• Pulsed RFA for Management of Pain; Cooper, Co-PI; Wu, PI