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Novel precision medicine approach to advance rehabilitation of surgically repaired tendons of the hand

ReHaB Core ⟩ MSOP Lab ⟩

The training and research conducted through this full-time competitive fellowship will provide proficiencies in three primary areas related to integrating musculoskeletal sonography into clinical rehabilitation to support patient recovery following surgical tendon repair: 1) musculoskeletal sonography, 2) tendon pathophysiological recovery, and 3) research methods and data analytic techniques. In tandem with developing these proficiencies, the research conducted under this fellowship will examine morphologic biomarkers of tendon coadaptation using sonographic imaging. Accomplishing the research aims of this F-31 will: 1) establish a sonographic image acquisition and analysis protocol to evaluate healing and recovery following flexor tendon repair and 2) identify sonographic biomarkers that are related to functional recovery and that are able to distinguish patterns of healing following tendon repair. Together, this training and research will lay a strong foundation for a future career as an independent translational research scientist and leading scholar in the advancement of knowledge for clinical rehabilitation.

Funding

Type	Source	Number	Amount
Federal	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	1F31AR074894	$90,032

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
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