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Funded Project Details - FY2021




Project Number:

I50RX002357-01
Title: Center for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering
Principal Investigator:

Bruce J. Sangeorzan

Location: Seattle, WA
Congressional District Code: 7
Research Service: Rehabilitation R&D
Project Period: October 2017 - September 2022
FY 2021 Funding Amount: $1,258,900
Total Award Amount
(all years):		 $9,524,252
Abstract: View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER
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Excerpt:

PROJECT SUMMARY The mission of our VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering is to improve the quality of life and functional status of veterans who are at risk for, or have undergone, a lower extremity amputation. The Center brings together investigative teams that identify clinical problems, model them into hypothesis-driven research, conduct experiments, and make evidence- based conclusions before disseminating the results to veteran...


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