C-PROGRESS Announces First Pilot Studies Grant Recipients

Sept. 9, 2024

The National Pediatric Rehabilitation Resource Center (C-PROGRESS) prioritizes innovative pilot studies and critical methodological advancements that will generate data to support larger-scale, competitive, and rigorous clinical trials. C-PROGRESS has announced its 2024 pilot studies award recipients.

2024 C-PROGRESS Pilot Studies Award Recipients:

Defining Intervention Dose-Response Relationships: Using Wearables to Quantify Upper Extremity Motor Performance Among Infants with Cerebral Palsy

  • Principal Investigator: Kimberley Scott, PT, DPT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Creighton University

Assessment of a Novel Multi-Level, Multi-Muscle FES Leg Sleeve During Gait Training in Pediatric Patients with Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study on Feasibility and Gait Biomarkers

  • Principal Investigator: Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Ph.D., Director, Orthopedic Research & Director, Honda Center for Gait Analysis and Mobility Enhancement, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Cellular Energetic Response to Aerobic Exercise Training in Ambulatory Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy

  • Principal Investigator: Sudarshan Dayanidhi, PT, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Research Scientist, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Howard Hillstrom Ph.D. (from left); Paulo Selber M.D.; Jennifer Jezequel PT, DPT; Bridget Assip PT, DPT; Dara Jones M.D.; David Scher M.D., Vishnu Chandran Ph.D.

A Pilot Study to Examine the Effect of a Powered Knee Orthosis on Crouch Gait in Cerebral Palsy
  • Principal Investigator: David M. Scher, M.D., Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery

Christos Papadelis (left) and Sadra Shahdadian

Mapping Brain Plasticity in Response to Robotic Rehabilitation for Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy

  • Principle Investigators:
    • Christos Papadelis, Ph.D., Founding Director of Research Center for Neurosciences, Cook Children’s Health Care System
    • Sadra Shahdadian, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center, Cook Children’s Health Care System

For more information about the C-PROGRESS Pilot Studies program, please visit our Pilot Studies page.