Biomedical Engineering PhD student Aiden Friederich discusses his work to restore trunk stability to those with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) at the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. Individuals living with SCI often suffer from paralysis below the point of injury. Friederich, who is also studying at Case Western Reserve University, works in concert with other researchers at the APT Center to restore movement to the muscles of the trunk and hip through implants which aid the recipient in maintaining stability and increasing mobility.
The Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center is a Department of Veterans Affairs Research Center in the Rehabilitation Research and Development Service. The Center addresses the pressing clinical needs of disabled Veterans by harnessing the most recent developments in untapped engineering and basic science disciplines, and applying them to design and disseminate new rehabilitation interventions.
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