Center for Large Data Research and Data Sharing in Rehabilitation

Whole body angular momentum and its relation with clinical balance measures during different walking conditions in persons poststroke

Thomas Huck, BS
PhD Student 
Northern Arizona University

General Description

Objective:

• Determine the measures of balance, such as whole body angular momentum and toe clearance, during specific mobility tasks (e.g., self-selected walking, fastest comfortable walking, high stepping, long stepping, quick stepping) and their relationship with dynamic balance tests (Dynamic Gait Index and Berg Balance Scale) during walking in persons post-stroke

Dataset: Medical University of South Carolina Stroke Data (ARRA) (ICPSR 37122)

Modifiable Mediators of the Relationship between Diabetes and Health-related Quality of Life among Older Mexican Americans

Adam Kinney, MS
PhD Student 
Colorado State University

General Description

Objective:

• To investigate explanatory mechanisms underlying the well-established relationship between diabetes and health-related quality of life (QOL) among older Mexican Americans

Dataset: Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) Frailty Study: 2006-2009 (ICPSR 36321)

Cortisol as a Biomarker in Rehabilitation Services for Community Dwelling Older Adults

Mandi Sonnenfeld, MOT, OTR/L
PhD Student 
University of Texas Medical Branch

General Description

Objective:

• To examine the association between rehabilitation services on cortisol levels in older adults in community-dwelling older adults

Dataset: Well Elderly 2, Los Angeles, California, 2004-2008 (ICPSR 33641)

Validation of the 10-Item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Post Stroke

Michael Williams, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Assistant Professor
University of Houston

General Description

Objective:

• To investigate the reliability and validity of abbreviated (10-item) Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10) among individuals post stroke.

Dataset: Stroke Recovery in Underserved Populations 2005-2006 [United States] (ICPSR 36422)