TECHNOLOGY CORE

技术核心的目标是提供创新的评估技术，以促进 了解生物力学、解剖学和生理学对衰老平衡问题的影响。 涉及的设施是该大学的现有实验室，包括人体运动和平衡实验室、医学虚拟现实中心、约旦平衡障碍中心、磁共振成像中心和PET成像中心。这些设施中的每一个都提供了独特的、最先进的能力来研究老年人平衡的不同方面，包括人体运动分析、前庭功能评估、力量测试、感觉整合能力的评估和创新的成像技术。拟议的技术核心将协调这些已建立的设施，以满足 胡椒中心的目标。技术核心的具体目标是：1)就核心内设施的能力和潜在用途向调查人员提供咨询；2)协调核心内资源的利用并确定其优先顺序；3)开发新技术和方法；以及4)支持胡椒中心的研究培训任务。这一核心将是拟议的克劳德·佩珀中心目标的关键贡献者，该中心旨在增加对美国老年人平衡变化潜在机制的理解。

The goal of the Technology Core is to provide innovative assessment techniques to promote an understanding of the biomechanical, anatomical and physiological influences on balance problems of aging. The facilities involved are established laboratories at the University, including the Human Movement and Balance Laboratory, the Medical Virtual Reality Center, the Jordan Balance Disorders Center, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center and the PET Imaging Center. Each of these facilities offers a unique, state of the art capability to study different aspect of balance in older adults, including human movement analysis, vestibular function evaluations, strength testing, assessment of sensory integration capabilities and innovative imaging techniques. The proposed Technology Core will coordinate these established facilities to meet the goals of the Pepper Center. The Specific Aims of the Technology Core are: 1) Provide consultation to investigators about the capabilities and potential use of facilities within the Core, 2) Coordinate and prioritize the utilization of resources within the Core, 3) Develop new technologies and approaches, and, 4) Support the research training mission of the Pepper Center. This Core will be a key contributor to the goals of the proposed Claude Pepper Center to increase understanding of mechanisms underlying alterations in balance among older Americans.