Training In Rehabilitation and Neuromuscular Plasticity

描述（由申请人提供）：在全国范围内，对训练有素的科学家和临床医生的需求日益增长，他们致力于康复研究。本申请的目标是在康复和神经肌肉可塑性方面建立一个独特的跨学科博士前培训项目。这个项目的独特之处在于，它强调医学康复临床医生和对神经肌肉可塑性转化研究有共同兴趣的基础科学家的互动和联合培训。受训者从具有不同背景的优秀学生中选出，并被三个研究生项目之一录取：跨学科生物医学科学、康复科学或健康与人类表现。为了最大限度地实现交叉受精，每个受训者将有双重顾问：医疗康复临床医生和基础科学家。该计划的教师成员是根据他们是否适合担任其中一个或两个角色来选择的。该创新项目由物理治疗部门协调，重点关注以下中心主题：(1)康复期间中枢神经系统损伤和神经再生的病理生理学表征；(2)中枢神经系统损伤和康复过程中肌肉适应、运动功能障碍和损伤的特征；(3)中枢神经系统损伤后和康复期间神经和肌肉适应的相互作用。培训计划是一个明确的、有密切指导的计划，包括必修课和选修课、实验室研究、研讨会、期刊俱乐部、口头报告和年度静修。已经设计了一个行政结构，以确保最佳的招聘和选择学员，监督个别培训计划和整体计划评估。可用于此培训计划的研究设施是广泛和最先进的。此外，受训者有机会接触到高素质的技术人员，学习临床和实验技术和程序。康复和神经肌肉可塑性的培训项目将提供跨学科的环境，这是康复研究进步的基础，并将为神经肌肉可塑性的转化研究提供独特的培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Across the nation there is a growing need for well-trained scientists and clinicians with a commitment to rehabilitation research. The goal of this application is to develop a unique interdisciplinary pre-doctoral training program in rehabilitation and neuromuscular plasticity. This program is unique in that it emphasizes the interaction and joint training of medical rehabilitation clinicians and basic scientists with a common interest in translational research in neuromuscular plasticity. Trainees are selected from a pool of outstanding students with diverse backgrounds and are admitted by one of three graduate programs: Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences, Rehabilitation Sciences, or Health and Human Performance. In order to maximize the cross-fertilization, each trainee will have dual advisors: a medical rehabilitation clinician and a basic scientist. The program faculty members have been selected in terms of their suitability to fill either one or both of these roles. This innovative program, coordinated by the Department of Physical Therapy, focuses on the following central themes (1) characterization of pathophysiology of central nervous system damage and neural regeneration during rehabilitation; (2) characterization of muscular adaptations, motor dysfunction and impairment during CNS injury and rehabilitation; and (3) interaction between neural and muscular adaptations following CNS injury and during rehabilitation. The training program is a well-defined, closely mentored program that includes required and elective courses, laboratory research, seminars, journal clubs, oral presentations and a yearly retreat. An administrative structure has been devised which assures optimal recruitment and selection of trainees, oversight of individual training programs, and overall program evaluation. The research facilities that are available for this training program are extensive and state of the art. In addition, the trainees have access to a highly qualified technical staff to learn clinical and experimental techniques and procedures. This training program in rehabilitation and neuromuscular plasticity will provide the interdisciplinary environment that is fundamental to the advancement of rehabilitation research and will uniquely prepare trainees for translational research in neuromuscular plasticity.