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致力于康复研究的临床医生的需求越来越大。这项申请的目标是开发一种独特的跨学科博士前康复和神经肌肉可塑性培训计划。该项目的独特之处在于，它强调医疗康复临床医生和基础科学家之间的互动和联合培训，他们对神经肌肉可塑性的翻译研究有共同的兴趣。学员是从不同背景的优秀学生中挑选出来的，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，每个学员将有双重顾问：一名医学康复临床医生和一名基础科学家。该计划的教职员工是根据他们是否适合担任这两个角色中的一个或两个进行挑选的。这一创新计划由理疗系协调，重点关注以下中心主题：(1)中枢神经系统损伤和康复过程中神经再生的病理生理学特征；(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)中枢神经系统损伤和康复过程中神经和肌肉适应之间的相互作用。培训计划是一个定义明确、指导严密的计划，包括必修课和选修课、实验室研究、研讨会、期刊俱乐部、口头报告和年度务虚会。已经设计了一个行政结构，以确保对受训人员的最佳招募和选择、对个别培训方案的监督以及对总体方案的评估。可用于该培训计划的研究设施是广泛和最先进的。此外，受训人员还可以接触到高素质的技术人员，学习临床和实验技术和程序。这一康复和神经肌肉可塑性培训计划将提供跨学科的环境，这对康复研究的进步是至关重要的，并将为受训人员进行神经肌肉可塑性的翻译研究做好独特的准备。

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.