Research
Unlike other medical research fields, rehabilitation research does not focus on a singular body system, but rather takes into consideration the whole person, in interaction with their physical and social environment. Rehabilitation research investigates a wide range of topics ranging from the impact of disease on cellular and organ systems, to the study of people's adjustment to disability, community integration, and quality of life. To encompass such a broad area of investigation requires contributions from scholars trained in the physical, biological, psychological, and social sciences.
At USC, such partnership is one of the fundamental building blocks of our research programs. Rehabilitation researchers in the Divisions of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy and Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy have cultivated strong partnerships with visionary scholars in related fields who are committed to advancing rehabilitation science at USC. Rehabilitation researchers at USC have collaborated on funded research projects with scholars from many diverse fields including:
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Anthropology Biophysics Biostatistics Cell & Neurobiology Communications Computer Science Engineering |
Epidemiology Family Medicine Gerontology Neurology Orthopaedic Surgery Pediatrics Pharmacy |
Physiology Preventive Medicine Psychology Rehabilitation Medicine Social Work Virtual Reality |
Please click on the links below to learn more about the research underway at USC.
Division of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
- Boundary Crossing: Resituating Cultural Competence
- Autism in Urban Context: Linking Heterogeneity with Health and Service Disparities
- Lifestyle Redesign® for Pressure Ulcer Prevention in SCI
- Daily Living Context and Pressure Sores in Consumers with Spinal Cord Injuries
- Health Mediating Effects of the Well Elderly Study
- Effectiveness of Bowel and Bladder Management Techniques on Children with Spina Bifida
Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy
- Development and Control of Repetitive Leg Movements During Embryonic Development
- Interdisciplinary Study of Neuroplasticity and Stroke Rehabilitation (ISNSR)
- Locomotor Experience Applied Post-Stroke (Project LEAPS)
- Mechanics of non-contact ACL injuries in female athletes (ACL PROJECT PREVENT)
- Skill Acquisition through Interactive Avatars
- Optimizing Participation Through Technologies (OPTT) - RERC for Successful Aging With Disability
- The Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Arm Rehabilitation Evaluation (I-CARE)
- HRI: Personalized Assistive Human-Robot Interaction: Validation in Socially-Assisted Post-Stroke Rehab
- Structure and Function of the Fingers' Tendinous Apparatus
- Adverse Effects of Glucocorticoids in Bone
- Motor Learning in Children with Cerebral Palsy: Effects of Feedback Frequency
- USC Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC)
- Intra-abdominal Adipose Tissue and Disease Risk in Adolescents