WHITE PLAINS – The National Institutes of Health granted Burke Medical Research Institute in White Plains $93,300 to improve the performance of tests during clinical trials that benefit victims of stroke, trauma and disease. The grant comes from the Clinical Research Related to Neurological Disorders program within NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strike.
According to Burke officials, many patients with injury to the brain, such as stroke, trauma, or disease, have difficulty with a hand movement called supination – turning the hand from palm down to palm up. The motion is important in and of itself, for turning a key, but also for manipulating counties objects in everyday life, they said.
“The NIH has given us support to develop a test of supination in rats. This will enable us to test this meaningful function,” said Dr. Jason Carmel, director of the Motor Recovery Laboratory at Burke.
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