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Helping stroke patients walk better goal of $1.3 million grant to mechanical engineer Dr. Rick Neptune, professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, received a four-year, $1.3 million grant to improve computer tools for assisting people with stroke-related impairments in walking. Neptune will use the support from the National Institutes of Health to work with colleagues at Stanford University’s Simbios Center to assess the unique gait characteristics of people with post-stroke hemiparesis (where only one side of their body is affected). The center specializes in computer simulations of physical and biological systems. |
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Photo at left: Dr. Rick Neptune with a model that depicts lower limb bones and muscles as they interact during walking. |
