Exploring how people with cognitive impairment keep on-task when completing everyday activities
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthy older adults, older adults with cognitive impairment
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Arlene Astell
Study Contact:
Erica Dove
416-597-3422 7842
Dr. Arlene Astell
Comparing an arm exercise system at home after Stroke
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults who have had a Stroke
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Mark Bayley
At home rehabilitation for Concussion study
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults who have had a Concussion > 1 month ago
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Mark Bayley
Studying the effectiveness of a seated exercise program delivered over videoconferencing
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults (19 and older) who had a Stroke more than 6 months ago and using a walking aid after the stroke
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Mark Bayley
Spinal Cord Injury and Neurogenic bowel study
Who Are We Looking For:
Spinal Cord Injury inpatients
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Anthony S. Burns
How does hearing loss affect your balance?
Who Are We Looking For:
healthy young adults 18-35 yrs AND healthy older adults 65+ yrs with and without hearing loss , and hearing aid users
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Jennifer Campos
Assessing the safety and feasibility of cycling with functional electrical stimulation and restricted blood flow for people with a spinal cord injury
Who Are We Looking For:
chronic spinal cord injury or disease > 1 year, ages 18-75; C5-T10 AIS A-D
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Beverley Catharine (Cathy) Craven
How walking with the EKSO-NR robotic device affect heart health, bone health, walking and balance in people with chronic SCI?
Who Are We Looking For:
spinal cord injury adults, chronic
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Beverley Catharine (Cathy) Craven
Study Contact:
Philemon Tsang
416-597-3422 x6287
Thomas Walden
Investigating the effects of footwear design, and walking in simulator winter conditions
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthy adults: between 20 and 65, who can walk for 30 min. without stopping, go outdoors in the winter time, and have no breathing difficulties or heart conditions
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Tilak Dutta
Preventing Damage to Mobility Devices During Air Travel: Passenger Survey
Who Are We Looking For:
Mobility device users that have experienced loss or damage to their mobility device while flying in or out of a Canadian airport.
Survey Link: https://engineeringhealth.ca/accessible-air-travel/
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Tilak Dutta
Slip resistance testing of footwear and flooring combinations on RampLab
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthy adults: between 20 and 65, who can walk for 30 min. without stopping, and have no breathing difficulties or heart conditions.
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Tilak Dutta
Preventing bed sores at home: a study on improving repositioning adherence
Who Are We Looking For:
home care recipients at risk of a pressure injury who need help turning in bed, and their unpaid caregivers
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Tilak Dutta
determining safe slopes for people with mobility disabilities
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults (18 years an older) with mobility challenges, with or without use of a mobility aid (eg. walker, cane, rollator)
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Tilak Dutta
Sleep Apnea in Paralympic Ontario-Resident Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury (SPORTS)
Who Are We Looking For:
Para-athletes with spinal cord injury who play wheel-chair sports
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Julio C. Furlan
A study evaluating different approaches to low back pain
Who Are We Looking For:
adults, ages 18-65 with chronic low back pain
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Andrea Furlan
Co-Designing Smart Socks for Diabetic Foot Prevention and Management
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthcare professionals working with individuals with a current or past diabetic foot ulcer, healthy individuals, and individuals with a current or past diabetic foot ulcer
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Sharon Gabison
Exploring the educational needs of people living with pressure injuries and their unpaid caregivers in the context of their knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of pressure injury prevention and management
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthcare professionals working with individuals with a current or past pressure injury, individuals with a current or past pressure injury and caregivers (unpaid) looking after individuals with a current or past pressure injury
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Sharon Gabison
Study Contact:
Sharon Gabison
416-597-3422 ext 7712
Isabel Tsang
Informing the development of Smart Based Socks for Wound Prevention and Management: Perspectives from Healthcare Professionals and those with Lived Experience
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthcare professionals working with individuals with a current or past diabetic foot ulcer and individuals with a current or past diabetic foot ulcer
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Sharon Gabison
Remotely delivered environmental enrichment for traumatic brain injury
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults, aged 18–65, who have sustained a moderate-severe TBI with positive CT/MRI findings
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Robin Green
Study Contact:
Kadeen Johns
416-597-3422 ext 7873
Robin Green
Is it safe to do Tele-Rehabilitation and Radiation at the same time, for patients with brain tumours ?
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults with a brain tumour of any grade, age 18 and older
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Meiqi Guo
Investigating relaxation training on virtual reality sickness
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthy Adults age 18-49 not pregnant, and exclusions for other health conditions, speak to study coordinator
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Behrang Keshavarz
investigating the effects of music on motion sickness in Virtual Reality
Who Are We Looking For:
healthy adults age 18-49 with no history of stroke, diagnosed cardiac disease, active vestibular disorder, disabling musculoskeletal disorder, acute psychiatric disorder, uncorrected visual impairment, gastrointestinal disorders, mild cognitive impairment or dementia, not pregnant
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Behrang Keshavarz
Understanding the side effects and after-effects of virtual reality use
Who Are We Looking For:
Healthy adults age 18-49
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Behrang Keshavarz
Predicting the start of behavioral changes in dementia patients living at home
Who Are We Looking For:
People living with dementia in the community, with a caregiver
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Shehroz Khan
A Study on Using a Robot to Put in a Brain-Computer Interface to Control Devices in spinal cord injured adults
Who Are We Looking For:
Spinal Cord injury adults, in the community, with quadriplegia (with limited to no movement in hands, arms and legs )
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Andres Lozano
Balance training study for healthy older adults
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults age 65-80, able to walk without physical assistance and without a gait aid
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Avril Mansfield
Learning a new balance task in a challening environment for healthy adults
Who Are We Looking For:
healthy adults age 20-35 years
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Avril Mansfield
Assessing muscle tone after spinal cord injury
Who Are We Looking For:
Spinal cord injury living in the community
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Kei Masani
Validating effectiveness of exoskeleton and electrical stimulation for standing and walking balance in incomplete spinal cord injury
Who Are We Looking For:
Spinal cord injury AIS C & D
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Kei Masani
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) mobility and neuroplasticity study using trancutaneous spinal cord stimulation, functional electrical stimulation and visual feedback balance training
Who Are We Looking For:
Multiple Sclerosis adults
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Kei Masani
Electrical stimulation and balance training after stroke
Who Are We Looking For:
Stroke, >18 years of age
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Kristin Musselman
evaluating the effects of grab bar texture on hand slippage during use
Who Are We Looking For:
older Adults 65+ with and without pain or conditions of the right hand or arm
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Alison Novak
Testing a new robotic system for the rehabilitation of the hand among people with stroke and spinal cord injury
Who Are We Looking For:
Adults with upper extremity stroke or spinal cord injury
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Milos R. Popovic
New measures of hand function at home after spinal cord injury
Who Are We Looking For:
Spinal Cord injury living in the community
Researcher - Scientist:
Dr. Jose Zariffa