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UI Researchers Secure Support to Address Mental Health Care, Human Disease, and More

UI researchers secured funding for 2,400 projects in fiscal year 2022 to advance treatments for disease, address the opioid epidemic, improve mental health care for Iowa's youth, tackle resource challenges for renewable energy in the state, and much more. Highlighting Jason Wilken, associate...

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Strength Training Protects Against Development of Muscle Pain

Strength training protects against the development of muscle pain in mice, according to a new study by researchers with University of Iowa Health Care in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science.

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UI Pain Researcher are Part of Major National Effort to Curb Opioid Use

University of Iowa pain researchers are part of a major national initiative that aims to improve treatments for chronic pain, curb the rates of opioid use disorder and overdose, and achieve long-term recovery from opioid addiction.

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State-of-the Art Technology Highlights Advanced Prosthetics and Orthotics Research

Nestled in the basement of the Eckstein Medical Research Building is a high-tech lab, full of the latest in virtual reality simulators and gait analysis.

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DPT Case Reports Downloaded Over 8000 Times in One Year

Our graduating DPT students have presented their final case reports to a live audience for years as their final task before graduation. Now these informative case reports are available in written format as well to anyone with internet access from around the world. Cases from the Class of 2017...