Completed Research Projects
Creating an Indiana-Ohio Center for Traumatic Amputation Rehabilitation Research
Investigators
- Mark S. Sothmann, PhD (Indiana University, Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering Research)
- Daniel J. Vreeman, PT, DPT, MS (Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute, Inc)
- Bradley Doebbeling, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine, Regenstrief Institute, Inc, and Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Administration Medical Center)
- Paul Dougherty, MD (Henry Ford Hospital)
- Neil Oldridge, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- Stephen Wilson, PhD (The Ohio State University)
- Deborah S. Larsen, PhD (The Ohio State University)
Summary
Rehabilitation represents the interface of technology and therapeutic interventions to promote increased function and quality of life. The Iraq and Afghan conflicts have highlighted the dearth of information on the long term outcomes of military personnel experiencing traumatic amputation from conflict. This project proposes to establish an Indiana-Ohio Center for Traumatic Amputation Rehabilitation Research (Indiana-Ohio Center) to promote outcomes research on a population with potentially unique rehabilitation needs for long-term health and welfare. Phase I will create the Indiana-Ohio Center and will establish a nation-wide database of Vietnam veterans with traumatic amputation as phase 1 of a multiple year, three phase approach to fully testing the overarching hypothesis. Phases 2 and 3 will focus on collecting data pertaining to key outcomes indicators.
Research Environment
This project seeks to establish the Indiana-Ohio Center which will be administered by the Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering Research (ICRSER). ICRSER is housed in the Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences which is one of seven collaborating schools on the Indiana University Purdue University (IUPUI) campus, the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), and the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana. The Indiana-Ohio Center will establish research priorities and will serve as an organizational structure through which subsequent research proposals will be submitted for competitive funding of outcomes studies conducted to give direction to the unique rehabilitation needs of those experiencing traumatic amputation arising from conflict.
Project Website
Funding Sources
- Department of Defense
Publications
- Sothmann, M, Wilson, SL, and Vreeman, DJ (2010).
Forming partnerships: Indiana-Ohio Center for Traumatic Amputation Rehabilitation Research.
J Allied Health, 39(4):301-5. - Robbins, CB, Vreeman, DJ, Sothmann, MS, Wilson, SL, and Oldridge, NB
(2009).
A review of the long-term health outcomes associated with war-related amputation.
Mil Med, 174(6):588-92.
Compliance with Guidelines for ADHD: A Pilot Study of an Evaluation Tool
Investigators
- Rachel C. Vreeman, MD (Indiana University School of Medicine)
- Kristine A. Madsen, MD, MPH (University of California, San Francisco)
- Daniel J. Vreeman, PT, DPT, MS (Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute, Inc)
- Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS (Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute, Inc)
- Stephen M. Downs MD, MS (Indiana University School of Medicine and Regenstrief Institute, Inc)
Summary
The goal of this project was to develop and test a chart abstraction tool for describing the quality of pediatric ADHD care using computer-interpretable paper forms. Our simple, reliable chart abstraction tool for evaluating compliance with ADHD guidelines will be useful in future quality improvement efforts. In pilot data, few charts documented compliance.
Funding Sources
- None
Publications
- Vreeman, RC, Madsen, KA, Vreeman, DJ, Carroll, AE, and Downs, SM
(2006).
Compliance with guidelines for ADHD: a pilot study of an evaluation tool.
J Pediatr, 149(4):568-71.
