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Dr.
Lephart Gives Brief to NATO
Dr. Lephart traveled to Brussels to brief NATO Special Operations Command officials at the NATO Special Operations Medical Command Conference regarding the University of Pittsburgh's NMRL Warrior Human Performance Research. (More)
Continuation and Expansion of Navy Special Warfare Projects
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded a $5.6M grant to the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition/NMRL for continuation and expansion of research initiatives with Naval Special Warfare. (More)
New Funding Through the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to develop a system that will act to prevent and reduce musculoskeletal injuries caused by dynamic events in a warfighter's environment. The NMRL has received a grant from DARPA to work on the "Warrior Web" project in its development and direction of research related to injury prevention. (More)
Newly Formed Research Relationship Between University of Pittsburgh and Norwegian
National Defense Institute
On Tuesday September 13th and Wednesday September 14th, 2011 a group of researchers from the Norwegian National Defense Institute traveled to Pittsburgh to visit the NMRL and discuss the topic of injury prevention in a military environment. The NMRL has used a military specific injury prevention method based on the public health prevention model to help reduce musculoskeletal injuries in various US military populations. The Norwegian group looks to replicate this model in their new injury prevention initiatives. (More)
Dr.
Scott Lephart gave Keynote Lecture at the 11th Annual USAMRMC/TATRC Conference
On Saturday, April 30, 2011, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) and Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) hosted the 11th Annual “Army Telemedicine Partnership Series: Meeting Medical Challenges in a Changing World”. The focus and theme for this year's meeting was: “Tip of the Spear Medicine: Emerging Technologies for Special Operations Forces.” Dr. Scott Lephart, Chair, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences & Director, Neuromuscular Research Laboratory University of Pittsburgh, gave the keynote lecture at this conference. (More)(conference website)
Collaborating
with the University of Florence
The NMRL is collaborating with the University of Florence in Florence, Italy, to determine the effectiveness of a hip-centric training program to improve the performance of elite rugby and soccer players with gluteal inhibition. (More)
An Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, featured this research project. (La Repubblica) (Translation)
Surgeon
General of the Army Visited the NMRL
LTG Eric Schoomaker, Surgeon General of the Army, visited the University of Pittsburgh as the invited presenter for the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Rehabilitation, Science, and Technology Brubaker Lecture. LTG Schoomaker toured the Neuromuscular Research Laboratory and was briefed on the current research activities with 101 st Airborne Division (Air Assault) including implementation of the Eagle Tactical Athlete Program, and similar projects with Naval Special Warfare Group 2 and Naval Special Warfare Group 4/Special Boat Team 22. (More)
NMRL
Works with Operators from Special Boat Team 22
The Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) Special Boat Team 22 project has established an injury prevention and human performance research laboratory at Stennis Space Center. The SWCC provide rapid infiltration and exfiltration for Navy SEALs Operators into and out of battlefield. The project will adopt the model previously utilized with Naval Special Warfare Group 2 and the 101 st Airborne (Air Assault) to identify the unique injury risk factors of the SWCC. The aims will include testing the specific task and demands of the SWCC and identifying the biomechanical, musculoskeletal, physiological, and nutritional characteristics which contribute to injury and inhibit optimal performance. (More)
Our
New Project with the US Army Special Operations Command
At the request of the Command Surgeon from the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), this research proposal will support development of USASOC's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation, and Reconditioning (THOR3) program to identify the priorities necessary for enhancement and change in the current physical training program. The Human Performance Research Laboratory will be established at Fort Bragg, NC later this year for this project. The overall objective of this research project is to scientifically develop an injury prevention and performance optimization program that is culturally specific and dynamically responsive to the unique tactical demands of the Special Forces Soldier. (More)