Who We Are
The Center for Clinical Movement Science is an interdisciplinary organization at the University of Minnesota focusing on problems affecting the human motor system. Its faculty offers perspectives from the fields of engineering, kinesiology, and the neurological, rehabilitation and clinical sciences. Their research provides a better understanding of the underlying disease processes that lead to movement impairments. Its products are new knowledge, procedures, therapies and devices that will aid and enhance the care and treatment of age-related changes and diseases affecting human movement.
News
24 Sep 2024
Job opening at the University of Georgia in motor behavior
The Department of Kinesiology at the University of Georgia is searching for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor working in the field of motor behavior, broadly defined. An applicant’s research program could address questions relevant to any area of motor behavior, including motor control, motor learning, motor development, or combinations thereof. Applications received by November 1, 2024 will receive full consideration. The position will begin August 1, 2025. The complete position announcement can be accessed at: https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/400157
4 Sep 2024
CCMS members Misono and Konczak receive NIH grant to study new treatment for chronic cough
Stephanie Misono, associate professor and Chief of the Division of Laryngology at the university of Minnesota, is the principal investigator of grant issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. In collaboration with Jürgen Konczak, Director of the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory, the grant will explore the use of vibro-tactile stimulation as a non-invasive form of neuromodulation to treat chronic cough. Chronic cough is one of the most common reasons for patients to seek medical care. In up to 18% of the global adult population, cough persists for longer than 8 weeks.
15 Aug 2024
Clinical Physiology and Movement Science course offered this fall semester
Introduction in Clinical Physiology and Movement Science is the anchor course for the free-standing graduate minor in CPMS administered through CCMS. This 3-credit course is designed to give students an overview into the fields of clinical physiology and clinical movement science. It provides a basic understanding of clinical issues related to human motor function and physiological parameters of human performance. It presents the newest research methods to study human movement and physiological function and explains how these methods produce clinically relevant research findings.
28 Mar 2024
CCMS member Ann van de Winckel to study chronic neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury
Dr. van de Winckel, assistant professor in rehabilitation sciences, received a $664,000 from NIH to the examine the feasibility of Qigong as a behavioral treatment for chronic neuropathic pain in adults with spinal cord injury (SCI). Current accessible treatment options for SCI are primarily pain medications with insufficient benefits and significant risks for addiction and adverse effects. Of the available mind and body approaches, Qigong is the most accessible for adults with SCI with evidence for effectiveness in reducing pain.
10 Jan 2024
CCMS member Joshua Aman receives NIH funding to study pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease
Dr. Joshua Aman, assistant professor at the department of neurology, recently received a $615,000 award to characterize the pathophysiological role of the pallido-thalamocortical motor pathway in Parkinson's disease. The primary goals of this project are to understand the network brain activity that underlie slowness of movement (bradykinesia) in Parkinson's disease and to identify specific neural pathways associated with improved bradykinesia via deep brain stimulation.