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On January 22, 2001, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), and the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (CC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) formed the Physical Disabilities Branch (PDB), by merging experienced research personnel and expanding two of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department’s most outstanding research programs – the Biomechanics Laboratory and the Speech Language Pathology Section. Our Goal The
ultimate goal of the Physical Disabilities Branch is to improve the
lives of people with physical disabilities and reduce the cost of health
care. Our Mission Statement The missions of the Physical Disabilities
Branch of the NICHD and CC are to develop and disseminate innovative
rehabilitation technologies; to conduct basic and translational research
into the causal relationship that links the impairment, functional limitation,
and physical disability rehabilitation research domains; to conduct
clinical research into the efficacy of rehabilitation interventions;
to provide training for investigators in these areas; and to be a resource
to investigators and patient care providers.
Research in the Physical Disabilities Branch is directed towards restoring or maximizing an individual's capacity to perform activities of daily living when a birth defect, disease, injury or chronic disorder impairs function. Rehabilitation research efforts in the PDB concentrate on determining the physical demands of daily life, quantifying the reduced functional capabilities of individuals with physical disabilities, and maximizing the functional gains produced by therapeutic treatments, adaptive techniques, and replacement technologies.
The branch is comprised of a multi-disciplinary group of professionals including scientists, clinicians, engineers, and movement specialists, and is organized into three sections:
We are located within the Rehabilitation Medicine Department (RMD) of the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center (CC) on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
However, our new facility, The Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center, is currently under construction.
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For
more information about the Clinical Center,
e-mail occc@cc.nih.gov, or call Clinical Center
Communications, 301-496-2563.
Warren
Grant Magnuson Clinical Center
National
Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7511