Frontera Walter R, Bean Jonathan F, Damiano Diane, Ehrlich-Jones Linda, Fried-Oken Melanie, Jette Alan, Jung Ranu, Lieber Rick L, Malec James F, Mueller Michael J, Ottenbacher Kenneth J, Tansey Keith E, Thompson Aiko
Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, and Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR. Address correspondence to Walter R. Frontera, MD, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2201 Children's Way, Suite 1318, Nashville, TN 37212;
Jonathan F. Bean, MD, MS, MPH, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and New England GRECC, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA.
Am J Occup Ther. 2017 May-Jun;71(3):7103320010P1-7103320010P12. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2017.713003.
Approximately 53 million Americans live with a disability. For decades, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been conducting and supporting research to discover new ways to minimize disability and enhance the quality of life of people with disabilities. After the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, NIH established the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, with the goal of developing and implementing a rehabilitation research agenda. Currently, 17 institutes and centers at NIH invest more than $500 million per year in rehabilitation research. Recently, the director of NIH, Francis Collins, appointed a Blue Ribbon Panel to evaluate the status of rehabilitation research across institutes and centers. As a follow-up to the work of that panel, NIH recently organized a conference, "Rehabilitation Research at NIH: Moving the Field Forward." This report is a summary of the discussions and proposals that will help guide rehabilitation research at NIH in the near future.
约5300万美国人患有残疾。几十年来，美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）一直在开展并支持研究，以探索新方法来尽量减少残疾并提高残疾人的生活质量。《美国残疾人法案》通过后，NIH设立了国家医学康复研究中心，目标是制定并实施一项康复研究议程。目前，NIH的17个研究所和中心每年在康复研究方面投入超过5亿美元。最近，NIH主任弗朗西斯·柯林斯任命了一个蓝带小组来评估各研究所和中心的康复研究状况。作为该小组工作的后续行动，NIH最近组织了一次会议，即“NIH的康复研究：推动该领域向前发展”。本报告总结了这些讨论和提议，将有助于在不久的将来指导NIH的康复研究。
