Rehabilitation Research

In keeping with the research mission of Hospital for Special Surgery, the goal of research within the Rehabilitation Department is to provide an outstanding program of research for the benefit of all, regardless of race, color, sexual orientation, creed, or ethnic origin. To advance the fields of physical therapy and orthopedics, the staff of the Rehabilitation Department is involved in a number of research projects. The staff not only independently initiates projects, but also collaborates with many of the Hospital's other departments as well as other academic and clinical institutions.

Learn more about HSS Rehabilitation research:

• Creating Educational Material for Patients with Low Literacy Levels
  
  
• Differential Patterns of Muscle Activation in Patients with Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
  
  
• Electromyographic Activity in Stiff and Normal Elbows during Elbow Flexion and Extension
  
  
• Efficacy of Femoral Nerve Blockade in Conjunction With Epidural Analgesia for Total Knee Arthroplasty
  
  

Venues where HSS Rehabilitation research has been recently presented

Results of research are shared with other professional at annual meetings, national conferences, continuing education courses, articles and chapters in books. Recent conferences where the research from the Rehabilitation Department has been presented include:

• AACPDM Montreal
• AAOS Annual Meeting
• AAOS Shoulder Specialty Day
• ACSM National Meeting
• American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting
• APTA Annual Meeting
• APTA Combined Sections
• GCMAS Annual Meeting
• HSS Alumni Meeting
• NYPTA Hudson Valley District Meeting
• ORS Annual Meeting
• USA Swimming Annual Sports Medicine Conference