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Get the most interesting and important stories from the Â鶹´«Ã½.Amit Sethi earned an NIH grant to study improving hand function in stroke survivors
, associate professor in Pitt’s Â鶹´«Ã½ of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 grant for a project aimed at improving hand function in stroke survivors.
The $425,000 award from NIH will fund work within Pitt’s , of which Sethi is principal investigator.
More than two-thirds of stroke survivors in the United States have residual paralysis of the upper limb, and few treatment options are appropriate or effective. Sethi’s project will test whether noninvasive brain, nerve and hand stimulation can improve hand movement after moderate-to-severe stroke.