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Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD, attending physician and clinician-scientist at Shirley Ryan ³Ô¹ÏÌìÌÃ91, recently was honored with the 2019 Scott F. Nadler PASSOR Musculoskeletal Research Grant from the Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD
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The grant formally was announced at a Nov. 14 awards reception that took place during the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) Annual Assembly in San Antonio, Texas.
The grant will fund Dr. Jayabalan¡¯s proposal, ¡°The Development of a Cartilage Stress Test for the Diagnosis of Early Knee Osteoarthritis.¡± This study will assess biomarker response to a novel mechanical stress. The biomarker data will help infer an individual¡¯s cartilage stress response to knee joint loading.