Welcome to the Center for
Rehabilitation Sciences
The
2000 Census1
identified 49.7 million people in the United States with long-term
disability, representing 19.3 percent of the civilian
non-institutionalized population. Forty-two percent of this
population over age 65 reported sensory, physical or mental
disability severe enough to limit their ability to work or
participate in activities outside the home. The number of persons
with disability is expected to increase dramatically in the next two
decades as the cohort of baby boomers reaches late life. For
example, 49 percent of persons 65 years and older have arthritis
which is the leading cause of disability and activity limitation in
the adult population.2-4
Arthritis and other conditions, such as stroke and hip fracture,
result in decreased quality of life for a significant proportion of
the U.S. population.3 Read
more..
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
established the Center for Rehabilitation Sciences in 2001 to address the challenges of
Healthy People 2010
and for the past eight years, UTMB has been developing the
infrastructure for research and education programs in rehabilitation
sciences. The Center underwent a successful five-year review
in the summer of 2006 and was approved for additional funding through August
2009. The Center is committed to creating relationships between basic
scientists and clinicians who have a common interest in rehabilitation and
disability, and sponsors a
variety of activities directed toward strengthening and expanding efforts in
disability research and education at UTMB.
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2000 Census of Population and Housing. 2002. Washington, DC,
US Bureau of the Census.
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Carr AJ. Beyond disability: measuring the social and personal
consequences of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthrities Cartilage
1999; 7:230-238.
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Jette AM, Keysor JJ. Disability models: implications for
arthritis exercise and physical activity interventions. Arthritis
Rheum 2003; 49:114-120.
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Zimmer Z, Hickey T, Searle MS. Activity participation and
well-being among older people with arthritis. Gerontologist
1995; 35:463-471.
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