{"id":973,"date":"2020-07-17T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/stage-rehab-med\/?page_id=973"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:13:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T20:13:22","slug":"faculty-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsom.uthscsa.edu\/rehab\/research\/faculty-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row gap=”35″ el_class=”wide-gutters”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text el_class=”far-notso”]Faculty in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine are engaged in a broad scope of research topics to discover new knowledge and advance solutions for patient care in the field of rehabilitation.\u00a0 Many focus on Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury and Pain Medicine related research projects due to our affiliation with the South Texas VA.<\/p>\n

Pain<\/h2>\n

Prospective case series: Reducing the abuse liability of prescription opioids in recreational drug users: A pilot study
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Ameet Nagpal<\/em>
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Narrative review: 1 year update of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (Leet, Egan) – COMPLETED & PUBLISHED
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Ameet Nagpal<\/em>
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Narrative review: Peripheral joint radiofrequency ablation (Seale) – COMPLETED & PUBLISHED
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Ameet Nagpal<\/em>
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Prospective case series: Simplicity Radiofrequency Ablation Demonstrates Greater Functional Improvement Than Analgesia: A Prospective Case Series (Brennick) – COMPLETED & PUBLISHED
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Ameet Nagpal<\/em>
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Cadaveric dissection: Innervation of the Posterolateral Femoro-acetabular Joint: A Cadaveric Seris (Brennick, Clark, Leet) – COMPLETED & PUBLISHED
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Ameet Nagpal<\/em>
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Virtual Reality in the Management of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Scoping Review (Kibler, Tata, McGreary, Raghunandan)<\/strong>
\nPrimary Investigator: Dr. Ameet Nagpal<\/em><\/p>\n

Caudal Epidural Steroid Injections:\u00a0 A Systematic Review on Behalf of the Spine Intervention Society<\/strong>
\nPrimary Investigator: Dr. Ameet Nagpal<\/em><\/p>\n

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Spinal Cord Injury<\/h2>\n

Vasomotor and Sudomotor Activity During Heat Stress in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Trbovich, M<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Agency: Career Development Award-2, Rehabilitation and Research Development
\n<\/strong>Role: PI
\n<\/strong>Period: 1\/2017 – 6\/30\/2022
\n<\/strong>The goal of this project is to examine the vasomotor and sudomotor responses during heat stress and then utilize topical agents to manipulate areas of intact skin blood flow and sweating responses to elucidate the underlying neurological controls of each<\/em>.
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Capsaicin 8% patch in persons with spinal cord injury, a randomized controlled trial
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Trbovich, M
\n<\/em>Agency: Foundation for PMR \u2013 Milbank SCI Rehabilitation Award
\n<\/em>Role: PI
\n<\/em>Period: 1\/2017 – completion
\nThe goal of this project is to collect pilot data on the efficacy of the capsaicin 8% patch for neuropathic pain in persons with spinal cord injury.<\/em><\/p>\n

Elucidating sympathetic vasoconstrictor mechanisms of autonomic dysreflexia in persons with spinal cord injury<\/strong>
\nCo-Investigator: Trbovich, M<\/em>
\nAgency: VA Rehabilitation Research Development, SPIRE
\nThe goal of this project is to elucidate if the peripheral vasoconstriction during autonomic dysreflexia is due to increased post synaptic alpha receptor hypersensitivity vs. increased neural release of norepinephrine and co-transmitters.<\/em><\/p>\n

Passive heating as an accessible and tolerable strategy to improve the inflammatory profile and cardiometabolic health in people with spinal cord injury<\/strong>
\nPrimary Investigator: Trbovich, M<\/em>
\nAgency: VA Rehabilitation Research Development, SPIRE
\nCardiometabolic disease is the leading cause of death in persons with SCI.\u00a0 The goal of this project is to elucidate if the chronic passive heat stress will improve cardiometabolic parameters in persons with spinal cord injury.<\/em><\/p>\n


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Traumatic Brain Injury<\/h2>\n

QI project (pseudo research): Assessing patient flow between DoD and VA.
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Rebecca Tapia<\/em>
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Large data set in the outpatient clinic and trialing outcomes in the PNS population, which has IRB exemption approval from UT and VA.
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Rebecca Tapia<\/em>
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General<\/h2>\n

A national telemedicine project (survey), that needs to have a quick turnaround
\n<\/strong>Primary Investigator: Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez<\/em>
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MSK<\/h2>\n

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Pediatrics<\/h2>\n

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