The Department of Physical Therapy seeks to embody the American Physical Therapy Association vision of physical therapists as individuals involved in “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.”
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UM Researchers Dominate Special Journal Issue on Neurogenic Obesity Among People with Spinal Cord Injury
It’s a little understood phenomenon — that people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who appear underweight or normal weight can in fact be harboring a high-risk body composition, one made of up to 50% body fat. Part of the reason is, “It’s really difficult for folks to know when they’re full. They end up taking