Studies Seeking Volunteers
Several of our research studies are currently seeking volunteers. If you would like to participate in, or learn more about one of the projects listed below, please contact the person listed for that project.
Cerebral Palsy Studies
no current studies seeking volunteers
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Studies
no current studies seeking volunteers
Parkinson's Disease Studies
no current studies seeking volunteers
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Studies
no current studies seeking volunteers
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Studies
Treatment With Sumatriptan for TBI Headache (TWIST)
START-Play Study
Pain Management Studies
no current studies seeking volunteers
Cerebral Palsy Studies
Multiple Sclerosis Studies
Parkinson's Disease Studies
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Studies
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Studies
The TWIST study is looking at whether sumatriptan is effective as treatment for headache after traumatic brain injury. This study also involves using a headache diary to track headaches.
Participation in the study will last for 90 days, and will involve:
- 10 telephone calls from study staff to check on how the volunteer is doing with the medicine. These calls will last about 20 minutes.
- 3 in-person clinic visits at the University of Washington Medical Center lasting about 2 hours each.
- A $25 compensation for each clinic visit.
- Have had a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the last 3-24 months.
- Be between the ages of 18-65
- Have experienced post-traumatic headache.
- Be able to come in person to the University of Washington Medical Center.
- Have access to a telephone for check-in calls.
For more information please contact:
Leslie Kempthorne
206.543.0219
ette@uw.edu*
*We cannot ensure confidentiality of email communication.
START-Play Study
The START-Play Study is a large, multi-site collaboration involving researchers, therapists, families, and infants with neuromotor delays, aged 7-16 months corrected age, from across the US. With funding provided by U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (# R324A150103) we are currently recruiting for this study.
- In the START-Play study, we are going to:
- evaluate the efficacy of an intervention that targets sitting, reaching, and motor-based problem solving to improve development and readiness to learn in infants with motor delays.
- investigate the impact of the intervention on changes over time in sitting and reaching, subsequent changes in cognitive development, and the influence of motor skill changes on problem solving.>
- We are looking for infants who:
- are 7 to 16 months corrected age.
- have gross motor delays.
- are able to sit propped up for at least 3 seconds.
- are randomly assigned to intervention or control group.
- All infants will continue their usual early intervention services.
- For more information, please contact:
Lin-Ya Hsu, PT, PhD linyahsu@uw.edu
Monica Smersh msmersh@uw.edu
Sarah Westcott McCoy, PT, PhD 206-616-8601 westcs@uw.edu
Healthy Aging with a Long-term Physical Disability
Pain Management Studies