title: Structures promoting research, training, and technology transfer in mobility: lessons learned from a visit to European centers.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to describe the education, research, technology transfer, and cooperative models that appear to have the greatest likelihood of successfully tackling the issue of technology to improve mobility. Ideally better models in each of these areas will lead to an increased number of researchers who are more productive. There will be increased international collaboration that will allow for better research with small and/or disadvantaged populations, and the research completed will lead to changes in clinical care that positively impact individuals with impair mobility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA. boninger@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Boninger
authors.forename: Rachel E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Fregly
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018581:Technology Transfer