ADAPT
Three-month nutrition and exercise program and research study for people who are spinal cord-injured with paraplegia. Program is funded through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

Brain and Sensory-Motor Control Laboratory
Uses systems neuroscience techniques to understand how the human brain controls movement in neurologically healthy individuals and people with movement disorders. Recent and current studies include investigating issues such as basal ganglia function, role of the cerebellum in visuomotor control, aging-related changes in force steadiness, and treatment interventions in essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease.

Clinical Gait and Movement Analysis Laboratory
Focused on the development of clinical interventions to improve a person's own neuromuscular defense mechanisms against fall-related injuries and prevention of rapid progression of knee osteoarthritis.

Institute on Disability and Human Development
Federally designated University Center for Excellence (UCE) in Developmental Disabilities for the state of Illinois. Mission is to promote the independence, productivity and inclusion of people with disabilities into all aspects of society. Centers include Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities, Center on Epidemiology & Demography of Disability, and Advocacy and Empowerment for People with Disabilities.

Integrative Muscle Biology Laboratory
Working on muscle injury and repair with the long term goal of developing approaches for preventing injuries and speeding recovery.

Knecht Movement Science Laboratory
Focuses on the study of rehabilitation while providing training for graduate students interested in motor control, biomedical engineering, and motor rehabilitation. The lab's research includes studying multi-joint coordination and feedforward postural control and examining changes in control of grip force in individuals with different impairment performing manipulative tasks.

Model of Human Occupation Clearinghouse
Provides students, practitioners, educators, and researchers with information and resources related to the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO). MOHO is a body of theory that seeks to explain how occupation is motivated, patterned, and performed.

National Center for Outcomes Research and Education
National resource for development and implementation of research studies that will demonstrate the value and efficacy of occupational therapy. Center stimulates outcome studies, builds organizational capacity, creates leaders in occupational therapy research, and enhances individual practitioners' knowledge, skills and commitment to outcome research.

Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory
Dedicated to the study of the influence of aging processes on locomotion, and how these influences conspire to increase the incidence of fall-related injury. The goal of the laboratory's work is to reduce the incidence of falls by older adults.

Neural Control of Movement Laboratory
Uses surface electromyography and motion analysis techniques to understand how humans control movement and force production in healthy people and people with movement disorders. Investigating issues such as the control of segmental reflex gain in upper limb movement, how disease severity influences motor control in Parkinson's disease and how neurosurgical and physical therapy interventions affect Parkinson’s disease.

Virtual Reality in Medicine
Research and development team of physicians, medical artists, bioengineers, computer scientists, programmers and graphic designers create Tele-Immersive Virtual Reality tools to empower the medical community and foster innovative collaborative biomedical research and communication.