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RECOVER – Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for Optimizing Veteran Engagement & Reintegration

RECOVER – Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for Optimizing Veteran Engagement & Reintegration

The mission of RECOVER is to maximize Veteran participation in important lifelong roles and activities through development, evaluation, and clinical translation of practical rehabilitation interventions and technologies.

Focus areas

RECOVER's primary populations of interest include:

  • Veterans with lower-limb amputations
  • Veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCID)

Amputation and SCID require significant rehabilitation care for Veterans after injury and throughout their life transitions. Healthcare needs for these Veterans are high, and we seek to maximize their recovery in practical ways and work toward their optimal engagement, reintegration, and lifelong participation in important roles and activities.

Projects

RECOVER's primary research and development areas include:

  • Expanding understanding of participation barriers and facilitators
  • Improving participation through management of pain, discomfort and secondary complications
  • Maintaining participation of Veterans as they age and promoting aging-in-place

Our Projects page shows examples of recent and in-progress innovations, many of which have moved from prototype to commercially-licensed products available to Veterans today.

Staff

RECOVER consists of a core group of investigators, biomechanical engineers and designers, statisticians, occupational therapists, research study coordinators, administrative support staff, and consultants. The team has broad expertise in clinical rehabilitation and engineering research. The team is led by the directors and associate directors of the Center.

Contact information

RECOVER – Rehabilitation & Engineering Center for
Optimizing Veteran Engagement & Reintegration
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
One Veterans Drive (Research – 151)
Minneapolis, MN 55417

Phone: 612-467-3538
Email: RECOVER@va.gov
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