Rusk Extends Its Reach

Building on a Unique, Enduring Legacy, the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine Forges a New Chapter in Its History

Only a few research laboratories anywhere study how the human hand interacts with the world around it, and one of them can be found at NYU Langone Medical Center’s Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. As director of Rusk’s newly created Motor Recovery Research Laboratory, Preeti Raghavan, MD, assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine, investigates how brain injury affects motor skills—particularly the essential function of grasping—in patients afflicted by a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neuromuscular disease.

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Dr. Preeti Raghavan, director of the Rusk Institute’s Motor Recovery Research Laboratory, uses a high-tech glove studded with sensors to study the complex mechanics of a basic, vital function of the hand: grasping.
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