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Intensive therapy approaches show benefits for infants and toddlers with cerebral palsy , articleFilling a long-standing gap in clinical science, multi-institutional researchers led by Virginia Tech find good news when comparing movement therapies.
Date: Mar 12, 2026 - -
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‘The doctors told my parents I would never walk and that I would never talk’ , articleArden Grim suffered a stroke in utero and visited the Neuromotor Research Clinic for therapy as a toddler. Now, she’s back at the clinic as a summer undergraduate research fellow.
Date: Aug 06, 2025 - -
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‘The doctors told my parents I would never walk and that I would never talk’ , videoArden Grim suffered a stroke in utero, and visited the Neuromotor Research Clinic for therapy multiple times as a child. Now she’s back at the clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, but as summer undergraduate research fellow.
Date: Aug 05, 2025 - -
Video ItemFormer Neuromotor Research Clinic Patient Returns – as a Student Researcher , video
Arden Grim suffered a stroke in utero, and visited the Neuromotor Research Clinic for therapy multiple times as a child. Now she’s back at the clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, but as summer undergraduate research fellow.
Date: Jul 28, 2025 - -
Video ItemDefying Imagination, One Step at a Time , video
Born with cerebral palsy and severe global motor delays, JD Lofton faced challenges that his parents thought would last a lifetime. But everything changed when they discovered the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute's Neuromotor Research Clinic. Through the clinic’s groundbreaking ACQUIRE Therapy program, JD began making remarkable strides. Learn more about JD’s journey—and how innovative therapy is changing lives, one step at a time. https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/research/research-centers/neuromotor.html
Date: May 27, 2025 - -
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Intensive physical therapy effective for children with rare genetic mutation, Virginia Tech study finds , articleScientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC want to provide investigative targets for other researchers, a framework for therapists, and vital information for parents of children with rare CASK gene mutations.
Date: Mar 12, 2025 - -
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Rare Disease Day brings worldwide attention to more than 7,000 rare diseases , articleVirginia Tech research into rare diseases — those that individually affect 200,000 or fewer but collectively touch 1 in 10 people in the U.S. — provides hope in identifying, treating, and supporting patients.
Date: Feb 28, 2024 - -
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It’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapy , articleAfter experiencing a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body, Keya Shapiro found a home at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic, which is celebrating 10 years of research into the therapy.
Date: Jan 17, 2024 - -
Video ItemIt’s the ‘thing in my life that shaped me the most,’ participant says of life-changing therapy , video
After experiencing a stroke in utero that caused weakness on the left side of her body, Keya Shapiro found a home at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic – which is celebrating 10 years of research into the therapy.
Date: Dec 20, 2023 - -
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Moving forward: Neuroscientist explores movement, rehabilitation in public lecture , articleMotor learning expert and National Academy of Sciences member Amy Bastian will deliver the next Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture on Nov. 2 at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute.
Date: Oct 27, 2023 - -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC: Growth of an innovator , articleSince its founding in 2010, the research institute has become a focal point for biomedical research across Virginia Tech. It now has more than 450 faculty, staff, and students in Roanoke and Washington, D.C., supporting research fueled by $173.7 million in external grants.
Date: Aug 29, 2023 - -
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Therapy framework reveals promise for intensive pediatric rehabilitation for children with motor disabilities , articleVirginia Tech researchers with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have demonstrated that children with a wide range of diagnoses that affect their motor function improve after receiving intensive pediatric rehabilitation called ACQUIRE Therapy.
Date: Jun 16, 2023 - -
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‘The right place’: Sisters with rare disorder find help , articleSisters with a very rare genetic mutation that affects brain development are benefitting from a form of intensive therapy being studied at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Neuromotor Research Clinic.
Date: Feb 03, 2023 - -
Video Item‘The right place’: Sisters with rare disorder find help , video
When Emily Burkhart’s daughter was diagnosed with a rare gene mutation, the family found help at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute’s Neuromotor Research Clinic. When the seemingly impossible happened a second time with her sister, they knew where to turn.
Date: Jan 24, 2023 - -
Video ItemNeuromotor Research Clinic: Changing Lives , video
Sophie Stiglitz was born with a genetic disorder that limits brain development in the areas that facilitate movement and communication. Doctors informed her parents, Joe and Emily, that their daughter may never walk or talk. After her second therapy session with the Neuromotor Research Clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Sophie has defied all odds. To support the Neuromotor Research Clinic or learn more about their research, please visit https://fralinbiomed.info/nrcdonate.
Date: Oct 19, 2022 - -
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute occupational therapists train colleagues, treat children in Morocco clinic , articleKelsey Burke and Megan Price, occupational therapists in the Neuromotor Research Clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, took a personal volunteer trip to Morocco with a humanitarian group last year. They educated therapists and parents in pediatric therapy techniques.
Date: Mar 02, 2022 - -
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Rare disease research gives families hope, ‘vital’ to advancing medicine , articleRare diseases afflict 300 million people worldwide. Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC researchers are bridging a gap in scientific knowledge by studying some of the diseases that together add up to a formidable public health challenge. Feb. 28 marks the 14th international Rare Disease Day.
Date: Feb 28, 2022 - -
Video ItemFralin Biomedical Research Institute occupational therapists train colleagues, treat children in Morocco clinic , video
Kelsey Burke and Megan Price, occupational therapists in the Neuromotor Research Clinic at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, took a personal volunteer trip to Morocco with a humanitarian group last year. They educated therapists and parents in pediatric therapy techniques.
Date: Feb 07, 2022 - -
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Large doses of intensive therapy better for children with cerebral palsy, Virginia Tech scientists, partners find , articleThe study, funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, shows that higher doses of Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy – 20 three-hour sessions over four weeks – yield significant and lasting improvement in use of their arms and hands, especially in everyday functional activities.
Date: Oct 14, 2021 - -
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Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain , articleThrough the Abecedarian Project, an early education, randomized controlled trial that has followed children since 1971, Virginia Tech researchers, including Craig Ramey, Sharon Landesman Ramey, and Read Montague, revealed new discoveries about brain structure that have continued through decades.
Date: May 31, 2021 -
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