{"id":141884,"date":"2024-06-12T11:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884//?p=141884"},"modified":"2024-06-20T12:15:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T16:15:37","slug":"ucf-researcher-studies-science-behind-limb-coordination-to-help-stroke-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884//ucf-researcher-studies-science-behind-limb-coordination-to-help-stroke-patients/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Researcher Studies Science Behind Limb Coordination to Help Stroke Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many everyday tasks require the use of two limbs./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884/n

But when people experience a debilitating medical condition such as a stroke or loss of a limb, these same everyday tasks may become a struggle./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884/n

Qiushi Fu, a professor in UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884/u2019s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering within the College of Engineering and Computer Science, aims to alleviate such struggles with his new research on bimanual coordination that began in March as part of a National Institutes of Health grant./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884/n

Fu is observing how people interact with tasks that require coordinating two limbs, each controlling a robotic device, to complete a task within a virtual environment. The catch is that his task simulations will randomly impede his trial participants and lead them to decide how to compensate for the constraint placed upon one or more limbs./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884/n

However, there will be much more practical activities, too, Fu says./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/141884/n