Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

Amount

$146,447.00

Award Date

8/27/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

DESCRIPTION: Spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to a profound reduction in physical activity, resulting in a low exercise capacity and increased risk of mortality. Of note, physical inactivity is approaching tobacco as the leading actual cause of death in the