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Cara Lewis Awarded for the FastOA Initiative
October 4th, 2024
The Arthritis Foundation has awarded Cara Lewis as part of their Osteoarthritis Clinical Trial Network initiative called FastOA. To carry out this initiative, the Human Adaptation Lab (HAL) at Boston University will be evaluating hip morphology and movement in young female athletes (18 to 30 years old).
Assistant Professor Cara Lewis Receives Peter Paul Award
Cara Lewis featured in BU Today.
Expert quote:
“The computer system picks up the marker positions and then can re-create a model of the skeleton...From that we can tell differences in angles and figure out when we want to apply the robotic force, and how much.”
The Race for a Nimble Old Age
Cara Lewis featured in Inside Sargent magazine.
Expert quote:
“That’s the population [20- and 30-somethings] to target. If you change the way they’re walking now, you can change their pain after they already have a tear—or maybe change it before they get the tear.”