Richard K Shields, PT, PhD, a Foundation Trustee, former Chair of the Foundation's Scientific Review Committee, and 1987 recipient of a Foundation doctoral student support grant.

Richard K Shields, PT, PhD, a Foundation Trustee, former Chair of the Foundation's Scientific Review Committee, and 1987 recipient of a Foundation doctoral student support grant, and Shauna Dudley-Javoroski, PT, MPT, a Mary McMillan Doctoral Scholarship (2003) and 2-time Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I (2005 and 2006) scholarship recipient, recently co-authored an article entitled, "Predictive Model of Muscle Fatigue After Spinal Cord Injury in Humans." The article, co-authored with Ya-Ju Chang, PhD, and Cheng-Hsiang Lin, PhD, appeared in the July issue of Muscle and Nerve (2006;34:84-91). It is based on findings from their current study, "Musculoskeletal Plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury." The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research and the Christopher Reeve and Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundations.