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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For your information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:blue">Rosanna</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Pastor, Brian M [mailto:pastor2@illinois.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 14, 2019 11:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Rosanna McLain <rmmclain@familyservicecc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> For Distribution to Senior Task Force Mailing List <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">SEEKING RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m writing to inform you of a research study to examine ways to prevent falls in individuals living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who use a wheelchair or scooter.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive fall management program to decrease the number of falls experienced by wheelchair and scooter users living with MS and help them to develop
strategies to recover from a fall. <b>The fall management program will focus on how to transfer, wheelchair skills, exercises to improve sitting balance, assistive device management, environmental factors associated with falls, general knowledge related to
MS and fall risk and fall recovery strategies.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Participants will be compensated $100 for participation in the study.
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<p class="MsoNormal">To participate in this study, individuals must be:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">≥18 years old<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Main form of mobility is via a wheelchair or scooter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Able to transfer either with moderate assistance or less<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Have experienced at least one fall in the past 12 months<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%">Able to sit upright for at least 1 hour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During participation, participants will be asked to attend 3, two-hour study assessments over a period of 32 weeks. In addition, if you participate in study intervention, you will be asked to participate in 6, two-hour education sessions
over six consecutive weeks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, please contact the DPQoL Lab at <a href="mailto:dpqoluiuc@outlook.com">
dpqoluiuc@outlook.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B">Cheers!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#E84A27">Brian M. Pastor, MS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#E84A27"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#E84A27">Program Coordinator </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#E84A27"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B">CHART : Collaborations in Health, Aging, Research, and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B"><a href="http://chart.ahs.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#13294B">chart.ahs.illinois.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#E84A27">Research Laboratory Coordinator</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#E84A27"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B">Human Factors & Aging Laboratory <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B"><a href="http://hfaging.illinois.edu/"><span style="color:#13294B">hfaging.illinois.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#13294B"><a href="mailto:Pastor2@illinois.edu"><span style="color:#13294B">Pastor2@illinois.edu</span></a> //+1.217.820.1481<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:#E84A27">#AltogetherExtraordinary</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Proxima Nova Thin";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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