Bryan Kemp, Ph.D.

Lead Investigator: Bryan Kemp, Ph.D. (RLANRC) will lead the phase I RCT, Strengthening and optimal movements for painful shoulders in chronic spinal cord injury (STOMPS) to investigate the effectiveness of a combined shoulder exercise and optimization of performance technique program on pain reduction, performance, and health-related as well as overall quality of life in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (paraplegia). Dr. Kemp’s long history of research dealing with the effects of aging with a disability (Kemp & Adkins, 2001) and quality of life while living and aging with a spinal cord injury and other impairments (Kemp & Ettleson, 2001) provides an excellent foundation for this project. His Project Manager, Lilli Thompson, B.S., P.T. (RLANRC) whose recent clinical research (Thompson & Yakura, 2001) and experience dealing with aging-related functional changes in SCI, provides a strong foundation for this phase I RCT.