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A Low-Cost, Collaborative Tool for the Tracking of Youth Activities to Reduce Risk of Physical Injury

Award Number: R43HD098958
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/15/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2022

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A Low-Cost, Collaborative Tool for the Tracking of Youth Activities to Reduce Risk of Physical Injury - Project Summary/Abstract Proposed is an advanced wearable for the prevention and rehabilitation of sport-related overuse injuries in youth athletes. Significance: The National SAFE KIDS Campaign, estimates that more than 3.5 million children are injured annually playing sports or participating in recreational activities. Of these, overuse is estimated to cause 45.9% to 54% of sports injuries and resulted in a total healthcare cost of over $2 billion. Children who participate in two or more sports that emphasize the same body part (for example, swimmers and baseball pitchers) are at an elevated risk to overuse injuries. Because youth athletes are still growing, certain overuse injuries may disturb the growth of the bone, resulting in angular limb deformities, length discrepancies or altered joint mechanics, creating the potential for significant long-term disability. Current methods of overuse injury prevention / rehabilitation are rudimentary (e.g. baseball pitch count) and fail to account for the subtleties of differing player technique and effort. Hypothesis: A system capable of accurately quantifying cumulative injury levels in youth athletes will reduce incidence of and aid in recovery from overuse injuries. Specific Aims: To prove the feasibility of the proposed system in Phase I IDL will 1) Build prototype sensor hardware; 2) Collect motion capture data on movements common to baseball play; and 3) Develop algorithms to quantify injury associated with common baseball movements. The overall phase 1 effort will demonstrate the ability of the proposed system to quantify injury associated with different baseball movement.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2019	INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS INC	861 E HENNEPIN AVE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55414	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	7/7/2023	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2019	INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS INC.	861 E HENNEPIN AVE STE 450	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55414	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	4/26/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $224,996 )
2019	2019	INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS INC.	861 E HENNEPIN AVE STE 450	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55414	HENNEPIN	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	6/14/2019	NEW	$224,996
														Subtotal = $224,996

Grand Total All Awards = $224,996

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A Low-Cost, Collaborative Tool for the Tracking of Youth Activities to Reduce Risk of Physical Injury

Award Number: R43HD098958

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/15/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2022

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