Participants will monitor their pain levels and medication use throughout the study. Screening for entrance into the study will take place at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation facility in West Orange. For the asthma study, participants must be between the ages of 12 and 59 and must be willing to participate in a one-hour study for the assessment of lung function and symptoms. The pneumonia and bronchitis studies require volunteers to be age 12 and older, and to have active disease at the time of the studies. Eligible participants will be provided physical examinations, laboratory tests and medications at no cost.
All studies have monetary compensation.
Women with Spinal Cord Injuries are Sought for Sexual Response Study Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange was awarded a three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study of the physiologic effects of sexual functioning in spinal cord injured individuals and to test new methods to improve sexual satisfaction. Fifty women, particularly those with incomplete injuries, with a spinal cord injury at or below the level of T6, are being sought to participate. The Research Department at Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation in West Orange is conducting a study on acupuncture for the treatment of pain following spinal cord injury. Volunteers age 18 or older, who sustained a spinal cord injury at least six months ago, and who are currently experiencing pain that has persisted for at least six months following injury are eligible. Participants will receive eight weeks of acupuncture at no cost, which will include 15 treatments, following an eight-week assessment period.