Our principal investigator is Jerry C. Parker, PhD . We have conducted arthritis research since 1978. Our research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the Arthritis Foundation , the Department of Veterans Affairs, and generous gifts from private donors. We have a place where people with arthritis can be tested for fitness and can learn to exercise. It's called the Health Connection.
Rehabilitation means help with pain, sleep problems, loss of a job, and other disabling problems.
Our Central Missouri Regional Arthritis Center can send you material or our health educator can come talk to your group about arthritis in the central Missouri area. We even have arthritis puppet shows for third and fourth graders. Our success has attracted attention. They know that our research helps persons with arthritis lead better lives. An Exercise Self-Management Program for Persons with Arthritis.