A -- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT -- SEEKING COMMERCIALIZATION PARTNERS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE EXERCISE EXPERT SYSTEM (EES) SOFTWARE THROUGH A COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (CRADA).

Notice Date

January 31, 2001

Contracting Office

National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University, 316 Washington Ave., Wheeling, WV 26003-6295

ZIP Code

26003-6295

Response Due

February 28, 2001

Point of Contact

William Chard at 1-800-678-6882 or (304) 243-2039.

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting officer via (wchard@nttc.edu)

Description

VA CBD Announcements #99-004 Exercise Expert System Software (EES) -- -- -- - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC), is seeking commercialization partners to further develop the Exercise Expert System (EES) software through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). -- -- -- - Exercise Expert System is a new approach that facilitates the use of exercise counseling as a preventive health strategy in providing healthcare to senior citizens (elderly population). It addresses the problem of physical inactivity and related illnesses among seniors' by helping physicians and other healthcare professionals design the customized exercise prescriptions most likely to succeed in individual seniors. -- -- -- -- The EES is a quick, customized and easy to use software for healthcare practitioners to prescribe exercises to seniors based on American College of Sports Medicine guidelines. The EES considers seniors' health status, clinical factors (contraindications to specific types of exercise), social circumstances, life style, and preferences when recommending a prescription. The EES has shown reliability and was validated by the consensus of national and international team of experts in geriatric medicine, exercise physiology, and exercise psychology. -- -- -- -- Any interested research organizations and/or commercial companies should contact the NTTC for more information by calling William Chard at 1-800-678-6882 or (304) 243-2039.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010202/ASOL003.HTM (W-031 SN50C3H0)