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Placebo Sweet Spot for Pain Identified in Brain

Scientists have identified for the first time the region in the brain responsible for the “placebo effect” in pain relief, when a fake treatment actually results in substantial reduction of pain, according to new research from Northwestern Medicine and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC).  

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Chronic Pain No More

On a Monday in the fall of 2008, just like any other Monday, Karl Lyons bent down to pick up a magazine. Suddenly, he couldn’t stand up.

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Injections may assist with movement after a diagnosis

Improving Movement After Stroke and Brain Injury

A form of botulinum toxin (botox) improved active arm movement for stroke and brain injury patients in a clinical trial.

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No more cheating your FitBit

Manipulating Activity Tracker May Soon Be History

Our researchers have designed a new and interesting way to train smartphone trackers to spot the difference between fake and real activity.

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Patient uses ExoSkeleton to walk

Robot Help Predict Patients’ Actions, Counteract Physical Limitations

New technology designed to predict the body’s actions may help patients counteract their own physical limitations.

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Aphasia patients practice with ORLA, speech software invented at AbilityLab

New Therapies to Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Years After Injury

Encouraging new evidence is emerging to suggest the brain's plasticity, or its ability to change and heal, may last many years after injury.

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Nursing Excellence Recognized with Prestigious Magnet Recognition

We proudly retain our membership in the Magnet community—a select group of 378 healthcare organizations out of nearly 6,000 U.S. healthcare organizations.

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Northwestern students collaborate with RIC to find solutions

RIC Featured in Wall Street Journal

An RIC collaboration is featured in today's Wall Street Journal, in an article entitled, "The Power of Unsolvable Problems."

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Deborah participates in adaptive archery

Living Fully with Multiple Sclerosis

At a poetry reading, a fellow attendee noticed Deborah’s gait and asked, "MS?” A later week-long hospital stay and battery of tests confirmed she did have MS.

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Bionic Leap Forward with First Thought-Controlled Leg

Journal of the American Medical Association profiles study of new non-invasive thought-controlled leg that learns and adjusts with each step.

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Laetitia & mom in the Life Center

Learning to Get Up Again After a Spinal Cord Injury

While on a horseback ride in Beirut, Laetitia fell and suffered a severe spinal cord injury leaving her completely paralyzed.

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Adaptive Cycling at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Cycling Program

The Adaptive Cycling Program is offered year round—outdoors on Chicago's Lakefront Path in the summer and fall, and indoors on Wahoo trainers at the Fitness Center in the winter and spring.

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