CROR Outcomes Newsletter Archive
The CROR Outcomes Newsletter is a quarterly newsletter produced by the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research.
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Study: Better Quality Measurement
While some orthoses are prefabricated, some patients require a custom-made device. In that case, orthotists make plaster casts of the patient’s limb and craft the orthosis to fit as well as possible.
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Stefania Fatone
Learn more about Stefania Fatone and her life in orthotics which is both an art and a science.
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Improved Way to Measure Quality of Orthotics Care
To get a better handle on the situation, researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab surveyed orthotists and physical therapists around the country on their perspectives on quality-of-care indicators for people who use custom ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs).
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Jenny Burns: Love of Psychology and Research Leads to CROR
Since grade school, Jenny Burns has been interested in psychology. She remembers learning in sixth grade about the Stanford Prison Experiment, a psychological simulation involving college students who role-played being guards and prisoners.
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Heidi Fischer
Fischer, OTD, is now doing exactly that as a Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she specializes in self-management for people with chronic conditions such as stroke and diabetes.
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RMD Reaches a Milestone: More than 500 Measures Now Available
The RMD recently reached an important milestone: It includes more than 500 measures for everything from walking to executive function to aphasia. Last year, it received almost 5,500 site visits per day and more than 3.7 million page views.
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New Grant: Helping Patients Understand Rehabilitation Measures
Clinical research scientist Linda Ehrlich-Jones has spent her career exploring the best ways to help people with chronic illnesses such as Lupus and Parkinson’s disease live better lives.
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