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Biofeedback with Wearable Sensors to Facilitate Neuroplasticity in Spinal Cord Injury
To determine if playing games with muscle activity feedback can help people with spinal cord injuries get better at using their arms and hands.
Age Range
Participants must be 18 years or older
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Episode 10: The Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk with David Chen, MD, the George M. Eisenberg, Chair of spinal cord injury rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, about the Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System, the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database and cutting-edge research into biomarkers that may predict functional recovery after spinal cord injury.
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Manual Standing Wheelchair
Researchers at the AbilityLab have designed the first-ever manual standing wheelchair that allows users to be mobile in both sitting and standing modes.
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Neuromodulation Study Has Participant Take Her First Steps
The neuromodulation study conducted by our principal investigator, Dr. Monica Perez, and her team members of the Neuromodulation & Motor Control Lab has created some excitement in the rehabilitation community with recent gains in neurological response in a person with a spinal cord injury who has taken her first steps.
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Study participant walks for the first time following injury
Non-invasive neurostimulation paired with physical therapy temporarily mends broken connection between brain and spinal cord in patients with spinal cord injury.
News
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Five Lessons My Patients Taught Me About Surviving a Pandemic
Although it can be a lot of effort to support what our patients are going through, we rehab nurses are lucky to get to know some amazing people as they go through an epic, if not always glamorous, journey. I’d like to share a few examples of ways my patients’ resilience has informed my capacity to get through this time of shared difficulty.
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Age Range
0-90
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Dr. Monica Perez Earns Elite Grant from NIH
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) — part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — has awarded Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD, with the intensely competitive and prestigious R35 grant to create breakthroughs in spinal cord injury science and therapy.
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Spinal Cord Injury Spotlight
Established in September 2014, National Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness Month raises awareness about SCI, and the need for better treatment and education. At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, this month also gives us an opportunity to reflect on our patients, team and community.
Meet some of our outstanding colleagues and patients as they share their reflections on what this National SCI Month means to them.
Meet some of our outstanding colleagues and patients as they share their reflections on what this National SCI Month means to them.
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Use of a Micro-Processor Controlled Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis Compared to Traditional Rehabilitation in Spinal Cord Injury
The study will evaluate the potential of the C-Brace from Ottobock to improve the functional mobility and quality of life in individuals with lower extremity impairments due to spinal cord injury when compared to traditional rehabilitation methods.
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Spasticity after Spinal Cord Injury
This study is recruiting current 6-month outpatients who have a spinal cord injury,
Age Range
18-85
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Repetitive Acute Intermittent Hypoxia for Spinal Cord Repair
This research is being conducted to study the effects of breathing low oxygen air (hypoxia) and exercise training on recovery of upper limb (arms and hands) and lower limb (legs) function in people with spinal cord injury.
Age Range
Ages 18-85
Clinical Trial