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Altering Activation Patterns in the Distal Upper Extremity After Stroke
This study evaluates a rehab approach for stroke survivors where the combination of drug therapy & AMP is used to encourage voluntary muscle control & strength.
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Winter Sports Safety Q&A with Meredith Ehn, DO, DPT
Learn about winter sports safety straight from the expert, Meredith Ehn, DO, DPT, Sports Medicine Attending Physician.
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The Harris Family Foundation Makes $10 Million Gift to Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
The Harris Foundation directed a $10 million gift to the capital campaign for AbilityLab, the state-of-the-art research hospital, set to open in early 2017
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2023 Awardee: Kari Kretch PT, DPT, PhD
Kari Kretch's Project: Wearable technology for measuring everyday experience in infants with cerebral palsy
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Northwestern’s Biostatistics Collaboration Center Adds Firepower to CROR’s Rehabilitation Research
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Dr. Roy's Research on Cancer Noted in Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP)
Read Dr. Ishan Roy's study mentioned in AAP: "New Model May Help Us Better Understand Cancer-Related Disability in Humans."
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Nina Suresh, PhD
Research Scientist
Co-Director, Single Motor Unit Lab
Assistant Professor. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine
Therapy Engagement Greater in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury whose Therapists Received Training in Motivational Interviewing
Researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab set out to see whether training physical and occupational therapists in a behavioral counseling style known as motivational interviewing (MI) could encourage patients with spinal cord injury to more actively participate in therapy.
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Facts About Limb Loss
Facts to know about limb loss in recognition of Limb Loss Awareness Month.
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Understanding Back Pain
Almost everyone will experience low back pain. The good news is that whether your back pain is mild or severe, short-lived or long-lasting, intermittent or constant, most cases will improve within a few weeks. (That doesn't make the experience any less challenging, however.)
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Meet Dr. Ishan Roy — Physician-Scientist Researching Cachexia, a Cancer-Related Muscle Wasting Syndrome
After officially joining Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as an attending physician-scientist in 2021, Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, practices clinically in the Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic and focuses his research on cachexia (pronounced ca-kex-ia).
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