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Design + Structure
We are revolutionizing the future of rehabilitation by creating a new model of care and that also means developing a new approach to hospital layout & design
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2018 CBM Symposium
The 2018 CBM Symposium showcased emerging research from our team members.
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Arms + Hands Lab
The two-story Harris Family Foundation Arms + Hands Lab is a robust environment designed for patients and research participants working on recovering and strengthening complex hand and reaching skills — turning a key, picking up a pen, reaching for a glass, putting on a sweater … all the many things we do with our hands, arms and fingers.
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Respiratory Therapy
Respiratory therapy at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is specialized to meet your needs and goals.
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Dr. Mitra Lavasani Earns Prestigious R01 Grant from NIH
Is there a way to turn back the clock on aging? With a recently announced R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Aging, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Mitra Lavasani, PhD, director, Translational Cell Therapy Lab, will advance a novel approach that could help find an answer.
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James L. Patton, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Professor, Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare neurologic condition that can cause muscle weakness and — in severe cases — mobility, breathing and swallowing issues. With our deep expertise in treating children and adults with GBS through intensive rehabilitation, we help our patients regain function and independence.
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Walk This Way to Post-Stroke Recovery
The primary PTs refer patients to gait therapy if walking goals are indicated, usually soon after completion of an initial evaluation.
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New Robert R. McCormick Foundation Center for Hope and Equity to Be Led by Maya Yuen
Meet Maya Yuen, manager of the newly created Robert R. McCormick Foundation Center for Hope and Equity.
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Taking Cool Inventions to the Market
Blair Lock, Todd Kuiken, Levi Hargrove and Jonathan Sensinger spent a decade developing a device and now have a group, Coapt, ready to bring it to market.
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Exploring Sex Effects in Rehabilitation Medicine
Recent trials support the therapeutic utility of rTMS where a hyperexcitable unlesioned motor cortex can be targeted with slow frequency stimulation.
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