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Our Cancer Rehabilitation Innovation Center enhances collaboration between medicine and science, and incorporates research findings into our continuum of care.
Innovation Center
Dr. Hargrove's research featured in Newsweek article
Dr. Hargrove's research featured in Newsweek regarding importance of prosthetics research for the lives of veterans and civilians with limb loss.
In the News
Academy
The Academy is the educational arm of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, the renowned not-for-profit rehabilitation hospital. Since 1954, we have supported clinicians in enhancing their expertise through a wide range of accredited courses, webinars, and hands-on programs.
Development of motor cortical interfaces for the control of reaching, grasping and locomotion
Using this neuroprosthesis to overcome the effects of a reversible nerve block that paralyzed muscles of the hand and wrist, monkeys were able to perform functional tasks, such as grasping a ball, almost as successfully as they did before paralysis.
Research Project
Depression & Spinal Cord Injury
Depression is more common in the SCI population— about one in five people. Estimated rates of depression among people with SCI range from 11% to 37%.
In the News
In Golf, New Study Finds Walking is Par for the Course
Walking — and not riding — the golf course provides significantly higher health benefits for those with osteoarthritis.
Blog
Robin Jones: A Career Spent Helping People with Disabilities Work and Live Independently
Learn more about Robin Jones and her career spent helping people with disabilities work and live independently.
In the News
Wheelchair-Based, Robotic, Upper Extremity Exercise and Power- Assisted Propulsion
Develop a robotic, power-assist lever drive for a manual wheelchair that people with severe upper extremity impairment can use to both exercise and ambulate.
Research Project
Intramuscular EMG Signal Processing
Our objective is to develop new implanted EMG systems to expand the algorithms used to extract information, improve performance and make configuration easier.
Research Project
Error augmentation in 2 and 3 dimesions
Rather than helping someone move, we rely on the aspects of neuroplasticity in the brain to facilitate learning to move, or re-learning after an injury.
Research Project
2022 Awardee: Brittany N Krekeler, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Krekeler is an assistant professor and clinician-scientist at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery with a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine.
In the News
After a Hospital Stay for Covid, Patients May Face Months of Rehabilitation
Allen Washington was an active, busy executive before contracting Covid-19 this summer. After weeks in the hospital, he now faces extensive physical and occupational therapy.
Patient Story