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Spinal Cord Injury Model System Center
One of only 14 designated "Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems" Centers, helping patients return to the community and maximizing function and independence.
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Returning to Exercise After COVID
COVID is not the same as a cold or flu, and returning to physical activity after getting over COVID is not the same as hitting the gym after a mild illness.
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Sights Set on Returning to Active Duty after Spinal Cord Injury
Ryan Novack was in an off-road motorcycle accident that broke his spine.
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Medical Stigma and Lack of Home-based Services Pose Challenge for Those Living with Dementia
As part of the overall effort to improve the delivery of care for people receiving HCBS, the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research received a 2020 grant from ACL to develop and test person-centered outcome measures for people with disabilities, including dementia, who are receiving home- and community-based services.
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Getting out of the house and managing feelings of worthlessness may ease perceived social isolation among people with a history of stroke
Feelings of worthlessness after a stroke are predictive of present and future perceived social isolation, and leaving the house helps alleviate perceived social isolation and negative emotions. The results are published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Back to Basics: Five Tips for Starting a New Running Regime
While we’re all sheltering in place, many of us have found our activity levels declining. Gyms are closed, we aren’t walking to work, and our normal routines have changed drastically. Physical activity is now more important than ever, and running is a great way to keep moving that doesn’t require any special equipment.
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PMR On Point.
PMR on Point taps the brainpower of our clinicians, scientists and alumni to highlight Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation from every angle.
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Introducing the Laboratory of Regenerative Neuro-Rehabilitation and Dr. Colin Franz MD/PhD
Projects in Colin Franz lab have focused on drug re-purposing to enhance nerve repair as well as patient specific factors that impact outcomes after neurotrauma
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José Pons, PhD Featured in Crain's People On the Move
People on the move featured article as Dr. Pons joins our teams.
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"Up-and-Up" in Rehab: Sam Estep on Getting to See Patients Progress to Their Goals
Being in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital offers Samantha Estep, BSN, RN, CRRN — and RNs like her — a unique opportunity to witness patients "literally get better from day to day."
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People with significant day-to-day variation in cognition after a stroke have greater problems with daily activities and socializing
Researchers led by Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) Assistant Director, Alex Wong, PhD and former CROR post-doc, Elizabeth Munsell, PhD, OT, have published new findings in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.
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The Pelvic Floor: Answering Frequently Asked Questions
Most people have heard about the core muscles. As dancers, you are likely familiar with this group of muscles. A part of the core that is less talked about is the pelvic floor muscles.
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