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In Heartfelt Reflection: A Message from our CEO
A message from Joanne C. Smith, MD, President & CEO, to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab employees on June 5, 2020
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Sports Medicine
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has physicians who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of spine, sports and musculoskeletal injuries.
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Altering Post-Stroke Motor Recovery
True behavioral restitution, a return to normal motor patterns with the affected limb post-stroke, requires the recruitment and restoration of the residual ipsilesional hemisphere/corticospinal tract (CST). Following stroke, the spontaneous recovery mechanism selectively and continuously uses a more optimized neural network for motor execution, depending on the degree of CST damage.
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NIH Designates People with Disabilities a Health Disparities Population
On September 26, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), designated people with disabilities as a ‘population with health disparities’ for research supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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Episode 09: Inclusive Disaster Planning
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk with Dawn Skaggs director of emergency, disaster and climate resilience at the World Institute on Disability.
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CROR Director Allen Heinemann, PhD, spoke on employment and people with disabilities at Social Security Advisory Board forum
Allen Heinemann, PhD, director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, participated in a Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB) forum on “The Future of Mortality, Disability, and Work: Helping to Inform the Social Security Trust Fund Projections."
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and Northwestern University Invent Self-Powered Drug Delivery System
Technology has implications for the opioid epidemic, cancer treatment, rehabilitation care and more.
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COMPLETE: Honda Walking Assist Device Home Trial
In this study, we aim to verify the safety and validate the usability of the Honda Walking Assist (HWA) device in the home setting.
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