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ALS Webinar Available On-Demand by Dr. Colin Franz
This session will review the clinical and preclinical data as it pertains to exercise safety and efficacy in ALS, define a practical approach to counselling and prescribing therapeutic exercise to patients with ALS, as well as the controversial topics such as high levels of physical activity or sports-related concussions as ALS risk factors.
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The Five Questions Every Physical Therapist Is Asked About Low Back Pain
As a physical therapist, I receive a lot of questions about the human body — and most often, those questions are about low back pain. Here are five of those questions — and the answers that may surprise you!
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In the News: NBC 5 Features Dr. Colin Franz in Story on New ALS Drug
NBC 5 Chicago recently ran a story about Relyvrio — a new medication for treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — that included insights from Colin Franz, MD, PhD, physician-scientist and director, Electrodiagnostic Laboratory, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. In addition to his roles at SRAlab, Dr. Franz is a physician for the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine.
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COPD Treatment Option
This holistic approach to COPD rehabilitation combines exercise, nutrition, and education.
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CROR Receives $4.5 Million Grant to Evaluate How Different Inpatient Rehabilitation Lengths of Stay Affect Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
The Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab was awarded a $4.2 million, five-year grant to explore how different rehabilitation lengths of stay and intensity of rehabilitation affect outcomes and quality of life for people with spinal cord injury in different countries.
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Dr. Colin Franz Moderates Plenary Speakers at ALS Symposium
Dr. Colin Franz moderated the plenary speakers at the recent virtual ALS symposium.
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WSJ: How to Recognize the Symptoms of Aphasia and When to Seek Treatment
More than two million Americans suffer From Aphasia, the communication disorder that Bruce Willis was diagnosed with affects speaking and writing. Here are signs and symptoms.
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2022 Awardee: Erin Meier, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Awardee Erin Meier is an Assistant Professor and principal investigator of The Aphasia Network Lab at Northeastern University.
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Understanding and Applying Pain Science in Physical Therapy
Science has come a long way in helping individuals understand the experience of pain. Previously, pain was believed to be a result of a purely physical or anatomical issue, stemming from injury, illness or tissue damage.
Fortunately, a newer understanding of how pain works — pain science — takes a far more complex and nuanced view. Pain science moves away from the idea that tissue damage alone equates to pain. Rather, pain science suggests that the whole sum of a person — including biological, social and psychological factors — must be taken into account in order to fully understand their pain experience.
Fortunately, a newer understanding of how pain works — pain science — takes a far more complex and nuanced view. Pain science moves away from the idea that tissue damage alone equates to pain. Rather, pain science suggests that the whole sum of a person — including biological, social and psychological factors — must be taken into account in order to fully understand their pain experience.
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Electrodiagnostic Laboratory
The Electrodiagnostic Laboratory performs nerve and muscle diagnostic testing that include the electromyogram (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS).
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Spasticity Clinic
Spasticity rehabilitation aids children and adults who experience functional loss, contracture and pain due to CP, MS, brain/spinal cord injuries or stroke.
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