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2023 NIDILRR Invited Lecture for CROR's RRTC on Employment for Persons with Physical Disabilities
Lisa Ottomanelli, PhD, a clinical psychologist at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital & Clinics in Tampa, Florida, delivered the 2023 NIDILRR Invited Lecture for CROR’s RRTC on Employment for Persons with Physical Disabilities on September 11.
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Our Take on Toys for the Holidays
With thousands of toys to choose from, picking the perfect gift for a child can be an overwhelming task.
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Improving Adherence to Spinal Cord Injury Exercise Guidelines Using Smartphone-Based Technology and E-coaching: A Proof-of-Concept SMART-Design Study
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Intuitively Controlled Virtual Reality System to Treat Phantom Limb Pain
We will develop a commercially viable VR rehabilitation system (called the Coapt PLP Management System) which can be deployed at home or in-clinic for individuals with upper or lower limb amputations.
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Q&A With Dr. Monica Rho: U.S. Women's National Soccer Team Physician
During her recent 13-hour flight from Chicago to Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics (taking place in 2021), we caught up with the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's (USWNT) team physician Monica Rho, MD — who, during her day job, is section chief of Musculoskeletal Medicine at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Co-Robot Controllers for Human-Like Physical Interaction and Improved Motor Learning
This research project is working on improving the interactions between robots and humans by learning from human paired physical interaction to apply to human like robotics.
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John and Kathy Schreiber Give $15 Million to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
The gift has been directed to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Accelerate Ability fundraising campaign. Specifically, it will fund innovative care and game-changing research targeted to patients with diverse brain conditions.
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Developing Solutions to Real Life Challenges
AbilityLab team members participated in the Makeathon, a 72-hour marathon where a product is designed sharing physical solutions to real life challenges.
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Training for the Chicago Marathon? Stick to Your Training Plan & Start Now
Teachers always say “don’t cram for a test” — well, the same applies to running a marathon. You can’t cram a six-month training plan into three months and expect the same results.
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Nnaemezie Ezeife: Exploring the Bridge Between Outcomes Research and Medicine
Learn more about Nnaemezie Ezeife and his exploring of the bridge between outcomes research and medicine.
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How do wrist surgical salvage procedures limit hand strength?
Our project hypothesizes that surgical re-design of the wrist in proximal row carpectomy and scaphoid-excision four-corner fusion limits hand strength post-op.
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