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Healthcare Outside of the Hospital
3 remote monitoring devices are transforming how we track health.
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Open-source Bionic Leg: First-of-its-kind Platform Aims to Rapidly Advance Prosthetics
A new open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by University of Michigan and AbilityLab is now available to the scientific community.
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Residents Receive OPERF Travel Award
Two residents in our Prosthetics & Orthotics Research Program received a travel grant award to present their research at the 2020 American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium.
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COMPLETE: Use of Robotic Exoskeletons for Stroke Recovery
Effect of Mobility Training Using Robotic Exoskeletons on Stroke Survivors
Research Project
A Body-Machine Interface for Promoting Motor Recovery while Controlling Assistive Devices
Overview of the body-machine interface for promoting motor recovery while controlling assistive devices project.
Research Project
AphasiaScripts®
AphasiaScripts™ is a software program designed for script practice. It uses a Personal Animated Therapist (PAT).
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Speeding Drug Repurposing for Patients
Using an Anti-Cancer Drug to Treat Muscle Contractures in Cerebral Palsy.
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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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Chicago Lab Creates Cutting-Edge Bionic Prosthetics
In a state-of-the-art facility in downtown Chicago, the next generation of bionic prosthetics is being developed at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Research Informed by Care: Niveda Tennety uses Storytelling to Inform Work
In her ten months as a research assistant at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Niveda Tennety said one of the most important lessons she has learned is the value of storytelling.
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Research Funding
Your assistance helps ensure research remains an essential part of our mission to help patients recover abilities that have been lost or impaired and return to full lives.
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Dr. Prakash Jayabalan Receives Research Grant from Foundation for PM&R
Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD, attending physician and clinician-scientist at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, recently was honored with the 2019 Scott F. Nadler PASSOR Musculoskeletal Research Grant from the Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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