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Hiring People with Disabilities: the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, RUSH University Medical Center and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
On July 26, 2022, the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot opened the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) Career Center.
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When Punishment Doesn’t Fit the Crime
Research Reveals Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Struggle with Discipline in Social, Family and Work Life
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Angelika Kudla: A Talent for Translating Scientific Research and a Passion for Mental Health
Learn more about Angelika Kudla and her talent for translating scientific research and a passion for mental health.
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Former College Hoops Star Fights MS: 'She's Not Going To Give Up'
After insurance refused to pay for six-figure stem-cell transplant, Jasmine Matthews kept fighting, launching a Go Fund Me campaign.
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A Minimally Invasive Tool to Measure Muscle Impairment
A minimally invasive technique that measures the contraction of living muscle tissue could be an alternative to the painful muscle biopsies.
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COMPLETE: Assessment and Monitoring of Neuromotor Function through Advanced Dynamic Pose Estimation
We plan to use videos of people with Parkinson's disease (PD) doing different things to develop sophisticated computer programs that can detect specific movement patterns that are only seen in people with PD.
Research Project
Identification of sensory-motor control in reaching
Sensory inputs such as vision, proprioception, and touch play a crucial role in post-stroke recovery. Our research delves into how these sensory contributions can be assessed to develop effective, personalized therapy strategies. Enhancing and tailoring sensory inputs to an individual’s needs allows us to explore how learning outcomes can be improved and errors reduced. Through synthetic simulations that combine muscular, visual, and proprioceptive inputs, we aim to understand better the complex processes involved in motor learning.
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TMR Presentations at AAP Conference (May 2022)
Heading to Physiatry 2022 annual conference? Join the following presentations from members of the Translational Musculoskeletal Research (TMR) Laboratory.
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2022 Awardee: Mark V. Albert, PhD
Mark V. Albert, PhD aims to be a bridge between the explosion of AI interest and tools and the health care needs that can be met with such expertise.
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The Physiologist Magazine Highlights Dr. Monica Perez’s Research on Speeding SCI Recovery in Cover Story Feature
The March 2023 issue of The Physiologist Magazine featured a cover story on the groundbreaking Shirley Ryan AbilityLab researcher Monica Perez, PT, PhD, and her career-spanning research to help speed recovery for patients with spinal cord injuries.
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Development of motor cortical interfaces for the control of reaching, grasping and locomotion
Using this neuroprosthesis to overcome the effects of a reversible nerve block that paralyzed muscles of the hand and wrist, monkeys were able to perform functional tasks, such as grasping a ball, almost as successfully as they did before paralysis.
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