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Collaborative Machines Enhancing Therapies (COMET)
The Collaborative Machines Enhancing Therapies center brings together four research and development projects aimed at improving how patients move.
Research Project
Just Starting Your Nursing Career?
Learn more about starting your nursing career at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the programs and scholarships available.
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INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast
INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast is produced by the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
Research Project
Manipulating Activity Tracker May Soon Be History
Our researchers have designed a new and interesting way to train smartphone trackers to spot the difference between fake and real activity.
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Deborah Crown: A Career in Healthcare Dedicated to Helping Others
Learn more about Deborah Crown and her career in healthcare that she dedicates to helping others.
In the News
Pediatric Guidelines
The below guidelines can decrease length of stay and facilitate discharge to acute rehab facilities
sooner. Place Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) consult early on these diagnoses:
spinal cord injury, stroke, amputations, brain injury.
sooner. Place Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) consult early on these diagnoses:
spinal cord injury, stroke, amputations, brain injury.
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Patient Engagement Intervention in Inpatient Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
We believe that EMR can be adapted successfully and that the manual and materials can be customized for use in inpatient SCI units. We anticipate that EMR will bring better experiences and outcomes to patients. Patients will engage more and put more effort into therapy, and they will have more positive changes in daily function, mood, and satisfaction than the SOC group.
Research Project
Denise’s Story: Slowing Parkinson’s Disease Through Exercise
Family comes first for 60-year-old Denise C. With her husband, five children, three grandchildren and another grandchild on the way, Denise has devoted her life to raising her kids and building strong ties and unity.
Patient Story
Glen Lehman: Motivated to Help Others with Limb Loss
Since completing his military rehab, retired Army Sgt. Glen Lehman has been frequently involved with research projects at the Center for Bionic Medicine
In the News
A Day in the Life: Kylee DeWitt, Speech-Language Pathologist
Follow along for a day in the life of Kylee DeWitt, a Speech-Language Pathologist at our Streeterville DayRehab Center in Chicago.
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Understanding Back Pain
Almost everyone will experience low back pain. The good news is that whether your back pain is mild or severe, short-lived or long-lasting, intermittent or constant, most cases will improve within a few weeks. (That doesn't make the experience any less challenging, however.)
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