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What Is DayRehab?
When a patient comes to a rehabilitation hospital for an inpatient stay, our goal is to get the patient stable and back home. But what happens if a patient is stable enough to be at home, but not personally ready to go back into the community?
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P. Michelle Muellner, MD
Attending physician
People with Disabilities Make Employment Gains During Pandemic but Will They Last?
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to roil the U.S. labor market in 2021, but one group of workers has likely benefitted from the unprecedented disruption: people with disabilities.
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Concussions & Teen Sports: A Q&A With Hollis Bell, MD
Learn how parents and athletes can be “concussion aware” for safe participation in sports.
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Nicholas Weber, DO
Attending Physician
Mobile Rehabilitation for Daily Life Participation Post-Stroke
The researchers will focus on variability in depressed mood and quality of life among stroke survivors, and social support, a protective factor with a potential buffering effect on daily function and mood.
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Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy patients of all ages have unique functional and therapeutic needs, so we design custom treatment programs.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Doctors Meet with Lawmakers on Behalf of Patients & Field
A delegation of four Shirley Ryan AbilityLab doctors recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate on behalf of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) — the professional organization in which they each hold leadership positions.
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How a Unique Ultrasound Course Trains Medical Residents
Science — one of the world’s top academic journals, with a 144-year legacy of publishing breakthrough research — recently published a study whose authors included Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's Colin Franz, MD, PhD, physician-scientist. The ultrasound techniques that Dr. Franz utilized in this study were the same ones that he learned a decade ago during his residency at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound Course.
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Survey Finds Need for Improved Way to Measure Quality of Orthotics Care
To get a better handle on the situation, researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab surveyed orthotists and physical therapists around the country on their perspectives on quality-of-care indicators for people who use custom ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs).
In the News
People with Disabilities Make Employment Gains During Pandemic but Will They Last?
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to roil the U.S. labor market in 2021, but one group of workers has likely benefitted from the unprecedented disruption: people with disabilities.
In the News
The Importance of Post-marathon Recovery Training
After a marathon, runners’ bodies often experience shock — going from being incredibly active to suddenly sedentary is not an easy transition. Learn how to safely recover after a marathon.
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