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Smartphone-Based Program Effective in Helping People Stick to Healthy Behaviors to Improve Stroke Recovery
A smartphone-based, coach-supported educational program called iSMART (Self-Management Augmented Rehabilitation Technologies) is a low-cost, effective way to help people manage their chronic symptoms, emotions, and engagement in daily activities after a stroke, according to a new paper published in JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies.
In the News
Chicago Tribune: Palos Hill Teen on Rebound From Spinal Stroke
Pilkionis has made strides in her recuperation. Now at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Pilkionis is doing rehabilitation the majority of each day, according to her mom.
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An Exploration of Acute Intermittent Hypoxia as a tool to Enhance Neural Recovery in Stroke Survivors; a pilot safety study.
This is a Phase I safety study. Our plan consists of dose-escalation exposures with continual assessment of hypoxic conditioning impact in individuals with chronic stroke.
Clinical Trial
These Flexible Sensors Could Help Monitor a Stroke Patient In Recovery
Our research in wearable sensors is featured in the Smithsonian magazine.
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Characterization and Clinical Trial of a Variable Friction Shoe, a new Paradigm of Reduced-Constraint Locomotor Therapy for People Exhibiting Foot Drop due to Stroke
To evaluate the effect of a variable friction shoe on walking in individuals with chronic stroke and foot drop.
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18+
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Tracy’s Path Back from Stroke & Traumatic Brain Injury to Marathoner
It’s been said that finishing a marathon is a state of mind that says anything is possible. Learn more about Tracy's journey to running the Chicago Marathon.
Patient Story
A Day to Celebrate – Michael’s Stroke Anniversary
Each January 3rd, Michael V. reflects on the day six years ago that radically changed his life. But this is also a day that he chooses to celebrate. Read why Michael says his stroke anniversary is a day to celebrate.
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Getting out of the house and managing feelings of worthlessness may ease perceived social isolation among people with a history of stroke
Feelings of worthlessness after a stroke are predictive of present and future perceived social isolation, and leaving the house helps alleviate perceived social isolation and negative emotions. The results are published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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People with significant day-to-day variation in cognition after a stroke have greater problems with daily activities and socializing
Researchers led by Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) Assistant Director, Alex Wong, PhD and former CROR post-doc, Elizabeth Munsell, PhD, OT, have published new findings in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.
In the News
Characterization and Clinical Trial of a Variable Friction Shoe, a new Paradigm of Reduced-Constraint Locomotor Therapy for People Exhibiting Foot Drop due to Stroke
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the Variable Friction shoe on gait in individuals with chronic stroke and foot drop. During each 12-week phase of an AB-BA clinical trial, participants will walk for at least 30-45 minutes per day for at least 5 days per week at home.
Research Project
New Therapies to Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Years After Injury
Encouraging new evidence is emerging to suggest the brain's plasticity, or its ability to change and heal, may last many years after injury.
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