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Monitoring COVID-19 from Hospital to Home: First Wearable Device Continuously Tracks Key Symptoms
Researchers at Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago have developed a novel wearable device and are creating a set of data algorithms specifically tailored to catch early signs and symptoms associated with COVID-19 and to monitor patients as the illness progresses.
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CBS Chicago: Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Physical Therapy Patients At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Embrace Telehealth
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers had to come up with new ways to see patients in need.
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At Home Workout: Parkinson’s Amplitude-Based Training
This is an advanced group exercise class that utilizes high-intensity, multidirectional and repetitive movements to increase endurance, balance and functionality of everyday movements.
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Using an Ultraflex Stretching AFO
The Ultraflex AFO is a unique device designed to provide a continuous muscle stretch to improve range of motion for functional activities.
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Moving less while sheltering in place? Here are five ways to increase your activity
While sheltering in place, we’ve all noted the numerous ways in which we’ve decreased our activity — gone are commutes, walks to grab lunch, hitting the gym, going to the playground with our kids, dinner at a local spot and the list continues.
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Wearable Sensor to Track COVID-19 Symptoms: Media Coverage
A number of media outlets are covering the wearable sensor work at Max Näder Lab for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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‘It’s one thing to survive the infection, but what’s next?’ Some COVID-19 patients need rehab to walk, talk and problem solve
Quinn, like many severely ill COVID-19 patients, found that surviving the disease was merely the first leg of the journey to overcoming it.
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Improving Electronic Written Communication in Aphasia
This study is being done to compare two computer-based aphasia treatments that are provided over the internet.
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At least 18 years old
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Rethink your home exercise game: Five pieces of exercise equipment you didn’t know you had
Five pieces of exercise equipment you didn’t know you had.
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In the News: Researchers Develop COVID Symptom Tracking Device
Twenty-five people in a test study in Chicago are currently wearing small, postage stamp-sized flexible devices on their throats. The goal is to track signs and symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus and monitor progression of the illness.
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Balance in the midst of COVID chaos: Why daily routines matter
“The secret to life is to adjust,” is a phrase often quoted by my parents when I would dig in my heels to protest change. COVID-19 has led many of us to experience a loss of structure, routine and even meaning in daily life. Experiencing a pandemic is uncharted territory. We have been tasked with “adjusting” in all facets of life.
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