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At Home Workout: Flex-ability Stretching Class
The Flex-ability home program is a brief full-body seated stretch routine for all participants. The goal of this exercise routine is to help people safely improve functional range of motion in all major joints.
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In Heartfelt Reflection: A Message from our CEO
A message from Joanne C. Smith, MD, President & CEO, to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab employees on June 5, 2020
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Specialized Immune Cells May Improve Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease
The elevated presence of specialized immune cells called alpha-synuclein reactive T-cells found in patients prior to developing motor symptoms and receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, suggests that increased reactivity of these cells may be present long before clinical diagnosis.
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At Home Workout: STOMPS
Strengthening and Optimal Movements for Painful Shoulders, STOMPS for short, is a home-based exercise program that has been shown to be effective in reducing long-standing shoulder pain in people with spinal cord injury.
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Congratulations on Dr Debbie Lee’s Winning Sarah Baskin Presentation!
Congratulations are in order to Dr. Debbie Lee, who received a 1st place Sarah Baskin Research Award for her presentation.
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Identifying specialized Immune Cells May Improve Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Jennifer Goldman and her team discovered the important key presence of specialized immune cells called alpha-synuclein reactive T-cells that could be found in patients to detect a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease before symptoms are present.
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WBEZ: How One Chicago-Area Family Survived COVID-19
Sandy Wilson-Muriel and her mother Gladys Wilson were the first in their family to get sick with COVID-19 in mid-March.
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ABC7: Chicago coronavirus survivor returns home after 10 weeks in 2 hospitals, rehab center
It took two and a half months, but Marian Steele fought COVID-19 and won, and now she's back home.
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D-Cycloserine for the Treatment of Chronic, Refractory Low Back Pain
This clinical trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of D-cycloserine versus placebo in relieving the signs and symptoms of patients with chronic lower back pain
Age Range
18 or older
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Sit for Five Minutes & Improve Your Posture
If you find yourself sitting for most of the day, you may feel tension throughout certain areas of the midback and neck. Without appropriate interventions, tissues in these areas can become stiff, weak, tight or too loose. And, imbalanced muscles often contribute to poor posture and can potentially lead to an injury.
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C-STAR
The Center for Smart Use of Technologies to Assess Real World Outcomes (C-STAR) offers the expertise, instruction and mentorship to educate rehabilitation researchers on the meaningful use of a vast array of technologies in the lab, clinic and community.
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