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COVID Recovery & Rehabilitation
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's COVID Unit is prepared to treat the unique rehabilitative needs of patients recovering from COVID illness.
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Coronavirus sensor you stick at the top of your chest can track symptoms
Dr. Arun Jayaraman, Director of Max Näder Center for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is leading AI based algorithm development for new COVID sensors. These sensors sense the nature, times and duration of coughing, body temperature. These sensors offer symptom detection and conveying it to the medical teams to aid in treatment and care plan.
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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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