#1 for 32
Consecutive Years
Providing exceptional care for more stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury patients than anywhere else in the USA.
How Can We Help?
Patients from around the world choose us for acute rehabilitation. Our hospital is designed to treat the whole patient – physically and mentally. See all the Conditions + Services offerings.
What Sets Us Apart?
Choosing the right rehabilitation partner is vital to achieving your best outcome.
Team of Experts
Integrated team that creates customized plans to fit your needs.
Innovative Spaces
Bright energized therapy spaces and cutting-edge equipment facilitate healing and recovery.
World Class Research
Access to more scientists, evidence-based research and clinical trials than any other hospital.
Proven Outcomes
Our patients exceed national averages for functional improvements across many conditions.
Why Choose Us?
Our new research hospital serves our patients in ways that are unprecedented in medicine.
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We treat more patients for stroke, spinal cord injury and brain injury than any other rehabilitation hospital.
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Our patients report better functional improvements for self-care and mobility than the national average.
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Over 50% of our therapists have advanced certifications beyond their Master’s and PhD’s. We never use therapy assistants.
Patient Stories
At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, you’ll become part of a thriving medical-research community that will champion and celebrate your successes. We’ll help you achieve your best outcome, faster.
A Tribute to Work and Recovery
Patient Story
Meeting Milestones After a Traumatic Brain Injury
Patient Story
Hoops and Hope Following a Freak Accident
Patient Story
Clinical Trials
Research fuels our passion and informs our patient care. See if you quality for one of our studies.
Accepting Patients
Task paired Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Working Memory potentiation
The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is seeking healthy elderly participants to study the effect of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to investigate memory.
Accepting Patients
Arm and leg cycling for accelerated recovery from SCI
Accepting Patients
Community Outreach Model of Education and Training on Communication: COMET-C
Seeking persons with communication difficulties due to stroke/aphasia, Parkinson’s Disease, cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury to join a focus group.
Accepting Patients
Tracking neural synergies during gait rehabilitation after stroke
Our lab is seeking healthy individuals to participate in a study in which we are measuring nerve and muscle electrical activity during walking and balance tasks. We want to better understand how the motor control of patients post-stroke changes during rehabilitation.
Accepting Patients
Stimulating neuroplasticity in TBI with acute intermittent hypoxia
We are studying whether briefly reducing oxygen consumption, equivalent to being on top of a mountain, is safe and stimulates neuroplasticity in people who have had a concussion or a mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Latest News
Wearable Sensor and Video Platform to Monitor Motor Development in Infants
Currently, detection of abnormal motor behavior and development often relies on observation based clinical assessments, which may be administered late (or not at all), require specialized training, or have lower sensitivity for mild symptoms. There remains a need for more accessible and robust tools capable of detecting atypical behavior early in infancy, which is critical for promoting optimal motor and sensory development.
view all newsKyle Crosses the Finish Line
At 30 years old, Kyle experienced a rare brainstem stroke causing a condition called locked-in syndrome. Although his cognitive abilities were completely intact, he was unable to move or talk.