#1 for 33
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.
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.
Clinical Trials
Research fuels our passion and informs our patient care. See if you quality for one of our studies.
Accepting Patients
Intuitively-controlled Virtual Reality to Treat Phantom Limb Pain
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of two different forms of virtual reality training as a treatment for phantom limb pain.
Accepting Patients
Response to walking exercise in persons with lower limb amputation
The purpose of this study is to better understand how walking exercise impacts the knee joint in lower limb amputees.
Accepting Patients
HANDS: A Multi-Center Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Intermittent Hypoxia Therapy in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
A study to investigate the effectiveness of daily acute intermittent hypoxia therapy (dAIH), coupled with a massed practice intervention or the use of high repetition training.
Accepting Patients
The Influence of Stroke on Reciprocal Control of the Stretch Reflex During Posture
The purpose of this research study is to better understand how a stroke changes our muscles' ability to maintain postures.
Accepting Patients
Efficacy Verification in Early Diagnosis and Management of Lymphedema through Home Body Water Analyzer
This clinicial trial through Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is compares water body scales used in the clinic and at home to detect early onset breast cancer-related lymphedema.
Latest News
Wearable Airbag-sensor Technology Could Help Predict Falls & Cushion Impact
Scientists at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab are leading the charge to develop better fall-detection models and advance fall-mitigation technologies, such as wearable airbags for individuals at high-risk of falling.
view all newsWheelchair Softball Players Celebrate Ribbon-cutting with Cubs Charities
On Sept. 16, Laura Ferrio, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Derek Daniels, director, Adaptive Sports & Fitness Program, Therapeutic Recreation and Volunteer Services, and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab wheelchair softball players participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the renovated adult wheelchair softball diamond in California Park on the city’s North Side.
Tracy’s Path Back from Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury
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.