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Ranked No. 1 by U.S. News & World Report for 35th Consecutive Year
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab again has been recognized as the national leader in rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for the 35th consecutive year. It remains the only hospital of any kind to hold this distinction, and has been ranked the No. 1 rehabilitation hospital every year since 1991.
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Amplitude Magazine Interviews Dr. Levi Hargrove About Department of Defense-Funded Research on Neurally Controlled Bionic Legs
In the News: Amplitude Magazine Interviews Dr. Levi Hargrove About Department of Defense Grant.
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Alliance Brings Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Nation’s Top Rehabilitation Program, to Hennepin Healthcare
Hennepin Healthcare and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab are joining forces to bring the services and expertise of the nation’s premier rehabilitation hospital to patients of Hennepin Healthcare. An alliance between Hennepin Healthcare and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab will build on the legacy of high-quality care and services provided by the inpatient rehabilitation team and related therapies at Hennepin Healthcare.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's New Golf Performance Program Featured on WGN
A recent episode of WGN Morning News featured a segment with Jessica Curran, DPT, clinical manager, Outpatient Therapy, discussing Shirley Ryan AbilityLab's new Golf Performance Program.
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Dr. Annette Grotheer Honored for Bringing Preventive Health Screenings to Barber & Beauty Shops
At an April 19 ceremony in Washington, D.C., Shirley Ryan AbilityLab medical resident Annette Grotheer, MD, MPH, was honored as one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s “40 Under 40," for founding The Shop Docs.
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Daily Herald Profiles Patient Competing on “The Great American Baking Show”
The Daily Herald recently published a profile of Nirali Chauhan — a Barrington resident, medical student and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab outpatient.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Launches Golf Performance Program to Improve Play, Reduce Injury Risk
Are you looking to improve your golf game — longer drives, crisper chips — without risking injury? Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s new Golf Performance Class can help!
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NBC 5 Profiles New Sports Program for Chicago Teens
In a recent news broadcast, NBC 5 aired a segment on the After School Matters Adaptive Sports Camp at Rainbow Beach Park. This pilot program — a partnership between After School Matters, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Adaptive Sports Program and the Chicago Park District — introduced Chicago Public Schools students to wheelchair basketball and hand-pedal bikes.
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Multi-site, non-invasive electrical stimulation helps restore function in patients with spinal cord injury
In novel research led by scientists at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, patients with spinal cord injury who received non-invasive electrical stimulation simultaneously targeting motor neurons in the arms and legs followed by physical therapy had lasting improvements in walking and grasping.
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Oak Point University: Celebrating Our First CNA Graduates
On March 25, the first class of graduates from Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Oak Point University CNA Career Accelerator Program received their certificates in a ceremony attended by colleagues, family and distinguished guests. This unique program provides a fully-paid fast track to educate, certify and employ certified nursing assistants (CNAs) — what we refer to as patient care technicians, or PCTs, at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. PCTs provide basic care to our patients, including basic hygiene, activities of daily living and therapeutic rehabilitation activities.
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Dr. Brenna Argall Inducted to Prestigious AIMBE College of Fellows
At a March 27 ceremony in Washington, D.C., Brenna Argall, PhD, research scientist and director, argallab, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering’s (AIMBE) College of Fellows. The AIMBE College of Fellows is a unique honor, recognizing the top 2 percent of medical and biological engineers in the country.
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Dr. Rick Lieber Receives 2023 Elsass Foundation Research Prize for Impacting Lives of People with CP
On March 27, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s chief scientific officer, Richard Lieber, PhD, was named the recipient of the 2023 Elsass Foundation Research Prize in recognition for being “one of the world's leading researchers in the field of cerebral palsy (CP).” He was nominated by his long-time collaborator Jan Fridén, MD, PhD, professor of hand surgery, Swiss Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil, Switzerland.
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Humans Are Not Just Big Mice: Study Identifies Science’s Muscle-Scaling Problem
Findings have significant implications for surgery, computational musculoskeletal modeling, muscle performance and rehabilitation.
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