• Our Mission

    The importance placed on outcome studies in medical rehabilitation has grown dramatically in recent years as clinicians and researchers have been required to find cost-effective means of providing patient care. The Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research is responsible for conducting outcomes research.
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    Rehabilitation Measures Database

    Check out the Rehabilitation Measures Database (RMD) for access to hundreds of instrument summaries and psychometric data.
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    Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS)

    The Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is a leading center for innovative, integrated, interdisciplinary research and care for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and is one of the original five NIDILRR-designated Model System Spinal Cord Injury Centers (in partnership with Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital).
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    INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast

    INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast is produced by the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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    Our Projects

    Take a look at a few of the projects we work on everyday.

    RRTC: Employment and Disability
    PROJECT TYPE: Quality Improvement, Health Services Research

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    RRTC: Home and Community-Based Services
    PROJECT TYPE: Health Services Research, Outcomes

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    Clinical Trials

    Please join our research registry to consider becoming a participant.

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    Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Equity and Quality in Assistive Technology (EQuATe)

    The objective of this project is to investigate the equity and quality of assistive technology (AT) provision and outcomes for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) or a diagnosis that affects the spinal cord.

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    Clinical Research Registry (CRR)

    Sign up here to be enrolled in our contact list for current and future studies that may benefit you and our research.

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    Interested in joining us?

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