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Congrats to Amanda Shorter on Her Doctoral Thesis: Ankle Joint Mechanical Impedance During Locomotion
Congratulations to Amanda Shorter on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation, Ankle Joint Mechanical Impedance During Locomotion - Implications for Prosthesis Control and Rehabilitation.
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Developing Solutions to Real Life Challenges
AbilityLab team members participated in the Makeathon, a 72-hour marathon where a product is designed sharing physical solutions to real life challenges.
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Six Tips for Safer Backpack Use
Improperly used backpacks can injure muscles and joints, leading to neck pain, back pain and shoulder pain. Here a six suggestions for proper and safe backpack use:
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Technologies to Evaluate and Advance Manipulation and Mobility
TEAMM is an engineering center focused on helping improve the mobility and upper-limb function of people with disabilities.
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Effect of acute intermittent hypoxia on upper limb function in individuals with spinal cord injury
This study will help create a framework for the development of practical techniques to harness beneficial neuroplasticity in individuals with SCI.
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Pulmonary Phase III
Maintenance program for individuals with chronic pulmonary conditions looking to maintain their functional abilities.
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Adaptive Seated Yoga
Participants explore yoga postures and breathing exercises that will increase flexibility and postural alignment.
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Adaptive Pilates
Adaptive Pilates taught by a certified Pilates instructor, this class will help improve your core stability and provide improved core strength, trunk mobility, stability, and posture.
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Daniel Goodman, MD, MS
Attending Physician, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Medical Director of PM&R Consultation, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Associate Professor, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Severe COVID May Age Survivors' Brains 20 Years (via U.S. News)
Patients were often very forgetful, struggling with the sort of "brain fog" that would often make it difficult to find the words to express themselves. Dr. Colin Franz, a physician-scientist with the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, said the findings dovetail with his own experience with COVID-19 survivors.
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Nnaemezie Ezeife: Exploring the Bridge Between Outcomes Research and Medicine
Learn more about Nnaemezie Ezeife and his exploring of the bridge between outcomes research and medicine.
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Nerve Damage Linked to Prone Positioning in COVID-19
Among COVID-19 patients who undergo mechanical ventilation, lying in the prone position has been associated with lasting nerve damage.
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