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Charity Care Giving
Charity Care gives patients access to a complete range of services including prosthetic limbs; braces; physical, occupational, and recreational therapy.
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Back to College After a Traumatic Brain Injury
Brett suffered a severe TBI after a skiing accident. Through our Amicous Program, daily speech therapy and inpatient care he walked out of the hospital.
Patient Story
Lokomat Training
Lokomat training is a robot-assisted walking therapy to help a person whose ability to walk has been impaired due to stroke, SCI, TBI, or other condition.
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Swimmer Learns to Walk Again after Beach Accident
After a diving accident at the beach, Tural was admitted to RIC where we went through the frustrations of therapy couple with "crazy and happy moments."
Patient Story
DayRehab Outings: Transitioning back to Independence
To prepare patients for return to their dynamic lifestyles, we incorporate treatment with groups of patients across all types of therapies; working with others toward similar goals.
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Watch: How Henry Went from Golf Caddy to Patient to Competitor
Through intensive therapy, Henry has worked hard to regain the ability to speak, walk, use his arms and to participate in his favorite sport — golf.
Patient Story
Dr. Mitra Lavasani Earns Prestigious R01 Grant from NIH
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Mitra Lavasani, PhD, the director of the Translational Cell Therapy Lab, will advance a novel approach that could help find if there a way to turn back the clock on aging.
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Tasos Karakostas, MPT, PhD
Associate Director
Adjunct Faculty for Orthopedic Surgery, Northwestern
Modulating stimuli intensity to improve clinical outcomes in aphasia treatment
We are conducting a research study that will help us understand how to better schedule speech and language therapy. The therapy can be done from home on either your personal computer or laptop that we will lend to you.
Age Range
At least 18 years old
Clinical Trial
COMPLETE: Locomotor Function Following Acute Intermittent Hypoxia and Transcutaneous Electrical Spinal Cord Stimulation in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
The purpose of this study is to determine if acute intermittent hypoxia therapy (AIH) combined with transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) during ambulation training improves locomotor function in individuals with spinal cord injury.
Research Project
