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Dr. Mitra Lavasani Earns Prestigious R01 Grant from NIH
Is there a way to turn back the clock on aging? With a recently announced R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Aging, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Mitra Lavasani, PhD, director, Translational Cell Therapy Lab, will advance a novel approach that could help find an answer.
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Effects of twice-daily dosing 4-AP on Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury
Our studies aim to investigate potential Neuro-modulation Therapies with the help of an FDA approved drug in individuals with spinal cord injuries.
Age Range
18-85
Clinical Trial
Burr Ridge Outpatient & DayRehab Center®
Burr Ridge Outpatient & DayRehab Center®
7600 County Line Road
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
United States
Movement Disorder Society-Sponsored Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Revision
Area of Assessment
Activities & ParticipationBodily Functions
Cognition
Communication
Mental Functions
Speech
Sensation & Pain
Movement
Time
minutescost
$1000.00Rehabilitation Measure
Forearm ExoNET
Can you build a soft, exo-robot as a wearable orthosis to provide assistance during both rehabilitation and activities of daily living? Can this same device also be used as a therapeutic device by tuning to anti-assistance mode, providing more meaningful therapy to the user?
Research Project
'I'm just thankful to be here': Lightning strike survivor recounts his 4-month journey to recovery
After surviving a lightning strike, after enduring multiple surgeries to open his shins and forearms to save him from compartment syndrome, Jacob Brewer was being treated at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in downtown Chicago where he was receiving physical and occupational therapy.
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Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation Supports Pediatric Patient's New Customized Activity Chair
Last year, a rare brain tumor, left then-four-year-old Maggie unable to hold up her head, sit up or communicate. Now, after a year of physical, occupational and speech therapy at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, she engages in play, communicates, and interacts with songs and books.
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The Rehabilitation Measures Database at the 2024 APTA Combined Sections Meeting in Boston
CROR Associate Director, Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN along with Jenni Moore, PT, founder of the Institute for Knowledge Translation, presented on our Rehabilitation Measures Database (with 558 summarized measures and counting!) at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting in Boston.
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Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six
Area of Assessment
AssertivenessCommunication
Language
Activities & Participation
Mental Functions
Speech
Time
minutesAssessment Type
Performance Measurecost
$99.00Rehabilitation Measure
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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Developing probability distribution models from upper extremity free exploration trials to evaluate motor deficits in stroke patients
Stroke survivors vary greatly in their motor deficits and rehabilitative needs. Here, we gather unstructured upper limb movement data and seek to understand if there are patterns in their kinetics that reflect the underlying neuromuscular alterations. In doing so, we can improve our abilities to evaluate patients and design personalized rehab therapy.
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