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'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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Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six
Area of Assessment
AssertivenessCommunication
Language
Activities & Participation
Mental Functions
Speech
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minutesAssessment Type
Performance Measurecost
$99.00Rehabilitation Measure
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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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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Neurostimulation for the Treatment of Post-Stroke Aphasia
This research study examines if non-invasive brain stimulation paired with a speech and language therapy task is an effective form of treatment for post-stroke aphasia.
Age Range
18-80
Clinical Trial
Laura Ferrio, MBA, MSN, RN, CRRN, NEA-BC
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President
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.
Research Project
Pediatric
Leading the world in advancing knowledge of conditions affecting function and development in children, our Pediatric Innovation Center is the only one of its kind in the Midwest.
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Dr. Monica Perez Earns Elite Grant from NIH
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) — part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — has awarded Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD, with the intensely competitive and prestigious R35 grant to create breakthroughs in spinal cord injury science and therapy.
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Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Physical Therapist Featured in News Segment about Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Men
Research suggests that one in 12 men are affected by pelvic floor dysfunction. To learn more about its real-life impact on men, FOX 32 Chicago turned to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Ariana Alexander, DPT, a board-certified specialist in pelvic floor physical therapy.
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