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2018 CBM Symposium
The 2018 CBM Symposium showcased emerging research from our team members.
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Person-Centered Planning Central to Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities to Lead Full Lives
By the 1980s, some social scientists and disability advocates were making the case that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) should have more say in where and how they lived. Yet when social workers asked people with IDD those questions, the residents were often at a loss.
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COMPLETE: Wearable Sensor Platform to Monitor Stroke Recovery
This project proposes continuous monitoring, quantification, and interpretation of recovery during inpatient treatment of stroke using non-invasive, portable, real-time body-worn sensors.
Research Project
Exploring Sex Effects in Rehabilitation Medicine
Recent trials support the therapeutic utility of rTMS where a hyperexcitable unlesioned motor cortex can be targeted with slow frequency stimulation.
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Research Seminar Series
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Research Seminar Series occurs weekly in 10-week sessions online.
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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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Design + Structure
We are revolutionizing the future of rehabilitation by creating a new model of care and that also means developing a new approach to hospital layout & design
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Rural Seniors and People with Disabilities Face Challenges Accessing Long-term Services and Supports
In order to meet the growing demand for LTSS, states must adjust their spending and invest more money and workforce development in home and community-based services (HCBS).
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Rural Seniors and People with Disabilities Face Challenges Accessing Long-term Services and Supports
In order to meet the growing demand for LTSS, states must adjust their spending and invest more money and workforce development in home and community-based services (HCBS).
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Arms + Hands Lab
The two-story Harris Family Foundation Arms + Hands Lab is a robust environment designed for patients and research participants working on recovering and strengthening complex hand and reaching skills — turning a key, picking up a pen, reaching for a glass, putting on a sweater … all the many things we do with our hands, arms and fingers.
Ability Lab
Walk This Way to Post-Stroke Recovery
The primary PTs refer patients to gait therapy if walking goals are indicated, usually soon after completion of an initial evaluation.
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