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Multi-site, non-invasive electrical stimulation helps restore function in patients with spinal cord injury
In novel research led by scientists at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, patients with spinal cord injury who received non-invasive electrical stimulation simultaneously targeting motor neurons in the arms and legs followed by physical therapy had lasting improvements in walking and grasping.
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Emma Baillargeon, PT, DPT, MS
PhD Candidate
Graduate Student Researcher
Vocational Rehabilitation
The mission of Vocational Rehabilitation is to assist people with disabilities in returning to work or obtaining a new job. Our Vocational Counselors work with individuals to determine employment goals and job placement through counseling and vocational assessments.
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Five Tips for Managing Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow can be frustrating and painful but, with the right approach— and even, possibly, outpatient occupational therapy — recovery is possible. Here are a few easy tips to effectively reduce pain and promote healing:
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Women's Sports Medicine
We continue to actively research female-specific injury prevention and rehabilitation protocols to provide optimal care for female athletes.
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Natasha Kallish: Journalism and Psychology Set Her on a Path to Community-Based Research
Kallish is currently assisting with two CROR projects and handling its social media. By tweeting more frequently and tailoring the tweets to an audience of physicians, professors and academics, she has expanded the center’s Twitter following by 20%.
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Tonie Sadler Uses Lived Experience and Professional Life to Build the Future of Inclusion
Tonie Sadler, a postdoctoral fellow at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, specializes in disability health policy, poverty, and disparities research.
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Tonie Sadler Uses Lived Experience and Professional Life to Build the Future of Inclusion
Tonie Sadler says in order to make significant societal changes, the framing of the disability conversation needs to change.
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John and Kathy Schreiber Give $15 Million to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
The gift has been directed to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Accelerate Ability fundraising campaign. Specifically, it will fund innovative care and game-changing research targeted to patients with diverse brain conditions.
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Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Named Spinal Cord Injury Model System
RIC has again received the prestigious Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Model System designation.
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