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CBS Chicago: Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Physical Therapy Patients At Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Embrace Telehealth
During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers had to come up with new ways to see patients in need.
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National Patients
Patients travel to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab from across the United States to take advantage of our inpatient, DayRehab®, outpatient, and ExpertEval® services.
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Meet the Research Team: Maxson Joseph
Learn more about Maxson Joseph, a research assistant in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Lee Miller, PhD
Research Scientist
Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience, PM&R and Physiology (NU)
UChicago Medicine Mitchell Hospital
UChicago Medicine Mitchell Hospital
5815 South Maryland
Chicago, IL 60637
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Barriers to Access and Utilization of Care Persist for Individuals with Disabilities in Rural and Urban Settings
There are an estimated 41 million people with disabilities in the United States, according to census data from 2019. While individuals with disabilities can be found in every community in the US, researchers have noticed certain trends in the rates of disability by geographic area.
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Sports Medicine
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has physicians who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of spine, sports and musculoskeletal injuries.
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Learn about the benefits of working at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, including vacation hour, healthcare plans, 401k and more.
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Altering Post-Stroke Motor Recovery
True behavioral restitution, a return to normal motor patterns with the affected limb post-stroke, requires the recruitment and restoration of the residual ipsilesional hemisphere/corticospinal tract (CST). Following stroke, the spontaneous recovery mechanism selectively and continuously uses a more optimized neural network for motor execution, depending on the degree of CST damage.
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Xin Yu, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
In Heartfelt Reflection: A Message from our CEO
A message from Joanne C. Smith, MD, President & CEO, to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab employees on June 5, 2020
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