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Urmi’s Story: A Young Scientist’s Journey
A neurophysiologist's journey to recovery after a rare type of stroke.
Patient Story
Expansion of self-direction of Medicaid services during COVID-19 pandemic yields positive outcomes, but more research is needed
When a person chooses to self-direct their Medicaid services they make decisions about and manage their own home and community-based services (HCBS) and supports.
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Got long Covid? Seniors should prepare to go slow
Older adults who have survived Covid-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, muscle aches, heart palpitations, headaches, joint pain and difficulty with memory and concentration — problems linked to long Covid.
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People with significant day-to-day variation in cognition after a stroke have greater problems with daily activities and socializing
Researchers led by Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) Assistant Director, Alex Wong, PhD and former CROR post-doc, Elizabeth Munsell, PhD, OT, have published new findings in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.
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Inpatient Care
We treat several thousand inpatients with a wide variety of functional impairments, from the common to the most complex.
Service
People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Face Challenges with Employment, Health Disparities
In some respects, life has gotten much better for many Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). But more than 7 million people in the U.S. with IDD are still facing substantial challenges, disability experts say.
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Recovering Arm Functionality: Dr. Stoykov on Brain Injury
Dr. Mary Stoykov contributes to chapter 5 of "Healing the Broken Brain", explaining why the arm and hand recover slowest after a paralyzing incident such as a stroke or brain injury.
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What are organoids, and how can we leverage this extraordinary technology?
Dr. Colin Franz is developing organoids — artificially grown masses of cells or tissue that resemble organs — to see whether this technique can contribute to life-changing discoveries for our patients.
Blog
Leora Cherney Receives Elite Distinction; Named “Fellow of ACRM”
On Nov. 7, Leora Cherney, PhD, scientific chair, Think + Speak Lab, was inducted as a Fellow of ACRM — the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s recognition of its most outstanding members.
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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
Dr. Mitra Lavasani Earns Prestigious R01 Grant from NIH
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Mitra Lavasani, PhD, the director of the Translational Cell Therapy Lab, will advance a novel approach that could help find if there a way to turn back the clock on aging.
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