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Dr. Richard Harvey Returns to WVON's Community Health Focus to Discuss Stroke Recovery
Richard Harvey, MD, clinical chair, Brain Innovation Center, appeared on Community Health Focus on WVON Chicago to discuss stroke recovery.
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Oliver Rivera, PT, DPT
Senior II Physical Therapist
Full Circle After a Non-Traumatic Brain Injury
Jim experienced a brain embolism brought on by infection and was quickly admitted to an acute-care hospital. After discharge, he came to RIC.
Patient Story
Assistive Technology
Assistive Technology offers custom tools that aid in communication, learning, operation of mobility or household devices and key functions.
Service
Five Lessons My Patients Taught Me About Surviving a Pandemic
Although it can be a lot of effort to support what our patients are going through, we rehab nurses are lucky to get to know some amazing people as they go through an epic, if not always glamorous, journey. I’d like to share a few examples of ways my patients’ resilience has informed my capacity to get through this time of shared difficulty.
Blog
Enhancing Quality of Orthotic Services with Process and Outcome Information
The project objective is to develop data collection modules to improve the quality of services for users of AFOs, the largest group of orthosis.
Research Project
Understanding Back Pain
Almost everyone will experience low back pain. The good news is that whether your back pain is mild or severe, short-lived or long-lasting, intermittent or constant, most cases will improve within a few weeks. (That doesn't make the experience any less challenging, however.)
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Stroke Impact Scale
Area of Assessment
Activities of Daily LivingCognition
Communication
Depression
Functional Mobility
Gait
General Health
Life Participation
Quality of Life
Social Relationships
Social Support
Upper Extremity Function
Time
minutesAssessment Type
Patient Reported Outcomescost
FreeRehabilitation Measure
“Fore!” Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Game-Changing Golf Partnerships & Research
When the USGA started its first Adaptive Open, who did they trust to classify the competitors with disabilities? The physiatrists and physical therapists of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, of course!
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Glasgow Outcome Scale - Extended
Area of Assessment
CommunicationActivities of Daily Living
Life Participation
Social Relationships
Occupational Performance
Time
minutesAssessment Type
Performance Measurecost
FreeRehabilitation Measure
Dr. Levi Hargrove Featured on CNBC
CNBC’s The News with Shepard Smith recently aired a segment on artificial touch in prosthetic limbs.
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Functional Independence Measure
Area of Assessment
Activities of Daily LivingTime
minutesAssessment Type
Observercost
Not FreeRehabilitation Measure