The SCI Model Systems Equity and Quality in Assistive Technology (EQuATe) 2.0 Module takes a look at assistive tech used by individuals with spinal cord injury.

The Goldman Functional Fitness Program is part of a continuum of care meant to build upon the skills learned in physical or occupational therapy.

Serial casting is the process of putting on and then taking off a cast on an arm or leg every seven days for a period of several weeks.

As summer gets underway, wheelchair users shouldn’t give up on beach fun. With the right equipment, planning and a few helpful tips, the beach is absolutely within reach.

Fischer, OTD, is now doing exactly that as a Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) where she specializes in self-management for people with chronic conditions such as stroke and diabetes.

In mid-August, former patient Rob Heitz plans to swim the San Francisco Bay — from Alcatraz Island back to shore — to raise funds and awareness for the Paralysis Recovery Foundation, which he founded. Episode 3 of Escaping Paralysis — a docuseries following Rob’s story — includes interviews with three Shirley Ryan AbilityLab experts: David Chen, MD, section chief, Spinal Cord Injury; Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD, executive director, Technology & Innovation Hub; and Zev Rymer, MD, PhD, director, Sensory Motor Performance Program.

Our lab uses a number of biological methods to assess mitochondrial characteristics in muscles. The goal is to understand how alterations in mitochondrial biogenesis might lead to impaired muscle growth in children with cerebral palsy.

Our lab is interested in how their abundance and characteristics are related to muscle growth across different muscles in children with cerebral palsy.