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Parkinson’s Works Support Group Helps Members Navigate Employment Challenges
Johnson is now a veteran member of the Parkinson’s Works group, a support group for people with Parkinson’s disease who want to discuss employment-related issues. The group is run by Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and meets by Zoom twice a month and has about 16 core members around the country.
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Parkinson’s Works Support Group Helps Members Navigate Employment Challenges
Lynn Johnson was a busy mother of two and a senior project manager when she was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease in her 40s.
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Limb Loss Awareness Month Recap
Read more about our events for Limb Loss Awareness Month, including advice from Paralympian Patrick Byrne.
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Alyssa Jones, PT, DPT, NCS
Research Physical Therapist - Neurorehabilitation and Neural Engineering Lab
Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Neurologic Physical Therapy

On Your Mark: The Benefits of a Running Assessment
In the following Q&A, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s Lauren Bradley, DPT, and Meghan Hennessy, DPT, explain how such an assessment can help runners understand their technique, improve performance, and address and prevent musculoskeletal-related injury.
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Innovations in Limb Reconstruction Webinar
Center for Bionic Medicine researchers and collaborators led an online webinar on April 6, 2021 focused on innovations in limb reconstruction for people with limb loss and impairments.
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Improve dynamic lateral balance of humans with SCI
This project will test whether robotic balance training paired with transcutaneous spinal stimulation will be effective in improving dynamic balance and locomotor function in humans with SCI.
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Max Näder Center Partnering with AbbVie to Study Investigational Treatment for Spinal Cord Injury
The Max Näder Center is partnering with AbbVie to evaluate the potential of an investigational monoclonal antibody that may help in the treatment of spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions.
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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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Motor Impairment Related Changes in Muscles Properties in Chronic Stroke
Interested in understanding if the chronic neural impairments & disuse of the upper limb associated with hemiparetic stroke lead to changes in muscle structure
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