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Wheelchair Basketball
The basketball program promotes growth in fundamental skills of basketball while teaching life skills of sportsmanship, dedication, & friendships.
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Breathing Low Oxygen to Enhance Spinal Stimulation Training and Functional Recovery in Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: The BO2ST Trial
The goal of this double-blind, placebo-controlled, block-randomized clinical trial is to investigate the efficacy and potency of daily acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) combined with transcutaneous electrical spinal stimulation (tSTIM) and skill-based walking practice.
Research Project
Adaptive Pilates
Adaptive Pilates taught by a certified Pilates instructor, this class will help improve your core stability and provide improved core strength, trunk mobility, stability, and posture.
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Congrats to Amanda Shorter on Her Doctoral Thesis: Ankle Joint Mechanical Impedance During Locomotion
Congratulations to Amanda Shorter on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation, Ankle Joint Mechanical Impedance During Locomotion - Implications for Prosthesis Control and Rehabilitation.
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Dr. Roy Joins Research Team Investigating Improved Care for Patients with Brain Cancer
The Lurie Cancer Center recently awarded a grant to an interdisciplinary team of researchers — including Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, attending physician, Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic, and research scientist — to improve care for patients with glioblastoma (GBM), a fast-growing type of brain cancer.
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Advanced Control Systems for Powered Prosthetic Legs
Robotic powered prostheses have a number of built-in mechanical sensors that can gather information about the position, angle, and force exerted by the prosthetic joints.
Research Project
Pay a Bill
You will receive a single, consolidated patient statement by mail (or electronically, if you opt for paperless billing) that includes both physician and hospital fees. As new services are completed, they will be added to this statement — allowing you to see all pending charges in one place.
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Diabetes Fitness & Education Class
Join the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Adaptive Fitness Program for an 11-week diabetes fitness and education class. This program is designed to help you manage diabetes through safe, effective exercise and education in a supportive environment.
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Managing Chronic Pain through Mindfulness
For individuals who live with chronic pain — either from an injury, illness or chronic condition — it can be challenging to remain present. Pain can lead to an increased focus on physical symptoms and internal feelings, which can exacerbate the pain experience.
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Monica Rho, MD, Selected as AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced that Monica Rho, MD, is one of 125 professionals chosen for the new IF/THEN program.
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Lucy’s Story: Embracing Pediatric Rehabilitation with a Bright Smile
After a severe car accident left
Lucy unable to walk at just two
years old, she came to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to begin intensive rehabilitation.
Lucy unable to walk at just two
years old, she came to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to begin intensive rehabilitation.
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First Kabiller Humanitarian Prize Winner Elissa Conlon
Elissa Conlon, speech-language pathologist and research clinician, Aphasia Core, found out she’d won when executive leaders and representatives from the Human Resources, Marketing and Advancement teams surprised her during a team meeting
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