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Workplace Changes during the Pandemic Help Employment Levels for People with Disabilities Reach New Highs
Learn more about how workplace changes during the pandemic help employment levels for people with disabilities reach new highs.
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Nick McCombs: Finding His Passion in Psychology and Research
Nick McCombs finds his passion in psychology and research and discovers there isn’t a time limit on doing what you want to do in your life.
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Chair-based Dance
Get ready to sweat, smile, and move in our high-energy dance cardio class designed for all fitness levels! This class features easy-to-follow choreography inspired by interval training to maximize calorie burn while keeping the fun front and center.
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Five Wheelchair Tips for Winter
To make getting around when the temperatures plummet a little easier, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab occupational therapist Lauren Rizio offers four tips for wheelchair users to get through the winter months.
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Row With It: The Incredible Benefits of Rowing
Rowing offers a killer full-body workout and incredible opportunities for engagement with Chicago’s dynamic, dedicated and supportive rowing community.
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How People With Disabilities Can Overcome Barriers to Physical Activity
Whether people are born with a disability or develop one due to an illness, injury or chronic condition, regular physical activity can help improve quality of life and reduce the risk for other health issues or complications.
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Noninvasive Tools for Assessing Muscle Structure and Function
A fundamental challenge in physical medicine and rehabilitation has long been measuring muscle force and stiffness, yet there are no rigorous methods for doing so noninvasively.
Research Project

AAP Video: Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD's Advice to New Residents
In this video from the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP), Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD, shares advice and insights for new residents.
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Motor Cortical Representation of Reaching and Grasping
The foundation of our work has been for many years, the study of the brain's representation of reaching and grasping movements.
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Cerebral Palsy eBook available
New third edition of Cerebral Palsy book systematically reviews recent developments in the diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of Cerebral Palsy. Link to download eBook chapters.
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An Unanticipated Head Injury and Incredibly Bright Future
In 2011, Diedre Thomas excitedly dropped her daughter, Shannon, off at college for the first time. Two days later, everything changed.
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Jenny Burns: Love of Psychology and Research Leads to CROR
Since grade school, Jenny Burns has been interested in psychology. She remembers learning in sixth grade about the Stanford Prison Experiment, a psychological simulation involving college students who role-played being guards and prisoners.
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