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Developing Solutions to Real Life Challenges
AbilityLab team members participated in the Makeathon, a 72-hour marathon where a product is designed sharing physical solutions to real life challenges.
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Training for the Chicago Marathon? Stick to Your Training Plan & Start Now
Teachers always say “don’t cram for a test” — well, the same applies to running a marathon. You can’t cram a six-month training plan into three months and expect the same results.
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Nick’s Story: How Assistive Technology Gave Him a Voice
Nick lost the ability to communicate at just 17 years old when his heart stopped during a routine surgery on his jaw. He went without oxygen for 10 minutes, leaving him with a severe brain injury and unable to walk, talk or eat.
Patient Story
Nnaemezie Ezeife: Exploring the Bridge Between Outcomes Research and Medicine
Learn more about Nnaemezie Ezeife and his exploring of the bridge between outcomes research and medicine.
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How do wrist surgical salvage procedures limit hand strength?
Our project hypothesizes that surgical re-design of the wrist in proximal row carpectomy and scaphoid-excision four-corner fusion limits hand strength post-op.
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Wall Street Journal: New Long Covid Treatments Borrow From Brain Rehab Tactics
Cognitive problems are among the most persistent and common lasting effects of Covid. Now some patients are getting help from brain rehab programs.
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Reframing a Problem as a Solution
Exploiting Spasticity's Promise: Biomarker Points to Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury.
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The Best (& Worst) Toys for Early Childhood Development
If you are an expecting parent, one of your biggest concerns is likely whether you have everything you need. Here are common toys and equipment our Shirley Ryan AbilityLab expert pediatric physical therapists and movement specialists recommend.
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Nnaemezie Ezeife: Exploring the Bridge Between Outcomes Research and Medicine
Ezeife had already been thinking about pursuing medicine as a career, but his mother’s experience made him realize he also wanted to help people with disabilities make fuller recoveries.
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ABC7: Humboldt Park man driven by dance to walk again
A combination of perseverance and passion for dance is the driving force behind the recovery of a Humboldt Park man.
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Back to Basics: Five Tips for Starting a New Running Regime
While we’re all sheltering in place, many of us have found our activity levels declining. Gyms are closed, we aren’t walking to work, and our normal routines have changed drastically. Physical activity is now more important than ever, and running is a great way to keep moving that doesn’t require any special equipment.
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Dr. Jose Pons Receives National Science Foundation Award
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Dr. Jose Pons with the NRI-National Robotics Initiative 2.0 grant starting September 2020.
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