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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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Research Spotlight: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Advances Study of Peripheral Nerve Injury & Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation
Research was undertaken by physician-scientist Colin Franz, MD, PhD, and a team of researchers in the rehabilitation hospital’s Regenerative Neurorehabilitation Laboratory.
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COVID-19 Outcomes of Inpatient Rehabilitation & Impact on Individuals with Disability in the Community
Online Learning
Fall Prevention Update: New Interventions & Technologies to Address Fall Prevention at Home & in the Hospital
Online Learning
Reconstructive Surgery for People with Spinal Cord Injury
The Journal of Neurophysiology recently published a review by Adenike Adewuyi, MD PhD — a 2022 graduate of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residency program — and her mentor, Colin Franz, MD, PhD, physician-scientist, at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The review defines a clinical framework for evaluating patients with spinal cord injuries to determine their candidacy for nerve transfer surgery.
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Open House
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab invites patients, visitors, and staff to an upcoming Open House for the Multiple Sclerosis community.
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Understanding how Powered Componentry Impacts Prosthetic Gait with a Transfemoral Prosthesis
The objective of this study is to understand how using a new powered prosthetic knee and/or ankle affects how people walk with a prosthesis.
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18-95
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Recreational Therapy
Recreational therapy utilizes recreation and leisure-based interventions to improve a patient’s physical, cognitive, and social functioning; increase independence; and reduce or eliminate the effects of illness and/or an impairment.
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The Benefits of Recreational Therapy in Inpatient Rehabilitation
After a life-changing injury or illness, many people choose to continue their recovery in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital like Shirley Ryan AbilityLab — to restore function, recover lost abilities and regain independence.
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