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C-STAR: Merging Humans And Machines To Assist Walking And Running: Robotic Exoskeletons, Bionic Prostheses, And Mobile Brain Imaging
Online Learning
Selin Sipahi
Research Assistant
Locations
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, ranked “No. 1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America,” has a network of locations and partners with others to expand care into more communities.
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College Students Take Longer to Recover from a Concussion
It takes 7-14 days to recover from a concussion. Researchers questioned if it takes longer in college students who find it difficult to find time to recover.
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Power Forward Study: A Cross-Sector, Multisite Clinical Trial of a Powered Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis
The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of using the Nomad P-KAFO in people who have had a musculoskeletal or neurological injury that has affected their ability to walk.
Research Project
Dr. Prakash Jayabalan Receives Research Grant from Foundation for PM&R
Prakash Jayabalan, MD, PhD, attending physician and clinician-scientist at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, recently was honored with the 2019 Scott F. Nadler PASSOR Musculoskeletal Research Grant from the Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Translational Musculoskeletal Research (TMSKR) Laboratory
Our research is mainly 4 main categories: knee osteoarthritis, adaptive sports, physical activity related studies and outcomes of musculoskeletal treatments.
Lab
Functional Electrical Stimulation and High Repetition Task Training in Spinal Cord Injury
Online Learning
Power Forward Study: A Cross-Sector, Multisite Clinical Trial of a Powered Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis
The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of using the Nomad powered KAFO in people who have had a musculoskeletal or neurological injury that has affected their ability to walk.
Age Range
18-89
Clinical Trial
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation: A Neural Interface for Artificial Limbs
During TMSKR nerves in an amputee’s residual arm are transferred to target muscles that no longer perform a useful function because of the amputation.
Research Project
Contextual Memory Test
Area of Assessment
Attention & Working MemoryCognition
Reasoning/Problem Solving
Time
minutes , Part I takes 10-20 minutes, then there is a 15-20 minute delay before Part II if additional testing is needed.Assessment Type
Performance Measurecost
$142.00Rehabilitation Measure