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Is walking as important as your temperature or blood pressure?
Dr. R. James Cotton explores innovative methods, including smartphone and video camera technologies combined with artificial intelligence, to provide clinicians with practical, cost-effective tools for studying motion and tracking changes in gait.
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How can we accelerate the timeline for cancer rehabilitation research?
Dr. Ishan Roy's team uses this model to rapidly test individual therapies to identify ideal treatment approaches. Their insights are leading to greater understanding of the science behind cancer-related weight.
loss and greater recovery for cancer patients.
loss and greater recovery for cancer patients.
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Promoting the Psychological Health of Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
The Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research received 3 years of funding—covering April 2021 through April 2024—from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation. This project aims to support the mental health of persons living with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI).
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C-STAR: Merging Humans And Machines To Assist Walking And Running: Robotic Exoskeletons, Bionic Prostheses, And Mobile Brain Imaging
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Selin Sipahi
Research Assistant
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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.
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