CROR's Primary Research Projects

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's (RIC) Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) conducts a variety of research projects related to quantifying the outcomes of rehabilitation. This work is in part funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the Social Security Administration, the Veterans Administration and other sources. CROR's primary research projects are listed below.

• RRTC on Rehabilitation Outcomes & Effectiveness
  • R1: Equating & Effectiveness
  • R2: Community Participation
    • T2: International Symposium on Measurement of Participation in Rehabilitation Research
  • R3: Rehabilitation Data Collection
  • R4: Quality Indicators
    • Health Literacy Links
  • Training & Dissemination
  • Technical Assistance
• Health Services Research DRRP on Medical Rehabilitation
• SSA Disability Research Institute
• Promoting Substance Use Assessment
• Outcomes on Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Arthritis & Physical Activity
•  Physical Activity Promotion for People with Arthritis
• Second Chances: An Investigation of Quality of Life following Stroke

Other Active Research

In addition to conducting numerous primary research projects the researchers who work at the RIC's CROR also lead and participate in a number of other active research projects that are initiated by their colleagues at other leading institutions, across the nation. A list of these projects is found below.

• RRTC-Stroke
• Patient Reported Outcomes
• Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders
• Computer Adaptive Testing