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Training Therapists in Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Rehabilitation Participation for Spinal Cord Injury
This study addresses the problem that patient participation in SCI rehabilitation is not always optimal.
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Sensor Technology Applied in Rehabilitation for Stroke (STARS)
The goal of the STARS project is to develop machine-learning algorithms that quantify impairments and function that impact gait and balance, using datasets obtained from advanced wearable sensors in individuals with stroke.
Research Project
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Ranked #1 in Rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report 2017
We have once again been recognized as the national leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for 27 years.
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Q & A with Lisa Helma, Manager of Vocational Rehabilitation Services at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Learn more about vocational rehabilitation, or voc rehab as it’s sometimes known, a discipline that works with individuals with disabilities to help them achieve their vocational goals. Voc rehab services revolve around training, education, employment and job retention.
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Episode 01: Introduction to the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research with Allen Heinemann, PhD
In our first episode of Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, we'll talk with Allen Heinemann, PhD, Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) about the different research projects currently underway in the Center, how CROR fits into the larger research environment at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
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Charles Bombardier: Combining Behavioral Medicine and Rehabilitation Psychology to Help People with Disabilities
When Charles Bombardier looks back on his long career in behavioral medicine and rehabilitation psychology, he says it all started with his high school teacher Mrs. Hagan.
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No. 1 in Rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report for 29th Consecutive Year
AbilityLab recognized as the national leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for the 29th consecutive year.
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The Rehabilitation Measures Database at the 2024 APTA Combined Sections Meeting in Boston
CROR Associate Director, Linda Ehrlich-Jones, PhD, RN along with Jenni Moore, PT, founder of the Institute for Knowledge Translation, presented on our Rehabilitation Measures Database (with 558 summarized measures and counting!) at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting in Boston.
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Linda Ehrlich-Jones, RN, PhD, named Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Linda Ehrlich-Jones, RN, PhD, Associate Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab has been designated a Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
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Pairing Rehabilitation Interventions to Maximize Efficiency and Recovery (PRIMER)
The goal of this project is to evaluate the paired contributions of intensity and variability of stepping training on lower extremity function post-stroke.
Research Project
Intrepid, Joyful Lewis Takes SCI Rehabilitation by Storm
Lewis wants to help others who are on similar journeys. “I would love to show people who have spinal cord injuries that there are always possibilities. I want to be a leader, sharing my positivity — especially in Kenya.”
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