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Episode 10: The Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅
On this episode of INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk with David Chen, MD, the George M. Eisenberg, Chair of spinal cord injury rehabilitation at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅, about the ?Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System?, the National Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems Database and cutting-edge research into biomarkers that may predict functional recovery after spinal cord injury.
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CROR Research Advances Knowledge About How to Increase Employment of People with Disabilities
A six-year project at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 has produced important findings that could help people with disabilities find work or hold on to their current jobs.
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Ascension Saint Alexius Medical Center
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COMPLETE: Personalized Mobility Interventions using Smart Sensor Resources for Lower-Limb Prothesis Users
The rehabilitation goal for individuals with amputations is to enable reintegration into society, employment, independent living, economic and social self-sufficiency—and for Service Members, a return to active duty and redeployment, where possible.
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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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Miriam Rafferty: A Passion for Helping People with Parkinson’s Live Their Best Lives
These days, Rafferty, Ph.D., is a physical therapist and rehabilitation research scientist at the Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 working with people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
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PAPER: Robotic locomotor training more cost-effective than conventional training for patients with complete spinal cord injuries
A new study reported in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation found that the cost-effectiveness of the type of locomotor training received – traditional versus robotic – depends on the severity of the injury.
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Research Update: RRTC on Home and Community-Based Services
Effective delivery of person-centered home and community-based services (HCBS) is linked to a handful of key competencies of those providing the services, according to a new article published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology led by researchers in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅.
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Research Update: RRTC on Home and Community-Based Services
Effective delivery of person-centered home and community-based services (HCBS) is linked to a handful of key competencies of those providing the services, according to a new article published in the Journal of Applied Gerontology led by researchers in the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅.
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Kara Link: Working to Understand the Connections Between Chronic Pain and Substance Misuse
Link began working with Ehde on a project funded through the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan 小恩雅. The project examines whether telephone-delivered therapy can help people with disabilities, including multiple sclerosis (MS), stay employed.
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Episode 02: Working Through Parkinson's Disease
On our second episode of the INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast, we talk about a really tricky subject: what is it like to go to work with Parkinson's disease?
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Thousands Rally Around Girl Left Unconscious in Accident
Leah Dinchak continues her rehabilitation after a tragic accident left her in a coma from a traumatic brain injury.
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