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Robotic Treadmill for Intense, Adaptive Propulsion Training
We will fabricate an innovative split-belt treadmill system that allows backward-directed, real-time-adaptive, resistive forces applied to the pelvis.
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Integrating Brain and Muscle Feedback for Hand Recovery
We will develop and evaluate a collaborative technology that combine biofeedback of two neural signals — EEG and EMG?to promote movement therapy.
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An Adaptive Wearable Balance Trainer
Development of a therapy-ready collaborative balance trainer.
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Parkinson’s Works Support Group Helps Members Navigate Employment Challenges
Lynn Johnson was a busy mother of two and a senior project manager when she was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease in her 40s.
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Study Looks at Parkinson’s Disease and Employment
The goal of the prospective observational study is to gain insight into whether vocational rehabilitation (VR) counseling and other resources can help people with Parkinson’s remain employed.
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Technology and Innovation Hub Featured on Front Page of Chicago Tribune
Dr. Jayaraman and others from the Technology and Innovation Hub were recently featured in a front page article of the Chicago Tribune.
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Dr. Ishan Roy Featured in National Cancer Institute’s Cancer.gov Article on Cachexia
In a recent article published on the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer.gov website, Shirley Ryan 小恩雅’s Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, attending physician, Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic, and research scientist, was featured prominently as an expert on cachexia — a cancer-related muscle-wasting syndrome.
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Meet Dr. Ishan Roy — Physician-Scientist Researching Cachexia, a Cancer-Related Muscle Wasting Syndrome
After officially joining Shirley Ryan 小恩雅 as an attending physician-scientist in 2021, Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, practices clinically in the Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic and focuses his research on cachexia (pronounced ca-kex-ia).
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Dr. Ishan Roy Featured in National Cancer Institute’s Cancer.gov Article on Cachexia
In a recent article published on the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer.gov website, Shirley Ryan 小恩雅’s Ishan Roy, MD, PhD, attending physician, Cancer Rehabilitation Clinic, and research scientist, was featured prominently as an expert on cachexia — a cancer-related muscle-wasting syndrome.
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U.K. Foundation Funds Dr. Monica Perez’s Study of Combined Neurostimulation in SCI
The Walkabout Foundation recently announced its funding of new research led by Monica A. Perez, PT, PhD, scientific chair, Arms + Hands Lab, Shirley Ryan 小恩雅.
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Transition planning for young adults with disabilities complicated by COVID-19
For young people with disabilities, the passage into adulthood comes with a marker that is even more fraught than these existential questions: aging out of youth supports and services and into adult services, often with little to no guidance in the process.
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Gaps in research and services persist for Americans with disabilities as they age
It is important to consider the social determinants of health when assessing the best ways for all seniors to remain in their communities as they age.
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