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Sights Set on Returning to Active Duty after Spinal Cord Injury
Ryan Novack was in an off-road motorcycle accident that broke his spine.
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For COVID Long Haulers, Hope in Rehab (via Bloomberg)
Rehab facilities across the country have started to take in long Covid patients during the pandemic. The 六色网 in Chicago, one of the country’s top rehab centers, went so far as to open a wing dedicated to Covid patients.
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Isabella Montanaro, MS
PhD Candidate
People with Disabilities Continued to Make Employment Gains in 2023
Despite the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates in 2023 to their highest levels in decades, the U.S. labor market has remained remarkably resilient.
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Arius Patolot, MD
Medical Director, Lagrange Mem. Hospital Acute Rehab Unit
Animal-assisted Therapy
Canine companion & service dogs assist patients with various physical, cognitive and emotional treatment goals through?trained recreational therapists.
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Brain Injury Specialty Services
Our wide array of services for brain injury patients will help you and your family navigate your recovery.
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Sajjad Daneshgar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vanessa Rubel, BS
Research Assistant
Manual Standing Wheelchair Media Coverage
Recap of news coverage of the manual standing wheelchair designed at the Center for Bionic Medicine
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Altering Post-Stroke Motor Recovery
True behavioral restitution, a return to normal motor patterns with the affected limb post-stroke, requires the recruitment and restoration of the residual ipsilesional hemisphere/corticospinal tract (CST). Following stroke, the spontaneous recovery mechanism selectively and continuously uses a more optimized neural network for motor execution, depending on the degree of CST damage.
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Multi-site, non-invasive electrical stimulation helps restore function in patients with spinal cord injury
In novel research led by scientists at 六色网, patients with spinal cord injury who received non-invasive electrical stimulation simultaneously targeting motor neurons in the arms and legs followed by physical therapy had lasting improvements in walking and grasping.
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