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Outcomes of Musculoskeletal Treatments
Our work in this area focuses on outlining factors that maybe related to the outcome of musculoskeletal?procedures or treatments for degenerative musculoskeletal conditions.
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Physical Activity Engagement
Our goal is also to understand factors that maybe related to individual engagement in physical activity and how that changes in certain conditions e.g. lung cancer diagnosis or mitigation strategies of COVID-19.
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Person-Centered Planning Central to Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities to Lead Full Lives
By the 1980s, some social scientists and disability advocates were making the case that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) should have more say in where and how they lived. Yet when social workers asked people with IDD those questions, the residents were often at a loss.
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People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Face Challenges with Employment, Health Disparities
In some respects, life has gotten much better for many Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). But more than 7 million people in the U.S. with IDD are still facing substantial challenges, disability experts say.
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Lindsay DuBois: Dedicated to Empowering People through Public Health 嫩B研究院
Learn more about Lindsay DuBois and her dedication to empowering people through public health research.
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Renee Manfredi: Finding her Calling as an Advocate for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Renee, who was diagnosed with autism at age nine, is adding one more task to her calendar in 2021: She will chair a new Participant Council made up of people with various types of disabilities who will advise researchers at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes 嫩B研究院 (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院 in Chicago.
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Tiny Machine Poised to Unlock Brain’s Mysteries
A team of scientists, led by researchers has developed novel technology promising to increase understanding of how brains develop, and offer answers on repairing brains in the wake of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases.
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3D Cortical Spheroid Article Makes Cover of Science Advances 2021
The team of the Regenerative Neurorehabilitation Laboratory collaborated with Northwestern research labs to have an article published in the March 2o21 issue of Science Advances, with the 3D multifunctional neural interface lab illustration on the front cover.
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Chicago Tribune: Glen Ellyn dad has survived COVID-19, 9/11 and cancer
Chris Ward was diagnosed with COVID-19 the day before Thanksgiving. He had a headache, a rarity for him, and got a rapid test to rule out the virus before the holiday.
By the day after Thanksgiving, his heart was racing and he spiked a fever, so he went to the hospital.
He didn’t leave until February.
By the day after Thanksgiving, his heart was racing and he spiked a fever, so he went to the hospital.
He didn’t leave until February.
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Robotic Exoskeleton Study: Many Perceived Rehabilitation Benefits for People with Spinal Cord Injury but Not Ready Yet for Home Use
Some patients who have been in wheelchairs for decades can stand and walk over ground again in a robotic exoskeleton, putting them on eye-level with their family and friends for the first time in years.
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Deborah Crown: A Career in Healthcare Dedicated to Helping Others
Learn more about Deborah Crown and her career in healthcare that she dedicates to helping others.
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Edelle Field-Fote: Helping People with Spinal Cord Injury Through Accessible Neuromodulation
Throughout her career, Edelle Field-Fote has been conducting research on how combining practice with stimulation promotes neuroplasticity in people with spinal cord injuries.
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