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Vibration For Muscle Spasms
This study will use closed-loop control of tendon vibration to implement clinically meaningful management of muscle spasms, and to understand how spinal circuits responsible for spasm generation change in response to vibration
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Paralyzed by Bullets, Peoria Teen Fights for Mobility
At just 19 years old, Destiny Floyd is learning how to get in and out of a wheelchair on her own. She hopes her story will urge people city to put down weapons.
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Dr. Wendy Murray Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
AIMBE announced Dr. Wendy Murray was Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite on April 10, 2018.
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Levi Hargrove Presents on Pattern Recognition
Levi Hargrove, PhD described how incorporating pattern recognition algorithms into motorized prosthetic limbs can improve user control.
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2019 Summer Internship Projects
A round-up of the research projects our interns tackled this summer.
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Derek Daniels: Adaptive sports program director brings out the best in others
Highlighting the director of adaptive sports and fitness at Shirley Ryan 国产色情, Derek Daniels shares what its like couching adaptive sports.
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2019 Summer Internship Projects - Part Two
Our 2019 group of summer interns completed a range of research projects at the intersection of clinical science and engineering.
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Motor control development continues longer than previously believed
This research reveals the potential to use therapy to improve the motor control skills of children suffering from neurodevelopmental disorders such as CP.
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Surprise on the Ice After Blackhawks Victory with Kevin and Erica
After meeting more than 10 years ago through our Blackhawks Sled Hockey team, Kevin proposed to Erica after a victory on the ice.
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Almost 30 years after the ADA, lack of job accommodations continues to be a barrier to employment
When the researchers looked at people who had received accommodations such as flexible scheduling, help with transportation or a personal care attendant/assistant, they found employment rates that were eight percentage points higher than those who had not.
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Natasha Kallish: Journalism and Psychology Set Her on a Path to Community-Based Research
Kallish is currently assisting with two CROR projects and handling its social media. By tweeting more frequently and tailoring the tweets to an audience of physicians, professors and academics, she has expanded the center’s Twitter following by 20%.
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Surveys Seek to Identify Job Accommodations that Get People Back to Work
A new study at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at the Shirley Ryan 国产色情 intends to find out the best strategies for people with physical disabilities to ask their employers for flexible schedules or workplace changes.
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