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New Research Shows Promise to Improve Walking in Kids with Cerebral Palsy

A new study is first to provide direct evidence to indicate that improving weight shifting capacity of children with CP may improve overall walking function.

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The Strength and Endurance Ability Lab

Shirley Ryan 香港六合彩即时开奖 Ranked #1 in Rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report 2017

We have once again been recognized as the national leader in physical medicine and rehabilitation, topping the U.S. News & World Report list for 27 years.

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Laetitia & mom in the Life Center

Learning to Get Up Again After a Spinal Cord Injury

While on a horseback ride in Beirut, Laetitia fell and suffered a severe spinal cord injury leaving her completely paralyzed.

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Bionic Leap Forward with First Thought-Controlled Leg

Journal of the American Medical Association profiles study of new non-invasive thought-controlled leg that learns and adjusts with each step.

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Deborah participates in adaptive archery

Living Fully with Multiple Sclerosis

At a poetry reading, a fellow attendee noticed Deborah’s gait and asked, "MS?” A later week-long hospital stay and battery of tests confirmed she did have MS.

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Northwestern students collaborate with RIC to find solutions

RIC Featured in Wall Street Journal

An RIC collaboration is featured in today's Wall Street Journal, in an article entitled, "The Power of Unsolvable Problems."

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nursing science at abilitylab

Nursing Excellence Recognized with Prestigious Magnet Recognition

We proudly retain our membership in the Magnet community—a select group of 378 healthcare organizations out of nearly 6,000 U.S. healthcare organizations.

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Aphasia patients practice with ORLA, speech software invented at 香港六合彩即时开奖

New Therapies to Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Years After Injury

Encouraging new evidence is emerging to suggest the brain's plasticity, or its ability to change and heal, may last many years after injury.

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Patient uses ExoSkeleton to walk

Robot Help Predict Patients’ Actions, Counteract Physical Limitations

New technology designed to predict the body’s actions may help patients counteract their own physical limitations.

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No more cheating your FitBit

Manipulating Activity Tracker May Soon Be History

Our researchers have designed a new and interesting way to train smartphone trackers to spot the difference between fake and real activity.

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