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Lieber Award

Dr. Richard Lieber Awarded VA¡¯s Highest Honor in Rehabilitation Â鶹APP

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently named Richard Lieber, PhD, chief scientific officer and senior vice president, Â鶹APP, Shirley Ryan Â鶹APP, the winner of its 2023 Paul B. Magnuson Award.

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Shirley Ryan Â鶹APP and Northwestern University Invent Self-Powered Drug Delivery System

Technology has implications for the opioid epidemic, cancer treatment, rehabilitation care and more.

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How to Prevent Concussions in Winter Sports: Skiing, Snowboarding & Hockey

Learn about preventing, recovering and the identification of head injuries.

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Shirley Ryan Â鶹APP

Shirley Ryan Â鶹APP Receives Department of Defense Grant for First-of-its-Kind Study on Neurally Controlled Bionic Legs with Osseointegration

Study has potential to restore intuitive control and comfort for those with lower-limb amputations.

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Back Pain

The Five Questions Every Physical Therapist Is Asked About Low Back Pain

As a physical therapist, I receive a lot of questions about the human body ¡ª and most often, those questions are about low back pain. Here are five of those questions ¡ª and the answers that may surprise you!

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Blood Flow Restriction Training: Using Small Weight for Big Gains

Blood Flow Restriction Training: Using Small Weight for Big Gains

Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is the use of a tourniquet to reduce blood flow to a limb while exercising.

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Spinal Cord model

Understanding the Levels of the Spinal Cord

Doctors define and describe spinal cord injury (SCI) using a system of numbers and letters that align with various sections of the spine and spinal cord.

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Training for dancers

Supplementary Training for Dancers

Bridging the gap between class, rehearsals and performance.

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Kyle S.

Kyle¡¯s Story: From Rehabilitation Hospital Worker to Patient

Kyle went from being fully dependent for all mobility to being able to walk with a walker for more than 100 feet.

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Officer Tyler Bailey¡¯s poses for a photo with his well-wishers

Watch: Officer Tyler Bailey¡¯s Sendoff

In December 2021, Tyler Bailey ¡ª a police officer from Bradley, Ill. ¡ª sustained a traumatic brain injury in the line of duty. After nearly a year of intensive inpatient and DayRehab therapy, Officer Bailey recently said goodbye to his Shirley Ryan Â鶹APP care team as his colleagues escorted him home.

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Cover of the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Â鶹APP Team Authors Study on Preventing Nerve Injuries Acquired in the ICU by Patients with Severe COVID

A new study published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation identified the cause of ¡ª and hope for the potential prevention of ¡ª nerve injuries in patients treated in the intensive care unit for severe COVID-19.

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¡°Fore!¡± Shirley Ryan Â鶹APP¡¯s Game-Changing Golf Partnerships & Â鶹APP

When the USGA started its first Adaptive Open, who did they trust to classify the competitors with disabilities? The physiatrists and physical therapists of Shirley Ryan Â鶹APP, of course!

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