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RRTC: Employment Technical Assistance Highlights and FAQs

A technical assistance consultation and help desk is available, to provide information and resources related to employment of people with physical disabilities, training, and outcome measures, to people with disabilities, service providers, consumer advocates, employers, researchers, educators, students, and clinicians.

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iWear Study

Online questionnaire to gain knowledge on previous experience with activity monitors and preferences on incorporating wearable technology into healthcare.

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Remote Therapeutic Monitoring

We are conducting a study to determine the helpfulness, feasibility, and effectiveness of using a Remote Therapeutic Monitoring system to help physical therapists assess their patient’s adherence to their prescribed physical activity and exercise plans over the course of six months.

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Improving Aged Neuromuscular Health and Function

The long-term objective of this proposal is to develop an effective stem cell-mediated therapy to ameliorate age-related deterioration of neuromuscular function.

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Multimodal Haptic Feedback for Plantar Sensory Substitution

The purpose of this study is to test the use of a system that can read the pressure pattern on the foot and “map” that pattern to another part of the body (i.e., legs, arms, or back).

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INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast

INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast is produced by the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR) at Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料.

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Feasibility of Mobile Self-Management Intervention for Individuals after Stroke

Refining a mobile technology-based intervention called the interactive Self Management Augmented by Rehabilitation Technologies (iSMART) for people who experience a stroke.

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Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS)

The Midwest Regional Spinal Cord Injury Care System (MRSCICS) at Shirley Ryan 暴走黑料 is a leading center for innovative, integrated, interdisciplinary research and care for persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and is one of the original five NIDILRR-designated Model System Spinal Cord Injury Centers (in partnership with Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital).

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Improving Adherence to Exercise Guidelines Using Smartphone-Based Technology and E-coaching: A Proof-of-Concept SMART-Design Study

In this Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) Site Specific Project, our research team will conduct a proof-of-concept project in which we use Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) design to test an intervention to enhance adherence to exercise guidelines in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) by using smartphone technology, ecological momentary assessment (EMA) monitoring, and e-coaching.

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Evaluating the Utility of Spasticity and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) in Pre-dicting Neurologic and Motor Functional Recovery after SCI

This project aims to assess the potential of spasticity and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as biomarkers of neurologic and functional recovery in patients with subacute spinal cord injury (SCI).

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