Tag: Rehabilitation
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Weekly Steroids Strengthen and Repair Muscles
Weekly doses of glucocorticoid steroids, such as prednisone, help speed recovery in muscle injuries and repair muscles damaged by muscular dystrophy, according to a study.
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Team Physician for Paralympic Soccer Team Shares Experience in Rio
Monica Rho, ’05 MD, ’09 GME, traveled to the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as head team physician for the U.S. Paralympic Men’s Soccer Team.
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New Research Offers a Fresh Perspective on Motor Learning
A new study, led by scientists at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, helps explain the phenomenon of movement chunking, which has important implications for the treatment and rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders.
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Unlocking the Brain’s Role in Pain
Certain anatomical properties of the brain – not the initial injury – determine most of a patient’s risk of developing chronic pain, according to a new study.
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RIC’s New Hospital Designed For Innovation
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago’s new 242-bed research hospital will put scientists and physicians in shared spaces, allowing innovation and treatment to collide.
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Explaining How Brain Signals Control Movement
A Northwestern Medicine study has shown how signals from neurons in the motor cortex produce precise and consistent movement over time, findings that could inform the design of brain machine interfaces.
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Masters of Prosthetics and Orthotics Students Celebrate At Closing Ceremony
The Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center held a closing ceremony for their second graduating class of Masters of Prosthetics and Orthotics students.
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Improving Movement After Stroke and Brain Injury
Injections of botulinum toxin improved active arm movement for stroke and brain trauma patients in a clinical trial that involved Northwestern Medicine co-investigator Christina Marciniak, MD, ’85 GME.
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Presenting Research at Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences Training Day
Students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty showcased their work in the field of rehabilitation medicine at Feinberg’s fifth annual Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences (MRS) Training Day.
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Building a Better Prosthetic Leg for Amputees
Scientists from Feinberg and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago developed a bionic leg that uses electromyographic (EMG) signaling to give patients with above-knee amputations better control over movement than current prosthetics.
