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Scientific Advances
Jul 13, 2016

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.

Disease Discoveries
May 19, 2016

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.

Campus News
Apr 25, 2016

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.

Scientific Advances
Apr 21, 2016

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.

Education News
Jan 5, 2016

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.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Dec 16, 2015

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.

Education News
Aug 25, 2015

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.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jun 22, 2015

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.

Education News
Jun 11, 2015

Twin MD/PhD Students Pursue Research Projects in Oncology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Medical Scientist Training Program students and twin sisters Lauren Smith, ’15 PhD, and Adrienne Long, ’15 PhD, discuss their recently published research projects and their futures as physician-scientists.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Jan 22, 2015

Family Voices And Stories Speed Coma Recovery


A new Northwestern Medicine study has shown that playing recorded family stories can help wake up coma patients’ unconscious brain more quickly, and with improved recovery.

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