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WSJ: How to Recognize the Symptoms of Aphasia and When to Seek Treatment
More than two million Americans suffer From Aphasia, the communication disorder that Bruce Willis was diagnosed with affects speaking and writing. Here are signs and symptoms.
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2022 Awardee: Erin Meier, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Awardee Erin Meier is an Assistant Professor and principal investigator of The Aphasia Network Lab at Northeastern University.
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Understanding and Applying Pain Science in Physical Therapy
Science has come a long way in helping individuals understand the experience of pain. Previously, pain was believed to be a result of a purely physical or anatomical issue, stemming from injury, illness or tissue damage.
Fortunately, a newer understanding of how pain works ¡ª pain science ¡ª takes a far more complex and nuanced view. Pain science moves away from the idea that tissue damage alone equates to pain. Rather, pain science suggests that the whole sum of a person ¡ª including biological, social and psychological factors ¡ª must be taken into account in order to fully understand their pain experience.
Fortunately, a newer understanding of how pain works ¡ª pain science ¡ª takes a far more complex and nuanced view. Pain science moves away from the idea that tissue damage alone equates to pain. Rather, pain science suggests that the whole sum of a person ¡ª including biological, social and psychological factors ¡ª must be taken into account in order to fully understand their pain experience.
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Electrodiagnostic Laboratory
The Electrodiagnostic Laboratory performs nerve and muscle diagnostic testing that include the electromyogram (EMG) and nerve conduction study (NCS).
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Spasticity Clinic
Spasticity rehabilitation aids children and adults who experience functional loss, contracture and pain due to CP, MS, brain/spinal cord injuries or stroke.
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Spinal Cord
The Center is staffed with skilled nurses and physicians with expertise in the functional recovery from SCI equipped to handle all levels, types and severity.
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Think + Speak Lab
The Robert R. McCormick Think + Speak Lab is designed for those recovering the ability to think, reason, perceive, swallow, eat, talk, interact with others and make decisions ¡ª all of which are key for returning to everyday life. In this Lab, combined therapeutic care and scientific application help patients recover these building blocks of ability.
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Parrallel Robotics Conferences: WeRob2020, WearRAcon, and ICNR2020
The International Symposium on Wearable Robotics (WeRob2020) and WearRAcon Europe will be held virtually in parallel with the 2020 International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2020) from Oct 13th to 16th
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2023 Awardee: Jeremy D Brown, PhD
Jeremy D Brown's Project: Assessing Haptic Sensory Impairment and its Impact on Motor Control Post-Stroke
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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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What ¡°The Soul Moves First¡± Means to Nicole
Nicole posted the below reflection to Facebook about her recent Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and the reawakening she had seeing ¡°The Soul Moves First¡± after therapy at Shirley Ryan ³Ô¹ÏÌìÌÃ91.
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