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Tag Archives: rehabilitation
What happens during cardiac rehabilitation?
Cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) is a program that is supervised by medical personnel and is designed to improve the health and well-being of people who have heart problems. Such programs include exercise training, education on maintaining a healthy heart, stress management … Continue reading
Free Webinar on New Statistical Research Tools February 20th!
Population-based data sources such as national surveys and administrative claims data are valuable resources for testing hypotheses and generating national-level estimates about disability and rehabilitation related-issues. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to identify what datasets are available and further what … Continue reading
Posted in Event, webinar
Tagged administration claims data, Arun Karpur, Center for Rehabilitation Research Using Large Datasets, Cornell University, CRRLD, datasets, disability statistics, EDI, Employment Disability Institute, rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Dataset Directory, Rehabilitation Research Cross-dataset Variable Catalog, research tools, statistical tools, survey data, University of Texas Medical Branch, webinar, William Erickson
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Call for Research Proposals from the World Health Organization
The Disability and Rehabilitation team from the World Health Organization (WHO) is announcing a call for research proposals to support the development of WHO’s guidelines on health-related rehabilitation, which will support the implementation of aspects of the Convention on the … Continue reading
Posted in Grant/scholarship opportunity
Tagged Disabilities, disability, Grants, NIDRR, rehabilitation, WHO
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Support the 39th Institute on Rehabilitation Issues
The Institute on Rehabilitation Issues (IRI) is sponsored through a competitive grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). The IRI’s objectives include identifying field initiated topics of importance to the public rehabilitation program, discussing said topics, and developing materials which … Continue reading
Posted in Organization
Tagged agencies, Disabilities, disability, employment, Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, IRI, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, public rehabilitation program, rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Services Administration, RSA, staff development, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, topic nominations, vocational rehabilitation, VR professionals
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Webinar: Learn more about NIDRR’s Long-Range Plan for 2013-2017
Join NIDRR Director K. Charlie Lakin and Ruth Brannon, Director of the Research Sciences Division for one of two webinars. The objectives of these 1-hour webinars are to provide a brief overview of the Long-Range Plan, offer information about the … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Legislation, webinar
Tagged disability, long range plan, NIDRR, rehabilitation, research
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Head Injuries in the NFL: a First-Hand Account
In the article “What It’s Like When an NFL Linebacker Nearly Knocks Your Head Off”, former Denver Broncos tight end Nate Jackson recalls—in alarming detail—his experience of being concussed and knocked unconscious during a game in the National Football League. … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Audiovisual
Tagged brain, brain injury, brain trauma, concussion, football, head, head injury, head trauma, injury, jackson, NARIC, naricspotlight, nate, nfl, owusu, rehabilitation, sports, teddy
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September is National Pain Awareness Month
Recently, the National Resource Directory (NRD) alerted us that September is National Pain Awareness Month and that it is sponsored by the National Pain Foundation (NPF). Injury and/or disease can cause chronic pain and it can stem from such chronic, multi-sypmtom … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Disabilities, pain, rehabilitation, research, Resources, veterans, Wounded Warriors
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NIDRR Research Spotlight: Video games in rehabilitation – Therapeutic and fun
We just published our newest edition of the NIDRR Research Spotlight! This article highlights the latest in NIDRR funded research. In this issue: developing video games for rehabilitation. Learn how a balance board and a simple game made physical therapy … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Project, Publications
Tagged balance, NIDRR, physical therapy, rehabilitation, video games, wii fit
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