Living With Arthritis Resources

Recent News

• August 27, 2008 VA Secretary Peake Visits RIC The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), ranked the nation’s “#1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America”[1], today announced that Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Lt. Gen. James Peake (Ret.), MD, toured RIC to learn about its leading rehabilitation medicine models and innovative research that can continue to benefit service members with severe injuries such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), estimated to affect more than 320,000 service members who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
• August 27, 2008 RIC Featured in Worldwide Media Story about Vietnamese Boy RIC’s innovative pediatric care was featured in the worldwide media coverage of a two-year-old male patient from Vietnam, Phung Thien Nhan, who was left in the jungle to die and, subsequently, was mauled by wild animals before monks saved him and nursed him back to health.
• August 19, 2008 RIC Brain Injury Program Receives Two Federal Grants for Innovative Research The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the #1 rehabilitation hospital in the country[1], today announced two significant research grants awarded to the Brain Injury Medicine and Rehabilitation Program to fuel cutting-edge research awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
• July 22, 2008 Dr. Steven Stanos and RIC’s Center for Pain Management Featured on ReachMD XM Radio Show
• July 14, 2008 RIC Ranked “#1 Rehabilitation Hospital in America” by U.S. News & World Report for the 18th Consecutive Year The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), the leading physical medicine and rehabilitation hospital in the country, today announced it has been ranked the “#1 rehabilitation hospital in America” for the 18th consecutive year. The rankings are based on a survey of board-certified physiatrists (physicians who specialize in physical medicine and rehabilitation) as reported in the July 28th“Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report.
• June 30, 2008 U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin Recommends Partnering of VA Hospitals With Private Rehab Facilities
• June 30, 2008 RIC Offers New Intensive Aphasia Therapy Program
• June 9, 2008 RIC Responds to America's Pain Epidemic Through Expansion of the RIC Center for Pain Management
• May 28, 2008 RIC's Brain Injury Program Nationally Recognized
• May 27, 2008 New Medical Director Appointed to RIC’s Cancer Rehabilitation Program to Enhance and Expand Cancer Care Model

Related Sites of Care

• Advocate Illinois Masonic Outpatient Services in affliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Outpatient Services in affliation with Rehabilition Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
• Alexian Medical Mall Outpatient Services - Schaumburg, IL
• Alexian Rehabilitation Hospital Day Rehabilitation Services in affiliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Elk Grove Village, IL
• Alexian Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Services in affiliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Elk Grove Village, IL
• Blessing Hospital Home Health Rehabilitation Services in affiliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Quincy, IL
• Blessing Hospital Inpatient Rehabilitation Services in affiliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Quincy, IL
• Blessing Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation Services in affilitation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Quincy, IL
• Blessing Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit Rehabilitation Services in affiliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Quincy, IL
• LIFE Center - Chicago, IL
• Rehab Unlimited - Anna in affliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Anna, IL
• Rehab Unlimited - Herrin in affiliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Herrin, IL
• Rehab Unlimited - Murphysboro in affliation with Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Murphysboro, IL
• Rehabilitation Engineering - Chicago, IL
• Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL

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Related Clinical Trials

• A Manual Stand-Up Wheelchair
• Physical Activity in Persons with Arthritis
• RIC Arthritis Center Research Registry
• Computer Treatment for Aphasia: Evaluating Efficacy and Treatment Intensity
• Preventing Pressure Sores in Wheelchair Bound Patients
• Broad Idiopathic Response Biomechanisms (BIRB) in Central and Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Conditions
• Bilateral Training for Upper Extremity Hemiparesis
• Cost Effectiveness of a Computerized Oral Reading Treatment for Aphasia
• Effects of Bromocriptine on Aphasia Treatment Outcome
• Targeted Reinnervation in Upper Limb Amputees to Improve Myoelectric Prosthesis Function

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Related Research

• Arthritis RIC offers comprehensive arthritis rehabilitation for people whose functional abilities have been affected by arthritis.
• Pain Studies RIC is a leader in research, and we conduct several studies in chronic pain. If you qualify as a subject for one of our studies and are interested in participating, you can apply or learn more by visiting the Center for Pain Studies online.
• Arthritis & Physical Activity The knowledge gained from this study has the potential to help persons with arthritis and care providers develop individualized treatment plans and interventions that enhance full participation in lifestyle physical activities.
• Publications
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