REHABILITATION

This study is testing a bilingual support program designed to help Hispanic children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and their families. The program provides education and a personal guide (a 'navigator') to help parents manage their child's care after leaving the hospital. R…

This study is testing whether wearable sensors that give real-time audio or visual feedback during physical therapy can improve balance and walking recovery for people with mild traumatic brain injury (concussion). It will compare this high-tech approach to standard balance thera…

This study is testing a new rehabilitation method to help people with chronic spinal cord injuries breathe better. Researchers are combining electrical stimulation of the spinal cord with special breathing exercises. They aim to see if this combination can improve lung function a…

This study is looking at whether poor nutrition makes it harder for older adults to recover from shoulder surgery, even with high-tech virtual reality (VR) rehabilitation. Researchers will follow 60 frail adults aged 60+ who have had elective shoulder surgery and are using VR-bas…

This study is testing whether providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation care at home is as good as or better than sending patients to a nursing facility after a hospital stay. It will enroll 650 patients who need this type of care and randomly assign them to receive it either …

This study is testing whether adding visual biofeedback to standard swallowing therapy helps stroke survivors recover their ability to swallow more effectively. Researchers will recruit 100 people who have swallowing problems after a stroke. Half will receive therapy with a scree…

This small pilot study is testing whether combining two non-invasive therapies can help improve hand control in people who have had a stroke. Researchers will use gentle electrical stimulation on the brain (tDCS) along with electrical stimulation on the hand muscles (FES) to see …

This study is testing if adding music to a remote walking exercise program helps people with multiple sclerosis (MS) walk better. Thirty-two participants with mild to moderate MS will be randomly assigned to do the same walking exercises either with or without music, all done fro…

This study is testing whether adding a treatment called extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) helps people with frozen shoulder feel better. All participants will receive standard care, which includes steroid injections and physical therapy. Half will also get the real shock w…

This study is testing whether a rehabilitation program tailored to the number of repaired shoulder tendons works better than standard rehab after rotator cuff surgery. It will involve 50 patients over age 50 and measure improvements in shoulder function, pain levels, and sleep qu…

This study is testing whether adding biofeedback exercises to standard rehabilitation helps people recover hand and arm function after a stroke. It will involve 120 stroke survivors in Poland who will receive either standard rehab or standard rehab plus biofeedback training. Rese…

This study is testing whether a personalized rehabilitation program helps survivors of sudden cardiac arrest return to work better than standard care alone. It will involve 214 adult survivors who were working before their cardiac arrest. The main goal is to see if more people ar…

This study is testing if adding a special device called Pablo Tyromotion to standard physical therapy helps people recover arm and hand function after a stroke. It will involve 120 participants who had a stroke some time ago. One group will get standard therapy plus exercises wit…

This study aims to find out if a specialized stabilization exercise program works better than standard exercises for people recovering from neck surgery. Researchers will compare two groups of 36 patients to see which program more effectively reduces pain, improves movement and b…

This study aims to understand how physical and motor rehabilitation helps children, teens, and young adults with cancer regain their functional abilities. Researchers will observe and document the real-world rehabilitation practices across many hospitals and centers in Italy. The…

This study aims to understand the types of patients who use a rehabilitation hospital in Ireland's Midwest region and track their recovery. Researchers will follow 100 adults during their stay, at discharge, and six months later to see how their ability to perform daily tasks, fr…

This study aims to understand the patterns of pain and recovery in the weeks after a limb amputation. Researchers will look back at the medical records of 150 patients to see how quickly they regained function and managed pain. The goal is to identify which factors, like age or t…

This study is testing whether a motion-capture video game system is a practical and engaging tool for physical therapy with children in the hospital. Researchers at Stanford are enrolling 30 kids to see if the system is easy for therapists to use and if children and their familie…

This research study aims to understand how middle-aged men and women's muscles recover after a period of not being used. Healthy participants aged 50-65 will have one leg immobilized for a week, followed by a week of rehabilitation exercise. Researchers will measure muscle change…

This study aims to understand what helps or prevents people from returning to work after a serious bone or joint injury, like a broken arm or leg. Researchers will look back at the medical and work records of 200 employed adults who were treated for such injuries. The goal is to …