Research Projects
Whether it is a new discovery that helps amputee patients manage phantom pain, a new treatment that helps burn patients regain mobility, or a new approach that helps seniors cope with depression, every day, advancements in rehabilitation research can vastly improve people's lives.
St. John's Rehab Hospital has launched a progressive research program to rebuild lives through innovative rehab care. By combining patient care with research, we will evaluate and develop new, beneficial treatments that allow patients to return home sooner and in better health.
Our team is probing many innovative areas in rehabilitation care, including:
- Neuropsychological impacts following an electrical injury
- The benefits of using Nintendo Wii® in outpatient rehabilitation for knee replacement patients
- Testing quality of life in patients with total joint replacements
- Assessing balance with prosthesis following amputation
- Creating a psychological database for the advancement of outpatient burn rehabilitation
- Clinical outcomes of burn survivors in specialty rehabilitation programs
- The role of nutritional supplementation in improving the healing of pressure ulcers
- Patient outcomes of seven-day-a-week rehabilitation
- Clinical outcomes of a self-medication program for patients with cancer
Want to learn more about our current research projects?
Questions about recovery
Learn more about how rehabilitation research helps our patients:
- Are electrical injuries a life sentence?
Electrical injury rehabilitation research - Can we mix the business of recovery with the pleasure of video games?
Specialty rehabilitation research - Could walk tests move a step further?
Musculoskeletal rehabilitation research - Can people work hard on evenings and weekends, yet return home sooner?
Musculoskeletal rehabilitation research - Will working on the weekend help people return to life?
Specialty rehabilitation research
Break new ground with us
Our key foci for research include:
- Complex rehabilitation programs (amputations, burns, cardiac, neurosciences and organ transplants)
- Models for partnership that foster the continuum of care
- Innovation and best practice
- Quality assurance and program evaluation
If you're a researcher interested in partnering with St. John's Rehab Hospital, please contact Dr. Manuel Gomez, Director of Research at 416-226-6780 or by e-mail mgomez@stjohnsrehab.com.