The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Synchron's Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application for its flagship product, the Stentrode motor neuroprosthesis, the company reports.
Manufacturers share everything you should know about the various wheelchair cushions that are available on the market. Compiled by Rehab Management staff for the July/August 2021 issue.
In an underserved area of the rural heartland, aquatic therapy raises up a new crop of patients, Elizabeth McDonald, CPTA, BSPTA, CCES, and Rebecca Baker, PT, DPT, CCES, explain, in the July/Aug 2021 issue of Rehab Management.
Frailty is a better predictor than factors such as age when determining how older adults fare 1 year after receiving critical care, according to a study published in the journal CHEST.
California's budget for FY 2021-2022, recently signed by its governor, Gavin Newsom, includes $15 million in funding for the care and treatment of people living with ALS. It also includes $8.4 million to fund Parkinson's disease data collection and research, according to separate news releases.
Age Safe America celebrates its 6th anniversary and launches into its 7th year with a new website, updated professional certification and free caregiver program, it announces in a media release.
OPTP's newly redesigned Thoracic Lumbar Back Support is constructed of high-quality foam and can be attached to any type of seat and anywhere else people sit for extended periods.
BraunAbility gears up to release the results of its second-annual Drive for Inclusion Report Card. The study, which assesses the nation’s state of inclusion, reveals some surprising data.
Researchers have developed an artificial skin that senses force through ionic signals and also changes color from yellow to a bruise-like purple, providing a visual cue that damage has occurred, they report in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Researchers report findings on the use of smartphone-based VR games during dressing changes in pediatric patients with burn injuries as a way to relieve pain, in JAMA Network Open.
Children with a genetic disorder characterized by severe motor disability and developmental delay have experienced sometimes dramatic improvements in a gene therapy trial launched at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, published in Nature Communications.
Everest Rehabilitation Hospitals LLC announces its engagement with WellSky, a global health and community care technology company.