Case Study: Standing Program Prevents Surgery
In this case study, a girl with cerebral palsy is told she'll likely need surgery for hip dysplasia, but a targeted standing program prevents surgery.
In this case study, a girl with cerebral palsy is told she'll likely need surgery for hip dysplasia, but a targeted standing program prevents surgery.
The new online Featherchair Rental wheelchair rental service, through a partnership between 1800Wheelchair and loopt, allows customers in the US to rent very light wheelchairs, power chairs, and scooters.
National Seating & Mobility (NSM) is expanding services in Canada with the opening of a new branch in Calgary, Alberta, it announces.
Taking advantage of advances in complex rehab technologies for manual and power wheelchairs. A feature for the January/February 2022 issue of Rehab Management by Kathy Fisher, OT, and Steffen Tiskus, PT.
Invacare Corporation announces new features available in LiNX electronics. The LiNX system facilitates the control of a power wheelchair, making it easy for end users to operate.
Invacare Corporation and its subsidiary, Alber USA LLC, introduce their next generation of power assist devices – the e-motion (M25), an upgrade from the e-motion (M15).
A robotic arm controlled by the brain, developed at University of Houston, is in clinical trials to help stroke patients recover limb use.
Make the weekend bingeable with this hand-picked content featuring Ginny Paleg, PT, DScPT, MPT, and standing experts from Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Gaylord Specialty Health Care, and select U.S. school districts.
Kirsten Davin, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, addresses factors that contribute to technology abandonment, in this feature for the March 2020 issue of Rehab Management.
Complex rehab technology (CRT) provider Rehab Medical Inc expands into Central Florida with the acquisition of Winter Haven, Fla-based mobility equipment provider Mobility Specialists.
Among wheelchair users with spinal cord injury, 42% reported adverse consequences related to needing wheelchair repair, and over 50% reported needing repairs within the last 6 months, according to a team of experts in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Braun Corporation has issued a product safety recall for certain examples of the 2020 and 2021 model-year Chevy Traverse equipped with its power-in-floor wheelchair ramp conversion, GM Authority reports.