Category: Mobility

Mobility

WHILL Autonomous Model A Chair Wins CES Innovation Award

The WHILL Autonomous Model A power chair has been honored with a CES Innovation Award at the Consumer Electronics Show, WHILL Inc announces.

Mobility

Disney Expands Adaptive Costume Line

Disney has further expanded its adaptive Halloween costume line this year, adding to its already popular offerings for a total of 8 costumes and 5 wheelchair covers.

Mobility

Bionic Clothing Maker CIONIC Collaborates with Yves Behar’s fuseproject

CIONIC announces a collaboration with acclaimed designer Yves Behar and his world-renowned multidisciplinary design firm, fuseproject.

Manual Wheelchairs

U.S. Rehab Signs Partnership Agreement with Braze Mobility

U.S. Rehab has partnered with Braze Mobility Inc to make the Braze Blind Spot Sensors for wheelchairs available to its members.

Power Wheelchairs

Sunrise Medical Updates QUICKIE Q700 Power Portfolio

Sunrise Medical enhances its QUICKIE Q700 power seating portfolio with the launch of the SEDEO PRO ADVANCED, replacing the SEDEO ERGO.

Power Assist

Invacare Corporation Debuts the e-fix eco Power Assist Device for Manual Wheelchairs

Invacare Corporation introduces its next generation of power assist devices – the e-fix eco.

Home & Daily Living

Boom Home Medical Launches with Loona Urinal

Boom Home Medical launches with the Loona toileting product and will be rolling out bathing, dressing, and mobility products throughout 2023.

Standing Systems

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.

Strollers

Reduce Pediatric Mobility Equipment Abandonment With These Guidelines

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.

Distributors

Rehab Medical Acquires Mobility Specialists

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.

Service & Repair

Wheelchair Repair is Common and Action is Needed, Kessler Opines in Study

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.

Van Modification

3 Ways to Make Driving with a Disability More Comfortable

Here, we discuss some of the ways drivers with a disability can be more comfortable getting behind the wheel of a vehicle.