Category: Mobility

Mobility

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.

Mobility

Partnership Brings Wheelchair Rental to the US

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.

Mobility

National Seating & Mobility Expands Mobility Services in Canada

National Seating & Mobility (NSM) is expanding services in Canada with the opening of a new branch in Calgary, Alberta, it announces.

Manual Wheelchairs

Complex Rehab: Pushing Ahead

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.

Power Wheelchairs

Invacare Announces New Features in LiNX 3 Electronics

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.

Power Assist

Wondering What’s Next for Power Assist?

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).

Home & Daily Living

Next-Gen Stroke Rehab: Robotic Arm at Home

A robotic arm controlled by the brain, developed at University of Houston, is in clinical trials to help stroke patients recover limb use.

Standing Systems

Super Bowl of Standing – Ginny Paleg and an All Star Team of Experts

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.

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

Braun Wheelchair-Accessible Chevy Traverse Recalled Due To Transmission Leak

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.