Category: Mobility

Mobility

Study: Brain Cells Boost Endurance Benefits of Exercise

The findings could eventually lead to treatments that reproduce the benefits of exercise training when movement is limited.

Mobility

Sunrise Medical Launches Empulse F35 Pull Power Assist Device

The Empulse F35 is a lightweight and compact power assist device designed for everyday mobility, urban navigation, and travel convenience.

Mobility

Assessing Cognitive Abilities for Power Mobility Use

This feature article looks at how therapists can evaluate individuals who could benefit from powered mobility devices who may otherwise be overlooked when it comes to PMD evaluations due to cognitive impairments.

Manual Wheelchairs

Senators Introduce Bill to Increase Access to Advanced Wheelchairs

The bipartisan bill, the Choices for Increased Mobility Act, aims to improve access to advanced wheelchairs for Medicare beneficiaries by reducing upfront costs.

Power Wheelchairs

Sunrise Medical Launches Lightweight Folding Power Wheelchair

This is the lightest Quickie folding power wheelchair with a transport weight of only 32 pounds.

Power Assist

Sunrise Medical Launches Empulse R90 Push Assist Device

The Empulse R90 push assist device is designed to power manual wheelchairs with ease and allow riders to go longer distances, receive assistance up ramps, preserve energy, and prevent shoulder strain.

Home & Daily Living

Big Improvements To Dignity Lifts’ Most Popular Toilet Lift

Dignity Lifts has upgraded its bestselling Deluxe Toilet Lift to create the DL2 with customer-informed improvements that enhance accessibility, usability, and durability.

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 Rehab Management.

Distributors

NSM Now Exclusive Munevo Drive Technology Provider in US

National Seating & Mobility is partnering with Munevo Inc. to bring the Munevo Drive smart glass alternative drive control for power wheelchairs to the United States.

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

BraunAbility Expands Turny Vehicle Seating Line

BraunAbility has expanded its Turny line of vehicle seating and access solutions for people with mobility disabilities and their caregivers.