A mind-controlled wheelchair can help a paralyzed person gain new mobility by translating users' thoughts into mechanical commands. On November 18 in the journal iScience, researchers demonstrate that tetraplegic users can ...
Nov 18, 2022
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Wheelchair users are nearly three times more likely to experience hospital readmission following total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA), according to UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers. The findings, published in the Journal ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Airlines will now be required to make bathrooms on their planes more accessible for the disabled, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
Jul 27, 2023
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Being a frail elderly person and using a wheelchair involves a substantially reduced risk of fractures, a University of Gothenburg study shows. More prescriptions for wheelchairs may result.
Feb 14, 2023
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Researchers at Aalto University are developing a smart seat cushion cover for wheelchair users that would raise alarm about a budding pressure ulcer well before the wound has time to get serious. The device would combine ...
Nov 15, 2022
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A new Michigan Medicine study finds that some children with cerebral palsy and scoliosis do not require pelvic fixation when undergoing growing rod treatment, potentially avoiding several complications.
Apr 18, 2022
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Results of a cohort study led by experts from four Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) centers show that clinicians who completed remote wheelchair-skills training not only gained knowledge of wheelchair skills but were ...
Aug 30, 2021
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A dynamic headrest will soon reduce pain and other discomforts for wheelchair users. Anoek Geers constructed the prototype of this new head support within the framework of the University of Twente's PDEng programme. She is ...
Oct 3, 2018
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When you push someone in a wheelchair, you may be hurting your back without knowing it.
Jul 31, 2017
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A wheelchair controller that automatically avoids obstacles and knows when the user is tired or stressed is being developed by researchers in India. Details are described in the International Journal of Human Factors Modelling ...
Oct 20, 2016
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