ALLMedicine™ Wheelchairs Center

May 15th, 2022 - Healthcare workers need to educate patients regarding proper sitting positions to prevent pressure injuries in the elderly and disabled. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in normal and shear force in the gluteal region u...

May 12th, 2022 - This paper considers the possibilities of analysing children's own designs to contribute to the design of inclusive paediatric mobility interventions. The aim of this paper is threefold: (1) to develop a framework for child-centred design analysis...

Apr 12th, 2022 - To examine the relationship between manual wheelchair skills and cognitive function in hospitalized older adults. The observational study included older adults who used a manual wheelchair following hip/knee surgery. Participants underwent a serie...

Mar 31st, 2022 - Mobility aids, particularly power wheelchairs, are necessary for elderly individuals who have health problems and disabilities. However, there is a limitation in providing power wheelchairs for such people in the community. The objectives of this ...

Mar 26th, 2022 - People with locomotion difficulties encounter many barriers in a pedestrian environment. Pavement quality has been shown to substantially affect pedestrian satisfaction in general, and its optimal design may contribute to reducing the stigma put o...

Mar 17th, 2022 - Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA, Morquio A Disease) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme, N-acetylgalactosamine 6-sulfate sulfatase (GALNS). GALNS catalyzes the degradation of the glycosaminoglyc...

Feb 23rd, 2022 - Over 240,000 Veterans with disabilities use mobility devices such as manual and power wheelchairs and scooters, and this number continues to grow. Mobility devices have been described as the most enabling technology a clinician can provide to a pe...

Dec 6th, 2021 - Pressure offloading is the lynchpin of neuropathic ulcer care. Multiple methods of statically reducing pressure have been employed, with various degrees of success, in the ulcer care continuum. Traditional offloading interventions redistribute the...

Apr 30th, 2021 - Fourty male MWC users with SCI were will be divided into 4 groups according to their stroke patterns (arcing, semicirculer, single loop, and double loop). Participants will use their own wheelchairs with their preferred stroke pattern for 20 minut...

Aug 6th, 2020 - Many individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) rely on manually propelled wheelchairs as their primary source of locomotion, leading to increased non-active sitting time, reduced physical activity and reduced lower extremity (L/E) weight bearing...

Mar 16th, 2022 - On the first night that Russian forces invaded Ukraine, Laura Bukavina, MD, and her Ukrainian husband decided they had to do something to help their homeland. It was personal. "Being Ukrainian, having family in Ukraine, as well as being the mother...

Feb 1st, 2022 - Lisa Iezzoni, MD, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a disability researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital, has used a wheelchair for more than 30 years because of multiple sclerosis. When she visits her primary care doctor,...

Dec 20th, 2020 - Richard Moscicki, MD The 12th International Congress of Human Genetics attracted approximately 7500 people this year, including scientists, clinicians, and industry representatives, a turnout that organizers said constituted the largest-ever gat...

Oct 30th, 2019 - The Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building sheltered hundreds of people, including dozens of elders and their caretakers from nearby assisted living facilities, after the Kincade Fire prompted mandatory evacuations across the region. SANTA ROSA, Ca...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - Update: As of noon Thursday, the death toll in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian climbed to 20, with more deaths expected. The Category 2 storm was hugging the coast of South Carolina and delivering a powerful storm surge with heavy winds and rain...