Tag: Spinal Cord Injury

Stationary Wheelchair Exerciser

Trekease Wheelchair Exerciser Prototype 5 Plastic Composite frame donated to San Antonio Veterans Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Recreation Room.

Diabetes and Spinal Cord Injury

People with spinal cord disorders are more Prone than most to developing type 2 diabetes. But the condition can be managed and even reversed...

Miracle Michael will walk again

DOCTORS feared Michael Wakeman would never walk again after he crashed a billy-cart into a car. The 13-year-old had completely dislocated his spine, compressing a...

Blowing away a sniff of a cure

Andrew Commons is determined to walk again - utterly determined. As well as following an intensive daily exercise regime, he's also undergone courses of...

Though grouped together, quadri- and tetraplegics are different

My readers have asked me, "What is a tetraplegic?" It's time to answer their questions. I am a tetraplegic. Because you won't find Adah Marie...

The Mealtime Partner Dining System

Mealtime Partners, Inc. provides assistive technology to facilitate independent eating and drinking for those who are unable to use their hands/arms to perform these tasks independently.

New U.S. Medicare Policy Encourages Healthier Approach to Bladder Management and Catheter Use

Coloplast supports critical change in Catheter guidelines giving consumers choices, cutting healthcare costs and reducing exposure to bacteria MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --...

Everett taking nothing for granted

Coloplast supports critical change in Catheter guidelines giving consumers choices, cutting healthcare costs and reducing exposure to bacteria MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --...

Pneumatics Provide Tight Position Control

Spinal cord injury (SCI) has potentially devastating consequences. As of June 2006, over 253,000 people in the U.S. had structural or Functional issues related...

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