Power wheelchair drive-wheel configuration can have an enormous impact on the power chair rider’s overall mobility experience, from ease of maneuverability in tighter spaces to the ability to access a range of indoor and outdoor environments. In Mobility Management’s latest podcast, John Domanick, Merits USA’s vice president of sales, discusses the importance of drive-wheel configuration…
Mobility Management Podcast: Drive-Wheel Configurations & Merits USA’s New AXCEL FWD Line
Briefly: Alexis Ward Leaves AAHomecare; Motion Concepts Has a New Canadian Address
Featuring the American Association for Homecare and Motion Concepts.
Alexis Ward Departs from AAHomecare Longtime Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) advocate and policy expert Alexis Ward has announced she’s departing the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare). Ward had served as AAHomecare’s senior director of payer relations. In a Dec. 18 email to colleagues, Ward said, “It has been an honor and privilege to work alongside…
2024 Seating & Positioning Handbook: Seat-to-Floor Height, Other Functions for Alternative Drive Controls
The latest Mobility Management ebook digital edition is now available.
Optimal positioning impacts so many activities of daily living, from efficiently propelling a manual wheelchair to accessing the power seating functions of a power chair. This year’s Handbook discusses seating and positioning for both manual and power wheelchair riders. — Determining seat-to-floor height: Taking accurate measurements, understanding seat-to-floor impact on daily activities, and prioritizing functional…
Mobility Management Announces 2024 Mobility Product Award Winners
This year’s winners came from the pediatric, adult, power and manual wheelchair and seating segments.
Mobility Management has announced the winners of the publication’s 2024 Mobility Product Awards. Mobility Management Editor in Chief Laurie Watanabe said of this year’s entries, “Once again, Mobility Management is honored to recognize these companies for their extraordinary technology on behalf of people with disabilities. These award-winning seating, mobility, and accessibility equipment and services demonstrate…
Pride Mobility Launches Jazzy Ultra Light Folding Power Wheelchair
The new power chair was designed to be easily transportable.
Pride Mobility’s newest transportable power wheelchair weighs just 33 lbs. without its battery. The foldable Jazzy Ultra Light has an all carbon-fiber frame “durable enough to withstand all your customers’ travels, but light enough to make every trip a cool breeze, whether through airports, on cruise ships, or just around the block,” Pride said in…
Mobility Management Webinar: Exploring Eye Gaze’s Driving, Seating Opportunities
The Tolt Technologies-sponsored webinar is free to attend.
Operating a power wheelchair merely with the flick of an eye is no longer the stuff of science fiction. While clients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscular dystrophy, or other mobility-related conditions can lose the strength, stamina and muscle movements needed to use a traditional joystick, eye-gaze technology can make it possible to not just…
New Merits USA President to Start Jan. 1
Current President Mike Laiman will remain with the Merits Group.
Merits USA — manufacturer of consumer and complex power wheelchairs, as well as scooters and stairlifts — will have a new company president starting Jan. 1, 2025. In a Nov. 19 press release, Merits said current vice president Andrew Maskery will succeed Mike Laiman, who has been the company’s president since January 2021. Laiman will…
Quantum Introduces Outback All-Terrain Power Wheelchair
The 4x4 power chair can use captain-style or powered seating.
Quantum’s new 4×4 power wheelchair was designed to take on the wild and wonderful outdoors. In an Oct. 15 press release, Quantum introduced the Outback all-terrain power chair, developed in collaboration with the manufacturer’s Australian subsidiary. “Crafted for those who dare to defy conventional limits, this rugged 4-wheel independent motor mobility solution promises to expand…
Briefly: Hibbs Receives ASCIP Award; New Disney Film Stars Young Actress with CP
Featuring the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals and Disney+.
University of Pittsburgh’s Rachel Hibbs Receives ASCIP Excellence Award Rachel M. Hibbs, DPT, NCS, ATP, received the Excellence Award from the Therapy Leadership Council at the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP) annual conference. The award is given to a member “who has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership in the clinical application of SCI/D…
Review: Webinar Compares Brain-Computer Interface Technologies, Predicts Timelines for Success
BCI technology could be used to control wheelchairs, exoskeletons and prosthetics.
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is already turning science-fiction concepts into everyday realities. But there are many different “mind control” approaches, with different goals and applications, and differing levels of invasiveness for the components that interact with the user’s brain. IDTechEx, an independent research firm focusing on emerging tech and related markets, took a deeper dive…