Messe Düsseldorf / Andreas Wiese
Assistive eating devices: Which everyday aids can help
18.06.2025
Whether due to limited mobility in the arms and hands or a tremor caused by Parkinson’s disease, eating with cutlery can become a real challenge in everyday life. Assistive eating devices can help people eat independently again – supporting greater autonomy and participation at the table.
Fraunhofer IBMT
Human-machine interface stops muscle tremors
12.06.2023
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT and their collaborative partners have developed a technology platform that uses biocompatible electrodes and controllers to help people with muscle tremors reduce tremors and may also help people with spinal cord injuries.
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Marion Fischer – That's how she rolls
05.04.2023
Marion Fischer lives for working with people. The 22-year-old is a curative education nurse and works in a children's and youth hospice. She recently learned how important it is to give everyone a place in the middle of society when she was diagnosed with a rare form of Parkinson's disease. What she is fighting for and how she rolls otherwise, she tells us on REHACARE.com.
PantherMedia / Jens Ickler
Disabled people risk being left in the cold in a sustainable energy future
05.01.2022
A new study reveals that disabled households in the Europe Union currently consume 10 per cent less energy than other households, as well as being 5 per cent more likely to experience energy poverty.
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Ribcap: Protective headgear made fashionable
24.01.2020
Having to wear a protective headgear because of preventing falls doesn't look very fashionable. But there's a way to express your own style and still being safe: The Ribcaps by Glomarket bvba were designed just for that.
ProWalk GmbH
Bravo Twist: An assistive eating device that automatically compensates for tremor
17.10.2019
The Bravo Twist is an electric assistive eating device for people with hand tremor, such as those with Parkinson’s or after a stroke. It automatically compensates for involuntary movements. ProWalk CEO Benedikt Preisler explains how it works, who can benefit in daily life, and how modern orthopedic technology supports independence.
novapace
Parkinson's disease: Greater gait stability thanks to smart insoles
25.07.2019
Gentle vibrations delivered to feet alert users to dangerous situations as they walk and prompt a more normalized gait pattern. That’s the concept behind the sensory orthotic insoles by novapace. In this interview, Simon Staffa, project manager at novapace, explains how this technology can help people with Parkinson's disease and describes the opportunities digitization brings to rehabilitation.