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PARAVAN GmbH
The PARAVAN PR 30 gets an update
29/06/2022
There is a new model of the PARAVAN wheelchair all-rounder, the PARAVAN PR 30/II, which is equipped with numerous additional medical functions. In addition, the PARAVAN PR 30/II can be individually adapted to the respective symptoms.
Sunrise Medical
Sunrise Medical and munevo enter strategic cooperation
27/06/2022
The companies Sunrise Medical and munevo have entered into a strategic cooperation. At the center of this cooperation is the Smartglass application, which allows power wheelchair users to control hands-free navigation and the operation of other devices via head movements.
Permobil
Permobil white paper: Wheelchair power assist devices go beyond physical relief to offer more independent living
22/06/2022
The new Permobil White Paper on Power Assist Devices (PADs) shows the impact of a PAD on all aspects of a person's life. It is based on a systematic literature review, interviews, and a survey of 125 people conducted by Permobil with international representation.
svitlanah
Computer tool can track stroke rehabilitation to boost recovery
20/06/2022
A computer program equipped with sensors called PrimSeq can detect and count the arm movements of people in stroke rehabilitation. The research aims to find the optimal level of exercise intensity for recovery.
Shvets Studio
Reducing barriers to aquatic exercise would benefit people with multiple sclerosis
20/06/2022
Kessler Foundation Researchers conducted an online survey of 179 people with multiple sclerosis about their exercise activities from October 2020 to April 2021. The survey shows aquatic exercise preferred, finds pandemic-related decline in exercise activities.
Barbara Lachner / WKW
Mercur Innovation Award: 1st place for new leg prosthesis Kenevo
13/06/2022
The Vienna Chamber of Commerce honors Ottobock as the most innovative company with Mercur Innovation Award. The new version of the Kenevo leg prosthesis, developed by an Austrian team, provides more safety and self-confidence with new technology.
PARAVAN GmbH
PARAVAN makes construction and agricultural machinery accessible
08/06/2022
Thanks to PARAVAN retrofitting, Edmund Ödamer's most important work tool, the tractor, is now accessible. The cooperation between JOHN DEERE and PARAVAN is based on developing efficient mobility solutions so that people with physical impairments can be efficiently and purposefully reintegrated into the primary labor market.
PARAVAN GmbH
PARAVAN supports Ukrainian young woman with an electric wheelchair
01/06/2022
The PARAVAN GmbH supports Ukrainian young woman with an electric wheelchair, so that she can be independently mobile in the future, without being dependent on outside help.
Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
Ottobock continues successful growth trajectory
30/05/2022
The Ottobock company was able to continue its profitable course in 2021. Ottobock secured 170 additional patents in 2021. In addition, care processes are becoming more digital and sustainable in an uncertain geopolitical environment.
Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA
Orthopaedic technology: Flexible patient care with container solution
30/05/2022
The Ottobock company wants to provide better support for regions without orthopedic technical care with a mobile workshop for compact patient care. The container solutions are available in four different versions.
PantherMedia/ridofranz
Textiles: clothing in care
02/04/2022
There are more than four million people in need of care in Germany, and for every one of them there are one or more caregivers. Discussions about their situation often focus on the right equipment, such as care beds, walkers or drinking cups. But one factor for pleasant and professional care is often forgotten – clothing.
AMF-Bruns Forschungs- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Research and development: crash tests ensure safe design standards
17/03/2022
When it comes to mobility, safety requirements take top priority. To drive research and development in this specific area, the company newly founded a research and development company, which operates separately from the successful car conversion entity. Its competence center for mobile safety opened its doors in 2021 in Apen, Germany.
PantherMedia/bitpics
Accessible bathrooms: fostering and maintaining greater autonomy and independence
28/02/2022
For most people, the bathroom is their happy place and sanctuary – which is why it is important to remove any barriers for safety, ease, and comfort. Unfortunately, this is not always a given when it comes to people with disabilities. Unless you live in a new building, you may have to remodel bathrooms and toilet rooms to accommodate your special needs.
Benoit Systemes
Mobile, more mobile, Mobili Kit: For more mobility into the narrowest corner
22/02/2022
When mobility declines, the step up to a wheelchair can be very costly, both emotionally and organizationally. Benoit Systemes has found a solution here: With the Mobili Kit, you can still make a U-turn in even the smallest hallway – and in your own favorite chair. Tanya Veraksa told us about the advantages of the Mobili Kit and the story behind Benoit Systemes.
F. Sodermanns Automobile GmbH
Mobility experience: sustainability meets state-of-the-art technology to support people with disabilities
19/01/2022
To benefit people with disabilities, it takes more than a standard model to plug into the future. F. Sodermanns Automobile GmbH collaborated with Electric Vehicle manufacturer e.GO Mobile SE to create this type of sustainable vehicle. REHACARE.com asked managing director and founder Frank Sodermanns what prompted the collaboration and learned about the little speedster’s countless possibilities.
Andi Weiland | Gesellschaftsbilder.de
The right wheelchair for every occasion
16/12/2021
Wheelchairs have a special significance for their users: they give many people with disabilities a great deal of freedom by enabling them to live more self-determined. Whether for daily errands in the city, off-road adventures in the forest or for sports – the variety of wheelchairs is constantly increasing. REHACARE.com took a closer look.
2KERR
Wheelchair "add-ons": it all adds up to more fun and participation
16/12/2021
Inclusion also means that nobody gets left out when it comes to recreational activities. People with disabilities no longer want to pass up on any events, whether it is wheelchair sports, outdoor activities or just having "more fun” getting around town. REHACARE.com took a closer look at some of the latest trends in the leisure sector and gained exciting insights.
AMF-Bruns GmbH & Co. KG
Mobile – thanks to car conversions
28/09/2021
Electric cars, e-scooters, and electric bikes – will our future be shaped by electromobility? Does this spell the end of the internal combustion engine? Or will we embrace alternative fuel vehicles that use hydrogen fuel for private transport? How will these new modes of travel impact the way we work? REHACARE.com addresses these questions in our current Topic of the Month.
PARAVAN GmbH
Electromobility and autonomous driving: Where are we heading?
28/09/2021
After some initial hesitation, electromobility now seems to be picking up speed. We asked the German experts at AMF-Bruns and Sodermanns about the challenges of vehicle conversion. Aside from different drivetrain systems, PARAVAN continues to push the boundaries of automobility. REHACARE.com took a look behind the scenes.
PARAVAN GmbH
Promoting career self-determination with adaptive utility work machines
28/09/2021
Mobility is a key ability to live a self-determined life. It pertains to both the private and the professional realm: Agriculture, logistics, public service – none of them are possible without automobility. But who converts commercial vehicles to make them accessible for people with disabilities? And who pays for the costs? REHACARE.com looked into the matter.
Tobias Kroll
Tobi Kroll – That's how he rolls
16/06/2021
How can we arrive in an inclusive world? Tobi Kroll has a few suggestions, because he is always thinking about barriers – both structural and social. But he also has some ideas about how society can accommodate people with disabilities. Who he would like to discuss our society with and how he otherwise rolls, he tells us on REHACARE.com.
Drazen Lovric
Ronja Holze – That's how she rolls
02/06/2021
Sport has a special significance in Ronja Holzes life: First it helped her to accept her new life situation, then she fought her way up to the world championship and into the national squad in just a few years. Which sports she is talking about here, which auxiliary mean is particularly important for her life as an athlete and how she otherwise rolls, she tells us on REHACARE.com.
Lego-Oma-Team
Rita Ebel – That's how she rolls
19/05/2021
Rita Ebel has become known as the "Lego granny": Since accessibility is still a scarce commodity, she designs ramps made of interlocking plastic bricks. Boxes of the colourful bricks are stored in her house and are transformed into ramps with creative patterns. Why she herself is dependent on accessibility, why she never loses her smile and how she otherwise rolls, she tells us on REHACARE.com.
Holger Schütz
Anne Schütz – That's how she rolls
05/05/2021
Anne Schütz already learned in primary school that no distinction should be made between people with or without disabilities. So it's no surprise that she would like to meet the namesake of her primary school. Who that is, which device means independence for her and how she otherwise rolls, she tells us on REHACARE.com.
HASE BIKES
Sporty and flexible biking – with the new TRETS from HASE BIKES
04/03/2021
On your bike, get set, go – the new TRETS from HASE BIKES makes this possible for children with neuromuscular disease. And the best thing about it? Since it has a medical aid registration number, German health insurance companies pay for or contribute to the purchase of the trike. REHACARE.com asked Dario Valenti to find out what makes TRETS unique and why working for HASE BIKES is so special.
HomeBraceGermany UG
Sensor glasses: Move the wheelchair independently with your eyes
16/02/2021
The eyes play an important role in everyday communication, for example in recognising facial expressions. But for people with severely limited mobility, the eye makes much more possible: Equipped with the MyEcc Pupil, they can move their power wheelchair or a robotic arm independently. How do the glasses make all this possible? REHACARE.com asked Managing Director Thomas Rosner.
PantherMedia/chagpg
Development, testing, improvements: making automobility more inclusive and safer
24/01/2021
Many of the latest trends and developments in the assistive technology realm have started and evolved through the automotive industry. Hardly any other sector features research and development departments as big and state-of-the-art as this segment. Whether it’s an in-house test center or a visionary campus – people are hard at work to shape the future of automobility.
Exero Technologies
Functionality meets design: the new adaptive sport equipment Spike
29/10/2020
Activities aiming at occupational therapy and rehabilitation are boring? Not necessarily! A new assistive exercise and sports equipment named Spike is not only designed to be fun, but also suitable for everybody who wants to get and stay fit. How this works for whom and what kind of history connects Spike with REHACARE? We asked!
Brio Photography / Pro Walk GmbH
Pro Walk: Overcoming foot drop one step at a time
24/09/2020
Safe walking without tripping or falling is challenging for people with foot drop. Luckily there are technologies that provide active support by using functional electrical stimulation (FES). Pro Walk GmbH delivers these types of foot drop systems. How do these devices allow users to complete everyday tasks? REHACARE.com asked Nico Riedl, Product Manager and Physiotherapist at Pro Walk GmbH.
ReWalk Robotics
ReWalk Robotics: Optimal supply thanks to the latest robotic technology
10/06/2020
Rehabilitation and robotics increasingly go hand in hand. That’s why it is crucial to ensure the quality of robotic rehabilitation at any level. How important is it for companies like ReWalk Robotics to have the support of health insurance companies? REHACARE.com asked and also learned about the company’s future hopes for the industry.
beta-web
Standing Ovation facilitates mobility at the workplace
12/12/2019
Sitting while standing up – Standing Ovation makes this oxymoron possible. The rail system with its C-shaped seat bar and seat lifting unit allows Austrian chef Peter Lammer to sustain his job despite an 80 percent disability rating pertaining to his legs. With REHACARE.com he talked about the invention that brought back his zest for life and the feedback he received at this year's trade fair.
VOX / TVNOW / Frank W. Hempel
Mobility: Overcoming barriers with Wheelblades
28/11/2019
Whether they are on vacation in the mountains or brave winter weather at home – people with mobility impairments want to take precautions to arrive safely at their destination. Patrick Mayer is personally affected by disability and developed two products that enable wheelchair and walking aid users to master these situations: Wheelblades and the SafetyFoot.
fuelService
fuelService app helps drivers with disabilities to refuel their car
18/04/2019
Your car ran out of petrol and you need support refuelling it? The new app fuelService is about to help you find a petrol station where you get the help you need. The app is for free and globally available. App founder Niall El-Assaad told REHACARE.com how it works.
panthermedia.net/Valeriy_Al
TTC Wheel-Trans: Accessible transport for people with disabilities in Toronto
17/05/2018
In Canada, the North Americans are far ahead of us Germans when it comes to accessibility. If you are a guest in Toronto, you not only have the possibility to travel with the usual public transport, but you can also opt for the 100 percent accessible alternative and use Wheel-Trans.
BGW/in.signo
"Safe mobility starts with the right choice and adaptation of the wheelchair"
23/07/2015
Whether it’s a wheelchair or a walker – for people with disabilities, it is crucial to control their own mobility in a competent and safe manner. Yet not everyone truly feels confident in every situation with these assistive devices. That’s why REHACARE.com spoke with Nicole Seifert about ways to foster more trust in yourself and others.