Friday, March 29, 2024

Tag: Mobility

Fletcher sets the wheels in motion

For the first time since Rick Hansen set his wheels in motion in 1985 for his Man in Motion World Tour, and stopped at...

Second chance at life

On a random Saturday morning in 2000, Jim Beckley was sitting down with his wife Ellen discussing how exhausted he had been at his...

Rosemarie Rossetti Crowned Ms. Wheelchair 2004

Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. of Columbus, OH was crowned Ms. Wheelchair Ohio on March 20 at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, Ohio. She competed against...

Two techniques combined to treat spinal cord injury

Two techniques that had been previously developed to treat spinal cord injury in animals work effectively when combined, allowing deliberately injured rats to regain...

Disabled Quincy man puts past behind him, focuses on the future

Greg Starman admits he will occasionally still find himself wondering, "Why?" Why did such an unbelievably cruel twist of fate have to befall a...

Toyota Donates Sienna Rampvan to Paralyzed Veterans of America

WASHINGTON, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) today received the donation of a 2004 Toyota Sienna Rampvan from Toyota Motor...

Uncharted waters

Tim Swieckowski is a quadriplegic, but a specially designed boat allows him to be one of the few who sail on their own. SAND KEY...

Robot Helps Paralyzed Patients Move Again

Dallas Lab Only One In Texas Featuring 'Lokomat' DALLAS -- Paralyzed patients in North Texas are learning to walk again at a very unique spinal...

Robotic technology teaches spinal cord injury patients to walk again

A 50-year-old man paralyzed from the neck down in a devastating motorcycle accident a year ago is learning to walk again with the help...

Paralysed rugby player has steely resolve to walk again

Paralysed rugby player Vaughan de Groen is going to the United States determined to confound those who said he would never regain mobility after...