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| Height-adjustable, versatile and adaptive – wheelchairs for kids |
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A wheelchair should fit your needs and support your life wherever it may take you. In theory, you can find the perfect model from many available options. But for one group of people, the choices are more limited – children. Meanwhile, they are the ones in dire need of assistive technology that helps them play with their friends and fosters their independence.
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| Self-walking exoskeletons: Engineers combine AI and wearable cameras |
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Robotics researchers are developing exoskeletons and prosthetic legs capable of thinking and making control decisions on their own using sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
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| Multiple Sclerosis: Gamified digital health solution |
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Researchers aim to help people with multiple sclerosis self-manage their condition by using a new evidence-based digital application. Due to digitalization of healthcare, there is a strong vision that digital tools will also be used by patients to target specific health conditions. However, there is not much evidence yet that this would bring value in the care process.
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| Marcel Michitsch – That's how he rolls |
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Marcel Michitsch's hobby is loud and dirty: He is an enduro rider and spends every free minute off-road on his motorbike. Man and machine fight their way through routes of up to 80 kilometres in length – it's less about speed and more about endurance. Why he was used to challenges even before his hobby and how he otherwise rolls, he tells us on REHACARE.com.
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| Donation of intensive care bed mattresses for Portuguese hospitals |
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The Funke Medical AG, one of the leading German manufacturers of decubitus therapy systems, donates intensive care bed mattresses to two clinics in Portugal. After Portugal had the highest new COVID infection rates worldwide in the meantime, the situation has been easing for about two weeks. Nevertheless, the country is currently still struggling with the third wave of Covid.
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| Paw hygiene no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals |
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Over 10,000 people in Europe use an assistance dog; think of hearing dogs for people with a hearing impairment, medical response service dogs and psychiatric service dogs. According to a UN-agreement and the Dutch law, these dogs are welcome in hospitals and other public places. However, in practice, many assistance dog users and their dogs are regularly refused entry.
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