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| Assistive devices for children and teenagers |
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When it comes to assistive devices, there is one target group that needs special attention: children! Due to their size and motor development, they need special wheelchairs as well as other mobility and everyday aids. At REHACARE 2022, numerous exhibitors presented their new products especially for children and young people with disabilities.
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| Germany's second-largest health insurer accepts preliminary ruling on ReWalk exoskeletons as direct disability compensation |
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The health insurer BARMER accepts the second-instance ruling of the Federal Social Court North Rhine-Westphalia. This decision enables paraplegics in Germany to obtain exoskeletons as direct disability compensation on an easier pathway.
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| THERA-Trainer: Complete solution for gait rehabilitation |
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The goal of THERA-Trainer by medica Medizintechnik GmbH is to make it easy for people with restricted mobility to regain their lost mobility. That is why the family company has designed professional therapeutic products and robotic assisted complete solutions for all phases of lower extremity rehabilitation.
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| Interview with Mao Zhongwu: Paralympics winner in skiing and inclusion ambassador |
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Becoming a Paralympics champion after just five years of training – What sounds like a dream to many became true for Mao Zhongwu at this year's Winter Games in Beijing. In an interview with REHACARE Shanghai, he talks about his career path, how sports changed his life and his wishes for the future.
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| Victoria H. – That's how she rolls |
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Victoria H. sees the world with more mindful eyes since she had to get to know herself and her body anew. However, she has retained her enthusiasm for sports and has found many new ways to practice it. What kind of role REHACARE plays in this, why straws are an important assistive device in her everyday life and what how she rolls otherwise, she tells us on REHACARE.com.
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| Physiologist from Bayreuth receives European Diabetes Research Award: New app enables safe exercise in type 1 diabetes |
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A study at the University of Bayreuth is evaluating an app that has already been developed to enable people with type 1 diabetes to exercise safely. The aim is for people with type 1 diabetes to be able to exercise without fear of dysglycemia. Bayreuth physiologist Professor Othmar Moser receives a European Diabetes Research Award.
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| Carbonhand 2.0 approved as a medical device according to the EU-MDR |
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The grip-strengthening glove Carbonhand® from Bioservo is now classified and approved as a medical device under the European Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR). The grip strengthening glove gives people with limited hand function additional strength and endurance in their grip and is equipped with sensors at the fingertips.
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| Highlights of REHACARE 2022 |
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Up close and live on site: REHACARE, the world's largest trade fair for rehabilitation and care, showed what the assistive technology industry has to offer in terms of technological innovations with numerous new and proven products to touch and try out. Whether rehabilitation, care, mobility or occupational participation – the diversity of the industry was omnipresent.
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