Purpose. The purpose of this study was to evaluate pushrim-activated, power-assisted
wheelchair (PPW) performance among dual-users in their natural environment to determine …

Purpose. To identify areas of difficulty encountered by a regional wheelchair service in
providing Electric Powered Indoor/outdoor wheelchairs (EPIOCs) to those with muscular …

Children and adults with sensorimotor disabilities can significantly increase their autonomy
through the use of assistive robots. As the field progresses from short-term, task-specific …

Increasing the autonomy of users with disabilities through robot-assisted mobility has the
potential of facilitating their sensorimotor and social development, as well as reducing the …

In typically developing infants, the emergence of independent locomotion is associated with
advances in perception, cognition, motor, and social skills. In contrast, children with …

Medical technology in the broadest sense refers to the diagnostic or therapeutic application
of science and technology to improve the management of health conditions, and describes a …