New Mobility

If you use a power chair, have a smaller build and need tilt, recline, seat elevation and elevating leg rests, you’ve likely had to settle for a full-size chair to get them all. Permobil’s new M4 Nexa, designed with adolescents and smaller adults in mind, puts the full set on a compact mid-wheel-drive frame. Wandercraft’s Eve is a self-balancing personal exoskeleton for every...

Whether you’re fresh out of rehab or you’ve been using a wheelchair for decades, finding your way through life after SCI can be overwhelming. Staying on top of unpredictable health, insurance and access issues can be enough to frustrate even the most organized and competent individual. Researchers at Kessler Foundation created the SCI Navigator Program to lighten that load wi...

Wandercraft’s newest exoskeleton, Eve, received FDA clearance and is now available in the U.S. It is self-balancing personal exoskeleton for everyday life and allows individuals to stand up and walk hands-free. It is designed to complement a wheelchair, not replace it. Eve is intended for adults 18 and older with spinal cord injury at any neurological level.

When life changes, your dreams don’t have to. That’s the message behind the newly released dance drama, Ballroom, that thrusts wheelchair ballroom dancing into the spotlight. Ballroom follows the story of Violet, an aspiring dancer whose dreams are shattered when a car accident leaves her a paraplegic. With the support of her therapists and her love interest, a charismatic da...

Power chair users of smaller stature who have been looking for a wheelchair that offers all the essential power seating features with a frame designed to fit them better have a new option: Permobil’s M4 Nexa. Permobil designed the M4 Nexa to deliver all the maneuverability and essential seating features found in its full-size Corpus line of power chairs in a new, compact buil...