Rehabilitation is a process that helps individuals living with a health condition achieve the highest possible level of function, independence and quality of life in their everyday activities. Part of rehabilitation can include helping patients find ways to improve how they move around, such as through physiotherapy, altering their environment and supporting them with mobility aids.
Mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, lifts and prosthetics, provide patients with support and assistance that allow them to perform activities they would otherwise be unable to perform. To attain the force needed to support a patient physically, many mobility aids are driven by powerful, high-precision micromotors. In particular, powered prosthetics and exoskeletons are at the forefront of rehabilitation engineering.
Read the full article in DPA's June issue