Anesthetic Management of an Obstetric Patient with Behçet’s Disease Complicated by Transverse Myelitis by Sara Alwatban, Etedal AlAamri, Abdullah Alraffa, Mona Alkhawajah

“…She presented to the preanesthesia clinic on a wheelchair with worsening of baseline right lower limb weakness. …”
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High Costs of Dialysis Transportation in the United States: Exploring Approaches to a More Cost-effective Delivery System by J. Mark Stephens, Samuel Brotherton, Stephan C. Dunning, Larry C. Emerson, David T. Gilbertson, Matthew Gitlin, Ann C. McClellan, William M. McClellan, Sanatan Shreay

“…Most other costs are due to transport via ambulettes, wheelchair vans and taxis. Approximately 5% of costs incurred are for private vehicle or public transportation use. …”
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A Study and Development of Workplace Facilities and Working Environment to Increase the Work Efficiency of Persons with Disabilities: A Case Study of Major Retail and Wholesale Com... by Soraj Pruettikomon, Chaturong Louhapensang

“…It focuses on the environment and facilities needed by people with three types of disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and wheelchair users. A mixed research method was used (questionnaires, interviews, and observations). …”
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a review of pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, and treatment by T. Mikalauskas, B. Burnytė

“…The disease can present in many ways, from an asymptomatic form to a life dependent on a wheelchair, so it is important for doctors to keep up to date with the latest information so they can identify this genetic disorder faster and help the patient live a full life. …”
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StreetSurfaceVis: a dataset of crowdsourced street-level imagery annotated by road surface type and quality by Alexandra Kapp, Edith Hoffmann, Esther Weigmann, Helena Mihaljević

“…Abstract Road unevenness significantly impacts the safety and comfort of traffic participants, especially vulnerable groups such as cyclists and wheelchair users. To train models for comprehensive road surface assessments, we introduce StreetSurfaceVis, a novel dataset comprising 9,122 street-level images mostly from Germany collected from a crowdsourcing platform and manually annotated by road surface type and quality. …”
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Progressive Lower Extremity Weakness and Axonal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy from a Mutation in KIF5A (c.611G>A;p.Arg204Gln) by Nivedita U. Jerath, Tiffany Grider, Michael E. Shy

“…A 27-year-old gentleman was a fast runner and able to play soccer until age 9 when he developed slowly progressive weakness. He was wheelchair-bound by age 25. He was evaluated by laboratory testing, imaging, electrodiagnostics, and molecular genetics. …”
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Modeling and Kinematics Simulation of a Mecanum Wheel Platform in RecurDyn by Yunwang Li, Sumei Dai, Yuwei Zheng, Feng Tian, Xucong Yan

“…The innovative method of modeling and kinematics simulation in RecurDyn are proposed, taking a Mecanum wheel platform(MWP) for omnidirectional wheelchair as research object. In order to study the motion characteristics and mobile performance of the MWP, the virtual prototype simulation model is established in SolidWorks, and virtual prototype simulation is carried out in RecurDyn. …”
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Bringing Motor Imagery BCI systems outside of the laboratory into daily activities by Sonal Santosh Baberwal, Shirley Coyle

“…Motor Imagery Brain-Computer Interfaces(MI-BCIs) transform imagined movements into actionable control signals, enabling applications such as wheelchair navigation and robotic device operation. …”
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Effect of Intranasal Calcitonin in a Patient with McCune-Albright Syndrome, Fibrous Dysplasia, and Refractory Bone Pain by Tayane Muniz Fighera, Poli Mara Spritzer

“…The pain was incapacitating and the patient required a wheelchair. Intranasal calcitonin was then started, and, 30 days later, the patient already showed significant improvement in pain severity at the affected sites. …”
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A Motor Learning Oriented, Compliant and Mobile Gait Orthosis by A. Calanca, S. Piazza, P. Fiorini

“…Difficulties in motor control and coordination often relegate these patients to the use of a wheelchair and to the unavoidable upcoming of disuse syndromes. …”
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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty as Treatment for Rotator Cuff-Tear Arthropathy and Shoulder Dislocations in an Elderly Male with Parkinson’s Disease by John G. Skedros, James S. Smith, Tanner D. Langston, Micheal G. Adondakis

“…He also began using an electric wheelchair one year after the RTSA. We report this case because of the unusual set of conditions and circumstances, namely, the implantation of a RTSA in a patient with PD and shoulder instability.…”
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De Novo Onset of Myasthenia Gravis after Kidney Transplantation by Aaron de Souza, Rajesh Raj

“…Three months after transplant she presented with progressive weakness and fatigability, finally needing a wheelchair to mobilise. Graft function was stable. Examination revealed patchy limb weakness, worsening on repeated exercise. …”
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Technical Advancement in the Design of Interior Spaces for the Disabled by Yasir Kareem Hassan, Nrmeen Wameed Ahmad

“…The interior space depends on the design of ramps inside the spaces، which is one of the alternative means of transporting wheelchair users to move from one level to another، relying on fixing (the armrest) to protect and reduce risks. …”
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UNSTABLE LUMBAR FRACTURE-DISLOCATION TREATED BY LONG SEGMENT POSTERIOR PEDICLE SCREW INSTRUMENTATION by Ferdiansyah Danang, Primadenny Ariesa Airlangga

“…Discussion: The surgery's primary purpose is to restore alignment and stability to improve the patient's quality of life by enabling daily activity in a wheelchair without significant pain. Short segment or long segment pedicle screw instrumentation remains a debate. …”
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Demographic Profile of Older Adults Using Wheeled Mobility Devices by Amol M. Karmarkar, Brad E. Dicianno, Rosemarie Cooper, Diane M. Collins, Judith T. Matthews, Alicia Koontz, Emily E. Teodorski, Rory A. Cooper

“…Wheeled mobility devices were classified into three main groups: manual wheelchairs, power wheelchairs, and scooters. Our results found factors including age, gender, diagnosis, and living settings to be associated with differences in use of manual versus powered mobility devices. …”
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Preserving the Past, Embracing the Future: Co-Design Strategies for Achieving Harmony Between Heritage Sites and Accessibility Needs by Maryem Lakoud, Ernesto Morales, Alicia Ruiz-Rodrigo, Isabelle Feillou, Samuel Mathieu, Jonathan Riendeau, François Routhier

“…For example, cobbled streets with uneven surfaces or significant level differences create obstacles for wheelchair users and others with mobility challenges. …”
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Constructing a fall risk prediction model for hospitalized patients using machine learning by Cheng-Wei Kang, Zhao-Kui Yan, Jia-Liang Tian, Xiao-Bing Pu, Li-Xue Wu

“…Results The final model included the following variables: Adl_standing, Adl_evacuation, Age_group, Planned_surgery, Wheelchair, History_of_falls, Hypnotic_drugs, Psychotropic_drugs, and Remote_caring_system. …”
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Tarred with the same brush: An initial inquiry into courtesy stigma and problem gambling by Matthew D. Sanscartier, Jason D. Edgerton, Derek Chadee, Lance W. Roberts

“…Results: Problem gambling by a family member elicits more shame/embarrassment (M = 1.75) than using a wheelchair (M = 1.15) and having a mental illness (M = 1.22), but less shame than having a drug problem (M = 2.12) and on par with having an alcohol problem (M = 1.79, ns). …”
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Health-Related Quality-of-Life Utility Values in Adults With Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Analyses of EQ-5D Data From the PROPEL Clinical Trial by Alison Griffiths, Simon Shohet, Neil Johnson, Alasdair MacCulloch

“…In this analysis, patients with a 6MWD ≤75 m, consistent with a health state requiring wheelchair support in the economic analysis, had a predicted utility value of 0.49. …”
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Modelling the mode choice behaviour of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) users in the Solent area of the UK by Nazam Ali, Seda Sucu Sagmanli, Nima Dadashzadeh, Djamila Ouelhadj

“…People with travel-related impairments are significantly more likely to choose other transport modes (i.e., taxi and wheelchair), indicating that current public/shared transport modes are not accessible and inclusive enough in the region. …”
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