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Tek RMD, Mobility, Company Updates, Product Updates Derek Jones Tek RMD, Mobility, Company Updates, Product Updates Derek Jones

Tek RMD Accessories - The Outdoor Kit

The Tek RMD from Matia Mobility was designed as an indoor product that allowed users with weak or paralysed legs to stand and move. This in itself has been a great boon for clients who wished to have greater independence for their day to day activities. Some clients discovered that the Tek RMD would work just fine on the outside deck or paving but the arrival of the Outdoor Kit accessory greatly extends this ability.

The video below shows that Tek RMD fitted with outdoor wheels being tried out on grass

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RehaMove - Changing the Stimulation Settings

We have always wanted our FES Cycling clients to be comfortable to make changes to their stimulation settings over time. Knowing when and how to changing settings is not difficult - when you know how. The video below was recorded to address that topic. The
video has English subtitles and a transcripy of the audio is given below.

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Tek RMD, Mobility, Client Stories Derek Jones Tek RMD, Mobility, Client Stories Derek Jones

Tek RMD Accessories - The Transfer Seat

Along with the electric lifter version, there are now two major accessories for the Tek RMD. These are the Transfer Seat and the Outdoor Wheels Kit. In this article we review the Transfer Seat.
Transferring to the Tek RMD meant that the user needed to get on the product from the back. This was not always possible with some wheelchair designs. The Transfer Seat allows a user to approach the Tek RMD more from the side - sometimes hopping across or sometimes with the aid of a transfer board.

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Electrotherapy and wound healing - Part 1

Electrotherapy might seem an unlikely approach to use in healing pressure ulcers or chronic wounds of all types. However, it’s long been recognised that humans are “bioelectric” and there is such a thing as a “skin battery” that can be disrupted by wounds. In this short series we look at what we know of wound healing with electrotherapy. In this first article we introduce the topic and set the scene for the second article which looks at protocols and contraindications.

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Rehab & Training - Part 3 Recovery

In these articles, we have looked at strength and conditioning training to see if this more familiar territory might give us a structure with which we might approach training for neurorehabilitation. In this final article we have introduced the important of rest and recovery. The best results from training are achieved when there is an optimal balance between the training dose and rest and recovery. This has many unknowns but we can rely on the vital importance of sleep hygene, nutritional status and maintaining. as far as possible, low levels of negative stress.

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Rehab & Training Part 2 - The Dose

In this article, we explore the second most important training principle from strength and conditioning which considers the “Dose” of training - in other words the Volume, Intensity and Frequency of training. We look at how these factors relate to neurorehabilitation and learning.

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