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Zusammenfassung: For a woman with hemiparesis a stimulation system for the influencing of posture and gait has been developed. The system stimulates in a way that the deviation to horizontal position of shoulders can be perceived and the disabled person is able to correct this independently.

Zusammenfassung: A new apparatus was designed for the calibration of thin film socket pressure sensors based on an inflatable bladder replicating the geometry of a representative transtibial residual limb. Average pressure measurement errors of 15-20% were demonstrated using two different calibration protocols.

Zusammenfassung: This study analyzes the limited references to the prosthetics and orthotics professions in disability studies literature, proposes reasons for this, and relates this to the prosthetics and orthotics professions.

Zusammenfassung: The Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) is Germany’s Competent Authority for assessing incidents with medical devices. BfArM presents a survey about incidents with products for massage and physical exercise: Treatment-tables, units for physical exercise and for mobilisation.

Zusammenfassung: A suitable wheelchair can be a vital means of mobility. A better understand-ing of the types of wheelchair repairs positively affect wheelchair use. This study was undertaken to demonstrate the differences of failures between PAPAWs and powered wheelchairs.

Zusammenfassung: The standard of the postoperative procedure after oseotomy is a uncomfortable plaster cast. We were looking for a comfortable stabile system, what gives us the possibility to unit the advantage of the stability of a plaster cast and the flexibility of a specific physiotherapy.

Zusammenfassung: A better understand¬ing of the types of wheelchair repairs positively affect wheelchair use. Many of the failures are performable by instructing user and taking of instructed bicycle menders. This study was undertaken to demonstrate the differences of failures in manual wheelchairs.