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United Spinal Association

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Link to wheelchair safety gear on sale at United Spinal online store.
Wheelchair and scooter parts. Discount for site visitors. Link to inquiry form.

Blow The Snow With An Old Powered Wheelchair

What can you do with that old powered wheelchair once it’s worth nothing on E-bay or Craigs List.

Well, if you live in a part of the country where snow has been known to cover your walks and driveways you can automate that old bomber and have it go out and blow away the white stuff. [...]

Manual Wheelchair Design To Ease Shoulder Strain And Transfers

New manual wheelchair design that promises to take the strain off of the wheelchair users shoulders and make transfers [...]

Kit For Adding A Gas Powered Engine To Your Manual Wheelchair

A commercially made kit that will adapt a gas powered engine to a manual [...]

Students Can Win 1000 Dollars In Health Policy Essay Contest

KaiserEDU.org announces its Fourth Annual Student Essay Contest. Submit an original essay on the topic below for a chance to win $1,000. Deadline for submission is March 8, 2010.

ESSAY TOPIC
It is January 2015. What do you see as the major health policy challenges still facing the United States? Please identify the top two priorities and [...]

How Reliable Is Your Wheelchair?

How reliable is your wheelchair? A recent study may give you some [...]

A Beat Wheelchair With A 165cc Four Stroke Engine

This beatup hospital style wheelchair has been modified with a Honda 165cc four stroke engine. The motorized wheelchair has a top speed of 68KPH. The video shows the wheelchair in action including the chain drive system that propels the chair.

Pants On The Ground Goes Wheelchair

Mobility Superstar and Wheelchair Junkie Mark E. Smith and the Pride Mobility crowd get rapped with Pants On The Ground.

Way to go Mark! Will you autograph my forehead? Please?

FDA Approves New Drug For Multiple Sclerosis

New York, NY…..The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the marketing of Ampyra™ (dalfampridine, formerly known as fampridine SR, from Acorda Therapeutics) for its ability to improve walking speed in people with any type of multiple sclerosis.

Ampyra is the first therapy specifically approved to treat a symptom of MS, and as an oral drug [...]

Making Sure Your Medicare Wheelchair and Equipment Gets Paid For

Making sure your Medicare wheelchair and equipment get paid [...]

New Wheelchair Support- Industry Standards or Standard For The Industry

New Wheelchair Support- Industry Standards or Standard For The Industry. The ongoing saga of a single father trying to get an appropriate wheelchair for his [...]