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Christian is a wheelchair user with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. For him, the wheelchair and Micro Joystick are tools of freedom to go about his everyday life or to go on adventures and see the world!

Precision Rehab fitted the mo-vis Scoot Control to Andie's power wheelchair. This system, together with the modern R-net controls, makes driving the powerchair very easy for her parents and carers.

by Guest Blogger Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS

Any power wheelchair driving method must be mounted to provide a consistent, stable, and secure placement to optimize driving. This is particularly true of driving methods mounted by the chin.

The combination of mo-vis devices can offer most muscular dystrophy patients a complete functional solution and opens new perspectives for a better quality of life. This can make the difference between dependence and independence.

by Guest Blogger Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS

While standard joystick modules are the most common power wheelchair driving method, these tend to be rather bulky and difficult to use if not mounted to the end of the armpad.
If there is not adequate room to mount a standard joystick module where the driver has optimal control, an All-round Joystick may be used.

Patients in the later stages of ALS (and other diseases) may become increasingly paralyzed. At that moment, the combination of some mo-vis devices can offer most ALS patients a complete functional solution and opens new perspectives for a better quality of life.