Transferring a patient from a bed to a wheelchair, bedside commode or bathroom safely is a challenging task for caregivers. Professional physical therapists and nurses often use a simple but effective ...

We use gait belts at my building. We assign a gait belt to an aide who uses them the entire shift. Do you think with all of the infection prevention techniques we should change our policy? Gait ...

Whether it’s from an accident or health condition, there are all sorts of reasons why someone might need gait training. Physical therapists use these kinds of exercises to help people walk better by ...

Clinical trials have been completed on a therapeutic shoe engineered to improve stroke recovery. The shoe has proven successful, allowing for the patented product to hit the market by the end of the ...

Which gait belt is best? If you’ve never been unsteady on your feet, it can be hard to imagine how debilitating that is — the mere act of standing up could be dangerous. A gait belt is a tool a ...