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Manufacturer and distributer of pediatric rehab products designed for children with special needs. Products include adaptive chairs, special needs car seats, standers, desks, bathing chairs, toileting chairs, special needs strollers, walkers, adapted tricycles, and therapeutic products designed for use in the classroom, clinic or home

Provides special utensils and products for children with feeding and oral motor disorders including the Johnson Therapeutic Textured Spoon, shallow bowls and utensils that provide oral-sensory stimulation with feeding

Custom-builds mobility devices for individuals with disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Muscular Dystrophy, Angelman Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, and visually impaired. Freedom Concepts Inc. (FCI) custom designed tricycles, walkers and chairs provide mobility and therapeutic benefits for thousands of special needs individuals throughout Canada and the U.S.

Developer and manufacturer of sensory integration dysfunction (DSI) and neurodevelopmental products that help therapeutic professionals, people with special needs, their families, and other professionals, solve problems or meet new challenges.

U.S. Department of Health &Human Services - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The mission of CERTs is to conduct research and provide education that will advance the optimal use of drugs, medical devices, and biological products; increase awareness of the benefits and risks of therapeutics; and improve quality while cutting the costs of care. CERTs consists of 14 research centers and a Coordinating Center. The Centers receive funds from both public and private sources, with core financial support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Provides products designed specifically for special needs children. Founded by a parent, a Pediatric Physical Therapist, an engineer and an industrial designer, manufacturer in response to requests for a simple, durable line of products that work for kids and parents with special needs.

Study being conducted to identify specific motor signatures of different forms of dystonia. Study will examine abnormal co-activation in distal and proximal muscles to evaluate the characteristics of the loss of selectivity of the motor command in mobile vs. fixed dystonia. We will also study possible cognitive and limbic components of the disease, examining the influence of cognitive and emotional loads on movement production.

NCBI PubMed Abstract, Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Study involving piglets to determine whether the generation of superoxide anion occurs primarily during asphyxia or whether reventilation must take place, 2) to investigate the effects of indomethacin pretreatment at a therapeutic dose of 0.2 mg/kg i.v. on superoxide anion generation, and 3) to investigate the effects of oxypurinol, an oxygen free radical scavenger, on superoxide anion production during asphyxia/reventilation