NASA Develops Rehab Tool
From: FLC NewsLink - June 2006 - page 1
By: Nicole Quenelle

Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has begun using the
Secure Ambulation Module (S.A.M.) physical therapy device to rehabilitate
patients with spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries. 

A product of Enduro Medical Technology (East Hartford, CT), S.A.M. is based
on technology developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). 

Enduro donated the S.A.M. unit to Walter Reed to facilitate rehabilitation
for military patients, including soldiers returning home from service in Iraq. 

S.A.M. allows patients to stand or walk - partially weight bearing, full
weight bearing or non-weight bearing—whether they have a sense of balance or
not. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.federallabs.org/newslink/nl200606_02.html

Photo:
http://www.federallabs.org/images/newslink/nl200606/rehab-tool.jpg

Photo caption:
A product of Enduro Medical Technology, S.A.M. is based on technology developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Links:
Goddard Technology Benefits PT Patients, Soldiers, Children
http://techtransfer.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletter/current-issue.htm

NASA Tech Benefits PT Patients, Soldiers, Children
http://techtransfer.gsfc.nasa.gov/SS-SAM.html

Video:
http://techtransfer.gsfc.nasa.gov/SAM-video.html