{"id":55,"date":"2006-09-06T08:57:09","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T16:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca\/physio\/2006\/09\/sam-from-nasa\/"},"modified":"2006-09-06T08:57:09","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T16:57:09","slug":"sam-from-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/2006\/09\/sam-from-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"SAM from NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SAM_Walker\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/files\/2009\/04\/154772main_sam_walker-250px.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"377\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"6\"><\/p>\n<p>New physical therapy device named SAM, for the Secure Ambulation Mode is based on technology originally developed and honed at NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.<\/p>\n<p>It is a wheeled walker that supports a patient \u2019s upper body weight and pelvis, and mimics hip joint movement. It was developed as a patented walker that supported the pelvis and imitated hip joint movement, which ultimately alleviated pain to injured patients by reducing the amount of weight placed on the legs.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Enduro Medical Technologies, East Hartford, Conn., licensed these patented NASA technologies and modified the cable-compliant system into an advanced walker with a flexible harness that embraces the lower torso.<\/p>\n<p>The SAM walker, born by way of NASA&#8217;s technology transfer program, also gives patients with degenerative conditions like severe arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson&#8217;s Disease an opportunity to safely extend their mobility.<\/p>\n<p>Physical therapists at Kindred Hospital of Greensboro, N.C., have discovered yet another use for the technology. &#8220;We use SAM with bariatric patients \u2013 individuals who are remarkably overweight,&#8221; said Mark Castleberry, Director of Rehabilitation Services. &#8220;We have two SAMs, and are currently using one to aid a gentleman who is over 600 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>More information about SAM walker is available on the NASA website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/goddard\/news\/topstory\/2006\/SAM.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New physical therapy device named SAM, for the Secure Ambulation Mode is based on technology originally developed and honed at NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. It is a wheeled walker that supports a patient \u2019s upper body weight and pelvis, and mimics hip joint movement. It was developed as a patented walker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2440],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/physio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}