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Rehab Lift/Vest.


Barrier Free Lifts[R] has developed a gait-training system, employing the UNILIFT[R] ceiling lift and the MAGS MAGS Mount Albert Grammar School (New Zealand)
MAGS Mackenzie GEWEX Study
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MAGS Manage Authorized Grades and Skills
 Vest. The MAGS Vest is a comfortable upper-body vest that can bring a resident to a standing position without creating pain for the user. Other upper-body vests do not support the torso torso /tor·so/ (tor´so) trunk (1).

tor·so
n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si
The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.
 and slide up under the arms, creating painful and dangerous circumstances. The MAGS Vest uses a type of netting that grabs the torso, preventing the vest from this painful sliding.

When coupled with the UNILIFT ceiling lift, the MAGS Vest gives the user unrestricted ambulatory Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration.

An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved.
 rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. , free of barriers and support bars. By raising or lowering the lift, the therapist can regulate how much weight a patient bears during therapy sessions. With a Barrier Free Lifts[R] scale attached to the ceiling lift, the therapist can chart the progress of his or her patients.
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Publication:Nursing Homes
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2000
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