United States Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Center of Excellence in Wheelchairs and Associated Rehabilitation Engineering (WaRE)

Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA

Our mission is to continuously improve the mobility and function of people with disabilities through advanced engineering in clinical research and medical rehabilitation

Due to VA Websites Transitioning to a new look and feel, some pages on the WaRE site may temporarily appear in the old design.

 

image of Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance (PerMMA), a power wheelchair with robotic arms computer drawing of a custom handcycle designed and built at HERL image of wheelchair transfer biomechanics research
Human Engineering Research Laboratories Logo image of wheelchair dataloggers, electronic devices built at HERL to capture data in many research studies
image of research participant using a power wheelchair joystick to navigate through a virtual reality driving course image of a a person using GameCycle, an exercise system integrated with video game play image of researcher performing a shoulder ultrasound on a wheelchair user

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