Sherbrooke researchers ask, how safe is it to drive with a cast?

14 November 2018 at 18 h 40 min

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By Gordon Lambie

Sherbrooke researchers ask, how safe is it to drive with a cast?

Michel Quintal, who had ankle surgery a year ago, behind the wheel of a driving simulator developed by a team including Biomedical Engineer Mathieu Hamel and Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Francois Cabana (Photo : Gordon Lambie)

How soon after a person breaks their ankle or foot is it safe to get back behind the wheel of a car? That’s the question at the heart of research being done by Dr. Francois Cabana and his team at the CHUS research centre in Sherbrooke. The project began in 2010, and since that time it has resulted in the creation of two different versions of a driving simulator meant to provide patients in recovery and their doctors with a sense of how their injury changes their ability to operate a vehicle. See full story in the Thursday, Nov. 15 edition of The Record.

Michel Quintal, who had ankle surgery a year ago, behind the wheel of a driving simulator developed by a team including Biomedical Engineer Mathieu Hamel and Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Francois Cabana

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