ATP Series
Comparing & Contrasting the Functions of Standing Wheelchairs to Standing Frames
Standing wheelchairs and standing frames both offer the benefits of being upright. But there are differences in their mechanics and functions.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 01, 2018
ATP Series
Managing This Common Condition Can Greatly Impact Function, Quality of Life
Spasticity is a common presentation in seating and wheeled mobility evaluations. Managing it can be key to a client's quality of life.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 01, 2018
ATP Series
How Does Carbon Fiber Measure Up Among Ultralightweight Choices?
How carbon fiber, titanium and high-grade aluminum have transformed the ultralightweight wheelchair space.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 01, 2018
Pediatric Series
How Seating & Mobility Can Support the Varying Needs of Kids with Spinal Muscular Atroph
ATP Series
What Middle Age Means to the Industry’s First Longtime Ultralightweight Chair Users
It's a new industry challenge: working with ultralightweight manual wheelchair users as they enter middle age and want to stay in their tried-and-true mobility systems.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Nov 01, 2017
ATP Series
Where to Start & How to Proceed When Assessing Power Chair Options
What's the best process when assessing a client for power wheelchair driving controls -- proportional or switch?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Oct 01, 2017
Pediatric Series
The Best CRT You Don't Know About
A pictorial of the best pediatric CRT you might not know about!
ATP Series
Do you intervene? Accommodate? Or do both?
Asymmetrical postures are common challenges in seating and wheeled mobility. Is intervention or accommodation the better plan?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Sep 01, 2017
ATP Series
Understanding the differences and goals of these seating strategies.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Sep 01, 2017
ATP Series
For Some Products, the Retail Option Cuts Through Funding Red Tape
For some complex rehab technology products, cash-pay sales cut through funding red tape.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 01, 2017
ATP Series
Form, Functionality & the Future of Wheelchair Backs
Combining form and function to create the best back supports is part art, part science.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 01, 2017
ATP Series
ATPs & Clinicians Share Their Best Picks for 2017
Our yearly Best Picks are here! Check out the seating, positioning and mobility products that ATPs and clinicians named as their favorites -- and hear why they made these choices.
Should It Be Switches or Proportional Controls for Kids?
When it comes to alternative driving control choices for kids, what should the decision-making process be like?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 01, 2017
ATP Series
For ATPs & Clinicians, There's Much More to Consider Than Paralysis
Complications from spinal cord injury can impact seating and mobility decisions — and can worsen if not addressed.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 01, 2017
ATP Series
Determining (& Justifying) the Better Mobility Choice
Lower-cervical spinal cord injuries can present a mobility crossroads: Is manual or power mobility better for a given client?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 01, 2017
ATP Series
Why Wheelchair Seat Cushions Wear Out — And a Standards Update
Cushions are among the hardest-working components of a seating system. What factors accelerate their aging?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 01, 2017
ATP Series
Will Evidence-Based Practices & Outcomes Measures Drive Complex Rehab Success?
What role will evidence-based practices and outcomes measures play in the future success of complex rehab technology? ATPs speak out.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 01, 2017
ATP Series
Wheelchair seating and positioning gets most of the attention in clinical assessments, but your clients sit on a number of different surfaces every day. Are they seated optimally in all situations?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 01, 2017
With the Veterans Mobility Safety Act Signed Into Law, What’s Next for the Automotive Adaptive Industry
Now that H.R. 3471 is officially law, what's down the road for the automotive adaptive industry? Plus: The future of autonomous vehicles.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 01, 2017
ATP Series
How Current Research Is Shaping Future Risk Assessment
Researchers' evolving understanding of seated pressure and risk assessment could shape future complex rehab technology offerings.