Ultimate Seating Guide 2016
Determining the Course of Seating Solutions
Should a wheelchair seating system accommodate a client's current posture or seek to intervene and change it?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Sep 01, 2016
ATP Series
It's all about the kids: Take a look at the latest pediatric-focused seating, positioning and mobility technology.
Funding Series
Skin Protection, Positioning & Adjustability: Their Impact on Funding
Skin protection, positioning, adjustability: How wheelchair seat cushion codes are defined, and what their definitions do -- and don't -- mean for medical justification.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 01, 2016
Technology Series
ATPs & Clinicians Name Their Assistive Technology Favorites in Our 6th Annual Best Picks Contest
Announcing Mobility Management's sixth annual Best Picks: ATPs and seating & wheeled mobility clinicians talk about the complex rehab technology products that are their go-to favorites.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jul 01, 2016
ATP Series
As Anterior & Lateral Tilt Become More Widely Available, ATPs & Clinicians Have Positioning Options Beyond Posterior
Posterior tilt is the most common form of tilt, but it isn’t the only one that can be helpful to seating clients. What benefits can anterior and lateral tilt offer?
ATP Series
Optimizing Seating & Mobility Choices for Clients with Profound Cognitive Deficits
What should seating & wheeled mobility expectations be for clients who present with significant cognitive involvement?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 01, 2016
Funding Series
CRT's Miscellaneous Code Can Be a Huge Funding Challenge
Complex rehab technology's miscellaneous HCPCS code covers a wide range of products and can pose enormous challenges to ATPs and funding specialists.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 01, 2016
Do Clients with CVA Fully Benefit from Seating & Mobility Interventions?
Do clients with cerebrovascular accidents get the same access to complex rehab technology as patients with other mobility-related conditions? PLUS: Poster presentation from APTA CSM.
Pediatric Series
Gait Training Benefits Extend Far Beyond the Potential of Functional Ambulation
Is gait training a worthwhile endeavor even if the client never achieves functional ambulation?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Apr 01, 2016
2016 Mobility Management Reader's Survey
We asked, you answered: Mobility Management readers — ATPs, occupational and physical therapists, funding specialists, executives, repair techs and other professionals tell us what they recommend and provide, what they're excited about and what they want to see more of in the complex rehab technology industry.
ATP Series
Transferring in and out of wheelchairs onto different surfaces is an everyday task, but one vitally important to independence and health.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 01, 2016
ATP Series
More Common than Traditionally Thought, Cognitive Impairment Can Challenge Clinicians, ATPs & Clients
Cognitive involvement is among the symptoms for many people who use wheelchairs, but the presentations can vary greatly.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 01, 2016
Automotive Accessibility Special
The National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) plans for its annual conference and unveils new Quality Assurance Program requirements. PLUS: Looking forward to National Mobility Awareness Month, and Accessibility News.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 01, 2016
ATP Series
While transverse myelitis can present with symptoms similar to those of spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis, its path and its prognosis are different.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 01, 2016
The Importance of Fine-Tuning Head and Neck Positioning
Why head and neck positioning are so important to the overall function and success of a seating system.
- By Elisha Bury
- Dec 01, 2015
ATP Series
The Challenges (& Fun) of Seating & Mobility for Tweens
They're not little kids any more! Tweenhood is a time for physical, social and emotional changes and growth -- along with challenges for everyone, including their seating & mobility professionals.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Nov 01, 2015
Technology Series
Accessibility Products Can Open Doors for CRT Clients & Offer Retail Revenue for Providers
Complex rehab technology providers are perfectly positioned to expand into the accessibility market. This pictorial has accessibility suggestions and business tips to make it happen.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Oct 01, 2015
ATP Series
This Common Condition Among Wheelchair Users Has an Uncommon Ability to Impact Fit & Function
It's a common condition that seating clinicians and ATPs can encounter multiple times a day. But the circumstances, combined with each client’s particular needs, makes working with scoliosis a major challenge.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Oct 01, 2015
ATP Series
How scar tissue forms, why it is different than healthy tissue, and the impact it has on wheelchair seating decisions.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Sep 01, 2015
ATP Series
Are Wheelchair Users Who Are Over or Under Their Ideal Weights at Greater Pressure Ulcer Risk?
Clients who are significantly under or over their "ideal body weights" can present special challenges for seating & wheeled mobility clinicians and ATPs trying to prevent pressure-induced problems.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 01, 2015