ATP Series
Self-propelling for clients with quadriplegia is all in the details.
Spinal cord injury clients with quadriplegia can be successful self-propellers, but seating and mobility details are critical.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Oct 01, 2018
ATP Series
How Turning Radius, Seat-to-Floor Height & Other Measurements Impact the User Experience
How numbers such as seat-to-floor height and turning radius impact maneuverability and efficiency for power wheelchair users.
Pediatric Series
Pediatric Anthropometrics & Their Impact on Wheelchair Design
How understanding pediatric anthropometrics can help to create child- and family-centered seating and mobility systems.
ATP Series
Understanding what shear is and how to lower client risk is an evolving progress.
An evolving understanding of shear mechanics and risk factors.
CRT Trends: Big Data
How CRT Impacts Client Activities & Re-Admissions
When wheeled mobility succeeds, it impacts a client's activities and environments.
CRT Trends: Big Data
Does Complex Rehab Technology Improve Function?
Does ATP involvement result in better outcomes for consumers using mobility equipment?
ATP Series
ATPs & Clinicians Name Their Seating & Wheeled Mobility Favorites
Our annual list of seating and wheeled mobility favorites, as named by ATPs and clinicians.
CRT Trends: Big Data
The industry knows Complex Rehab Technology improves lives. Proving it does has been decades in the making
How the Functional Mobility Assessment could impact complex rehab technology.
ATP Series
In ultralightweight chairs, when does weight matter most?
In what situations is the weight of an ultralightweight wheelchair most important?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 01, 2018
Pediatric Series
Packed with Positioning, These Chairs Combine Function with Aesthetics
Positioning defines today's caregiver-propelled chairs for kids.
Technology Series
- By Jackie Kaufenberg
- May 01, 2018
ATP Series
How Seat Cushions Are Impacted When Clients Are in Motion
How wheelchair cushions are affected by the many ways that clients move.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 01, 2018
ATP Series
Inconsistency & Unpredictability Makes MS Intervention a Challenge
Multiple sclerosis impacts clients physically and cognitively. Its lack of predictability can make successful interventions difficult to choose.
ATP Series
What a "Softail" Suspension System Can Do for Your Clients
Understanding the critical role that suspensions can play in optimal wheelchair function... which can lead to greater wheelchair use and enhanced independent mobility.
- By Elisha Bury
- Apr 01, 2018
Funding Series
The current funding system skews against CRT. Is there a better way?
HCPCS codes, definitions, product groupings: How the current coding structure hurts consumers who use complex rehab technology.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 01, 2018
Clinically Speaking Series
In Complex Rehab Technology, Getting the Intangibles Right Can Make a Big Difference
An optimal seating and wheeled mobility system starts with an optimal evaluation.
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