10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry
Serving up Home & Auto Accessibility Requires the Right Blend of Features that Maximize Independence
What’s important to today’s consumers of adaptive automotive equipment, home accessibility products and WC19/WC20 systems.
- By Lunzeta Brackens
- Sep 01, 2011
Propulsion Is Often Blamed for Shoulder Pain, But Is that a Fair Assessment?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Sep 01, 2011
Power Chair Systems Are Ever Evolving, But Which Functions & Features Are Most Important to the Future?
Electronics do so much more than drive power wheelchairs. Here's what our experts think the next generation of electronics will be able to do -- and how today's electronics make independent mobility possible for more clients than ever.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 01, 2011
Swiftly Progressive, This Form of MD Tests an ATP's Foresight & Planning
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jul 01, 2011
Seating & Mobility Senior Style
- By Lunzeta Brackens
- Jul 01, 2011
Seating & Mobility Senior Style
Seating & Mobility Senior Style
Industry Experts Share Their Blueprints for Success
Details, details: When it comes to fine-tuning performance for K0005 wheelchair users,
components can count as much as the frame. Here's how tires, wheels, suspension
components and pushrims can make or break a great ride.
How ADLs Are Impacted -- & How the Seating & Mobility Team Can Help
Its symptoms can appear at birth, or suddenly at any age. Severe cases can make activities of daily living difficult for patients — and can make appropriate seating & mobility a real challenge for providers and clinicians.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 01, 2011
From pediatrics to positioning, from seating to mobility -- here are the products that you and your peers turn to time and time again.
Seat Cushion Special
How Design Elements Impact Cushion Performance
Our special section examines how cushion designs and features impact performance.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 01, 2011
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Cushion Customization Project Update
Assessing & Answering Clients’ Varied Needs
It’s a condition that impacts seating & mobility clients of varying ages, and for different reasons, causing a number of challenges for the rehab team. Here’s how technology — and the right assessment — can help.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Apr 01, 2011
What Drives Them?
Do very young power chair users find switches easier to understand? Or are proportional drive controls the better choice for children learning to operate power mobility?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Apr 01, 2011
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Amy Morgan, PT, ATP, on Allowing Children to Interact in Three Dimensions
Amy Morgan, PT, ATP, on allowing children to interact in three dimensions when learning to operate power chairs.
For Superior Ride, Transportability & Adjustability, Does One Design Prevail?
Tradition states that ultralightweight rigid chairs offer superior ride and lighter weights, while folding chairs are easier to transport and provide greater adjustability. Is the evolution of ultralights bringing these two design rivals closer together? Or is there still a clear-cut “winner”?
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 01, 2011
Understanding the Causes, the Impacts & the Possible Interventions
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 01, 2011
NMEDA Auto Access