An ATP & Clinician Best Pick of 2016:
You can do the “tape”
test, where you place tape
on the person’s back at
the level of the top of the
back support. Then when
placing this backrest angle
into recline, the tape
remains visible on the
seated individual’s back.
This indicates that the
Solara 3G’s backrest angle
and backrest contribute
to the reduction of shear and friction. When seated in other similar
manual wheelchairs, the backrest angle reclines/opens, and accommodation
is not made during this movement. This results in the individual
and the backrest no longer supported, with the head often coming off
the backrest and the lateral thoracic pads becoming “earmuffs.”