24-Hour Posture Management: Challenges to Implementation
In our August issue, Lee Ann Hoffman, OT, MSc, defined the concept of 24-hour posture management, which “considers all the relevant postures an individual has the ability to adopt over the 24-hour period of any given day. The three core postural orientations are lying, sitting and standing.” In the seating & wheeled mobility realm, clients…
Case Study: 20 Years in Bed, Part 2
Imagine spending 20 years straight lying in bed, in an unsupported position and with no ability to optimally and frequently reposition yourself to maintain range of motion or prevent contractures. Now imagine being the clinician who gets the call to help such a client become mobile, with the ultimate goal of once again being able…