The Wheelchair Functional Impact Tool (WC-FIT) has an illustrious origin story, having been developed by Shepherd Center seating and wheeled mobility clinicians, including Mandy McDonald, MS, OTL, ATP, and Tori Fallgren, PT, DPT, NCS, ATP, as well as Stephen Sprigle, Ph.D., PT, professor of the School of Industrial Design & School of Mechanical Engineering, the…
Shepherd Center Webinar to Demonstrate WC-FIT Assessment Tool
Mobility Management Webinar: Hardware That Answers the Call
The Sept. 30 webinar is sponsored by Stealth Products.
Every seating veteran — clinician or provider — has worked with at least a few wheelchair riders who need their positioning components in exactly a certain place, with no room for compromise. On top of that challenge, those components that position and support the pelvis, trunk, head, lower extremities and upper extremities need to stay…
Encore! Jean Minkel to Deliver 2025 Colin McLaurin Lecture on Sept. 18
The RESNA-hosted virtual presentation follows Minkel’s original presentation in May in Chicago.
Jean L. Minkel, PT, ATP, will be giving an encore presentation of her 2025 Colin McLaurin Lecture, this time virtually. The Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is hosting the free one-hour event — Mobility Equity: Uncovering Systemic Inequities Towards Persons with Mobility Disabilities — on Thursday, Sept. 18, starting at…
Mobility Management Webinar: Hardware Designed for Complex Mounting Challenges
Industry professionals can register to attend the Sept. 30 webinar for free.
For many complex seating clients, there can be no compromise when mounting components to position and support the pelvis, trunk, head, lower extremities and upper extremities. Unless those components are mounted in precisely the right locations — and unless those components stay securely in place — wheelchair riders can lose function and potentially can move…
Mobility Management Webinar: Clinicians to Discuss Pediatric Positioning Beyond the Wheelchair
The Aug. 12 webinar will cover lying posture care management, standing, gait training, and sitting outside of the wheelchair.
Wheelchairs and wheelchair seating get most of the attention in seating clinic — but pediatric clients also spend much of their day outside of their wheelchairs as they interact with friends, classmates, teachers and family. In an upcoming Mobility Management webinar — starting at 12 noon Eastern time, Tuesday, July 12 — a trio of…
June 4 Webinar to Highlight the Impact of AI on Alternative Drive Controls
Stealth Products’ Gabriel Romero will speak on real-world applications for artificial intelligence.
A June 4 webinar will focus on taking the mystery out of how alternative drive controls for complex power wheelchairs are evolving thanks to artificial intelligence (AI). The webinar — Wheels of Change: How AI is Driving the Future of Alternative Drive Controls — is one hour long and starts at 12 noon Eastern time.…
CRT Defines Innovation: Mobility As Health Risk Mitigation
Clinician Task Force Executive Director Tamara Kittelson on how seating, positioning and wheeled mobility impact clients for a lifetime.
On Feb. 25, Mobility Management and Editor in Chief Laurie Watanabe hosted the webinar CRT Defines Innovation, with panelists Stan Arledge, ATP/SMS, at Senior Mobility Aids, a provider in California; Tamara Kittelson, ATP/SMS, an occupational therapist and executive director of the Clinician Task Force; and Julie Piriano, PT, ATP/SMS, senior director of payer relations and…
Mobility Management Webinar: Exploring Eye Gaze’s Driving, Seating Opportunities
The Tolt Technologies-sponsored webinar is free to attend.
Operating a power wheelchair merely with the flick of an eye is no longer the stuff of science fiction. While clients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), muscular dystrophy, or other mobility-related conditions can lose the strength, stamina and muscle movements needed to use a traditional joystick, eye-gaze technology can make it possible to not just…
Mobility Management Webinar: Head Positioning Hacks for Wheelchair Users
Latest on-demand webinar examines new possibilities for improving functional and social outcomes.
While seating discussions often seem to center on the wheelchair rider’s pelvis, appropriate positioning of the client’s head is critical for a number of functions, from efficient and safe eating and swallowing, to optimizing the client’s visual field for effective communications and social interactions. In Mobility Management’s latest webinar — Heads Up! Innovative Head Positioning…
Review: Webinar Compares Brain-Computer Interface Technologies, Predicts Timelines for Success
BCI technology could be used to control wheelchairs, exoskeletons and prosthetics.
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology is already turning science-fiction concepts into everyday realities. But there are many different “mind control” approaches, with different goals and applications, and differing levels of invasiveness for the components that interact with the user’s brain. IDTechEx, an independent research firm focusing on emerging tech and related markets, took a deeper dive…