Wheelchair Power Mobility Assessment: Power Seating
Presented by Michelle L. Lange
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Power wheelchairs do more than drive. Power seating allows the driver to change position for pressure relief, pressure redistribution, transfers, and other functional activities. Power tilt changes orientation in space without changing the seated angles. Power recline opens the seat to back angle and is often used in combination with elevating leg rests and sometimes with power tilt. Seat elevate raises the entire seating system vertically without changing the seated angles. Finally, power stand brings the client partially or completely to a standing position within the power wheelchair. This course will present specific power wheelchair power seating options and clinical indicators for each. Clinicians need to be familiar with power wheelchair features, including power seating options, in order to participate in the evaluation process.
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Michelle L. Lange
Michelle is an occupational therapist with 35 years of experience and has been in private practice, Access to Independence, for over 15 years. She is a well-respected lecturer, both nationally and internationally, and has authored numerous texts, chapters, and articles. She is the coeditor of Seating and Wheeled Mobility:…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Power Tilt
This chapter will present a definition, clinical indicators, and justifications for the power tilt seat function on a power wheelchair. Power tilt provides many clinical benefits, including shifting the client’s weight. Anterior, posterior, and lateral tilt will be addressed.
2. Power Recline
This chapter will present a definition, clinical indicators, and justifications for the power recline seat function on a power wheelchair. Power recline provides many clinical benefits, including client weight redistribution. This chapter will also address power elevating leg rests, which are frequently used in combination with power recline.
3. Power Stand
This chapter will present a definition, clinical indicators, and justifications for the power stand seat function on a power wheelchair. Power stand provides many clinical benefits, including extending functional reach.
4. Power Seat Elevating Devices
This chapter will present a definition, clinical indicators, and justifications for power seat elevating devices on a power wheelchair. Power seat elevate provides many clinical benefits, including facilitating transfers.
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