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Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide presents clinical assessment considerations when working with a person with a disability who may need wheelchair seating for postural support, skin integrity, or a wheelchair base to best meet dependent or independent mobility needs.

Michelle L. Lange and Jean Minkel have designed this text to support occupational and physical therapists, complex rehabilitation technology suppliers, and even third-party payers who are interested in wheelchair seating and mobility assessment and applications. Seating and Wheeled Mobility provides a wide spectrum of information from foundational information for those practitioners who are new to the field to in-depth, population-specific information for practitioners who perhaps have not worked with a particular population in the past.

Information sharing, opportunities for demonstration and trial, and patience on the part of the clinician working with the person with a disability are all critical precursors to the actual process of making equipment recommendations.

Seating and Wheeled Mobility is divided into sections, each addressing a different area of clinical practice.

The first section is an in-depth presentation of the assessment process and the critical understanding of pressure management needed by the clinical team when working with a client population who rely on wheeled mobility.
The second section focuses on postural support. Also included is a completely updated method to measure and describe the seated person and related support surfaces needed when recommending a device.
The third section lays the foundation for clinical decision making around the assessment for and application of the most appropriate wheeled mobility device.
The fourth section provides in-depth clinical applications for each category of mobility devices. Also addressed is proper documentation to assist in the funding of these devices.
The fifth section provides population-specific information regarding the clinical application of position, pressure management, and functional mobility as it applies to the pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric populations, as well as persons with both degenerative and complex neuromuscular impairments.
The last section presents additional considerations when working with persons who are aging with a disability, environmental assessments, transportation, and the application of standards.

Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide provides the depth and breadth of the clinical practice of wheelchair seating and mobility to both those who are new to the field, as well as seasoned professionals.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

About the Editors

Contributing Authors

Foreword by David Cooper, MSc Kines, Rehab Tech and Maureen Story, BSR(PT/OT)

Foreword by Mark R. Schmeler, PhD, OTR/L, ATP, RESNA Fellow

Introduction

Section I Postural Support and Pressure Management: Foundational Information

Chapter 1 Seating and Mobility Evaluations for Persons With Long-Term Disabilities: Focusing on the
Client Assessment

Jean L. Minkel, PT, ATP

Chapter 2 Pressure Management for the Seated Client

Jo-Anne Chisholm, MSc, OT and Joanne Yip, BSR, OT

Section II Postural Support and Pressure Management: Clinical Applications

Chapter 3 Postural Support and Pressure Management Considerations for Hands-Free Sitters

David Kreutz, PT, ATP

Chapter 4 Postural Support and Pressure Management Considerations for Hands-Dependent Sitters

Sharon Sutherland, PT

Chapter 5 Postural Support and Pressure Management Considerations for Prop Sitters

Jill Sparacio, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, ABDA

Chapter 6 Standardized Measures of the Person, Seating System, and Wheelchair

Kelly Waugh, PT, MAPT, ATP and Barbara A. Crane, PT, PhD, ATP/SMS

Chapter 7 Posture Management 24/7

Atli AgUstsson, PT, MSc Bioeng and GuDnY JOnsdOttir, PT, MSc

Section III Wheeled Mobility: Foundational Information

Chapter 8 Mobility Assessment: The Mobility Algorithm

Elizabeth Cole, MSPT, ATP

Section IV Wheeled Mobility: Clinical Applications

Chapter 9 Manual Mobility Applications for the Person Able to Self-Prope

Lauren E. Rosen, PT, MPT, MSMS, ATP/SMS

Chapter 10 Power Mobility Applications: Mobility Categories and Clinical Indicators

Michael Babinec, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP

Chapter 11 Power Mobility: Alternative Access Methods

Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS

Chapter 12 Power Mobility: Optimizing Driving

Amy M. Morgan, PT, ATP

Chapter 13 Power Mobility: Advanced Applications

Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS

Chapter 14 Manual Mobility Applications for the Dependent User

Sheila N. R. Buck, BSc (OT), OT Reg (Ont), ATP

Chapter 15 Alternate Drive Mechanisms for Manual Wheelchairs: Bridging the Gap Between Manual and
Power Mobility

Carmen P. DiGiovine, PhD, ATP/SMS, RET and Theresa F. Berner, MOT, OTR/L, ATP

Chapter 16 Documentation of the Seating and Mobility Assessment

Julie Piriano, PT, ATP/SMS

Section V Putting It Together: Specialty Applications

Chapter 17 Considerations When Working With the Pediatric Population

Jan Furumasu, PT, ATP

Chapter 18 Considerations When Working With the Geriatric Population

Deborah A. Jones, PT, DPT, GSC, CEEAA, ATP and Joanne Rader, RN, MN

Chapter 19 Considerations When Working With the Bariatric Population

Stephanie Tanguay, OT/L, ATP

Chapter 20 Considerations When Working With Degenerative Neurological Conditions

John "Jay" Doherty, OTR, ATP/SMS

Chapter 21 Considerations When Working With Complex Neurological and
Orthopedic Presentations

Elizabeth McCarty, OTR/L and Melissa Tally, PT, MPT, ATP

Section VI Additional Considerations

Chapter 22 Considerations When Working With a Person Who Is Aging With a Disability

Susan Johnson Taylor, OTR/L, RESNA Fellow

Chapter 23 Environmental Assessment

Cindi Petito, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS

Chapter 24 Wheelchairs and Transportation

Mary Ellen Buning, PhD, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, RESNA Fellow

Chapter 25 Application of Wheelchair and Seating Standards: From Inside the Test Lab and Beyond

Kay Ellen Koch, OTR/L, ATP, RESNA Fellow and Anita Perr, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow

Financial Disclosures

Index