title: Moulded supportive seating for the disabled.
abstract: In severe cases of physical disability intimate supportive seating may be required to provide maximum comfort, a good position for functional activities, improved respiration, relief of localized pressure, control of spasm, protection, or improved management. A service for providing such seating has been developed at Chailey Heritage. The seat is vacuum-formed from thermoplastic materials, having a soft non-absorbent foam for the linear and a hard semi-rigid outer shell. A mould is obtained by casting the patient using the vacuum consolidation technique and by recording the resulting impression using plaster-of-Paris. Nearly 200 seats have been made using the technique with a high rate of success.
mesh_terms: D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000534:rehabilitation; D011187:Posture; D012119:Respiration; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014910:Wheelchairs