A seating position for a cerebral-palsied child.
An alternate seating position for the cerebral-palsied child who is less impaired in the lower extremities than in the upper extremities is discussed in this article. A straightback wooden chair adapted with armrests, a hip restrainer, and a lapboard with a removable midsection panel, plus an elevated slantboard, provided versatility and was functional as well. This adapted seat not only permits the child greater selfmobility but offers a basic, proper position for activities such as reading, self-feeding--with some assistance, typing, writing, or playing--in other words, proper posture, self-propulsion, eye-foot and eye-hand skills are facilitated.
D002547:Cerebral Palsy; D002648:Child; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture