Evaluating the client with physical disabilities for wheelchair seating.
Positioning through wheelchair seating allows many severely physically disabled individuals to use their motor skills to access technical aids. In the last 10 years, many products relating to wheelchair seating have been developed and are now being used. This article outlines evaluation and prescription guidelines that lead to the accompanying recommendations for seating. Categories for matching disability type/severity to seating methods are presented.
Taylor
S J
SJ
Rehabilitation Engineering Program, University of Tennessee-Memphis, College of Medicine 38163.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009048:Motor Skills; D011187:Posture; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D014910:Wheelchairs