title: Only the best: today's best seating and mobility practices may be tomorrow's standards.
abstract: In the area of seating and mobility evaluations, best practices can best be depicted and illustrated by a wheel similar to one found on a wheelchair. In the center or axle of the wheel is the concept of best practices. Spreading out from this center are the spokes that stabilize and support the wheel. The wheel requires that all of the spokes be in good working order for it to function properly. These spokes of best practices include experience, hands-on techniques, skills, technology, resources, self-directed learning, and the consumer. All the spokes must be strong and in place in order for the wheel to run well. Not only does a wheel have spokes, it also has a brake. This brake has the potential to slow or even stop the wheel. However, if the brake is not applied, it has no effect on the wheel. When the wheel is functioning properly, it can be put into motion.
authors.affiliation: College of Allied Health, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Isaacson
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D014910:Wheelchairs