Course Overview

Dynamic seating can support postural control and stability by allowing movement while maintaining contact with wheelchair support surfaces. In this Quick Class, Michelle Lange explains how moving against resistance may contribute to increased muscle strength and improved trunk and head control. The course also reviews research showing potential improvements in postural symmetry, positioning, stability, and reduced sacral sitting. Viewers will learn how dynamic seating may provide postural benefits while still serving its primary role as a wheelchair seating intervention.

Course Objectives

After completing this Quick Class, viewers will be able to:

• Explain how dynamic seating may support postural control and stability.
• Describe how resistance within dynamic seating can contribute to muscle strengthening.
• Understand the difference between increased muscle strength and increased muscle tone.
• Explain how improved strength may support trunk and head control.
• Describe how maintaining contact with wheelchair support surfaces can improve stability.
• Identify research-supported postural benefits associated with dynamic seating.
• Recognize potential improvements in postural symmetry and positioning.
• Understand how dynamic seating may help reduce sacral sitting.
• Explain why postural improvements may be an additional benefit of dynamic seating rather than its primary therapeutic purpose.