Dynamic Seating – Integrated Vs. Modular Systems
Dynamic seating provides movement within the seating system and/or mobility base. Dynamic seating systems are either integrated or modular.
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating and Transportation: Dynamic Head Support Hardware considerations
Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ATP/SMS updated 11/11/2024 This is the third blog in a series on transporting people in their wheelchair while using Dynamic Seating components. This final installment addresses transportation while using Dynamic Head Support hardware. The first two blogs also included current testing standards for transporting wheelchairs in a motor vehicle. Current recommendations…
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating and Transportation: Dynamic Footrest considerations
In the second blog in our series on Dynamic Seating for Wheelchairs and Transportation, we turn our attention to Dynamic Footrests on a wheelchair being transported.
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating – interventions and reality
Jill Sparacio, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, ABDA has over 37 years’ experience in occupational therapy, specializing in seating and wheeled mobility. Jill uses Dynamic Seating quite a bit and took a moment to talk with us.
Continue ReadingJeff Hennessee, CRTS, ATP
National Seating & Mobility South Carolina “Incredible products, with world class support. 5 stars all the way around.”
Continue ReadingHannah – using the Dynamic Rocker Back to diffuse force and provide movement
Hannah has cerebral palsy and likes to move. The Dynamic Rocker Back she uses diffuses force and provides stimulating movement.
Continue ReadingLiterature Review on Dynamic Wheelchair Seating
Our literature review on Dynamic Seating includes over 200 peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed articles, presentations and proceedings, design articles, and even patents. This review explores literature in the context of dynamic wheelchair seating where a part of the wheelchair or wheelchair seating system moves in response to client movement. This document is regularly revised…
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating and Transportation: DRBi considerations
The wheelchair industry has guidelines to keep wheelchair users safe during transportation. How does Dynamic Seating fit into the equation? This series explores just that.
Continue ReadingInternational Seating Symposium: RESNA Position Paper Presentation on Dynamic Seating
Michelle Lange and Barbara Crane presented this instructional session at the International Seating Symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 6, 2020.
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating: Clinical Implications of Movement
Suzanne Eason, OT/L is a rock star! This OT works at the St. Mary’s Home in Virginia and truly applies the latest evidence to her practice – all to the benefit of the clients she works with.
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