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European Seating Symposium 2022

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Seating Dynamics is excited to share our products with Europe at ESS 2022 in Dublin.

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What is Muscle Tone?

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If a client has increased muscle tone, this will impact what seated position is selected and what seating strategies will be used to achieve and maintain this position.

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Max’s New Dynamic Head Support Hardware

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This video shows how the Dynamic Head Support absorbs and diffuses Max’s strong forces, reducing the level of active extension in his neck and facilitating a midline position.

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Maintenance Time! The Dynamic Footrests

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Dynamic Seating uses elastomers, springs, and/or hydraulics to absorb force, store energy, and return the client to a starting position. Instead of the wheelchair frame breaking, the dynamic component will wear and require replacement.

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Quick Class: Dynamic Seating – Addressing Shear

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A primary goal of wheelchair seating and mobility is to reduce Shear forces. Does Dynamic Seating increase Shear? This quick class answers that question.

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Does Dynamic Seating Increase Shear?

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In wheelchair seating, shear occurs when the client’s body tissues move in relation to the surfaces of the seating system. This can occur during transfers, movement within the seating system, or movement of the seating system or wheelchair frame.

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Dynamic Seating: Decreased Energy Consumption and Weight Gain

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It has been established that Dynamic Seating absorbs and diffuses force. This intervention is often used to prevent client injury and equipment breakage, as well as to provide movement.

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Carl: A Side by Side View of Before and After Dynamic Back Installation

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Before receiving a Dynamic Back, Carl was actually standing up in his power wheelchair due to unrelieved extensor tone. After receiving a Dynamic Back on his new power wheelchair, Carl is able to stay seated with his body in alignment with the support surfaces of the seating system.

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Does the Dynamic Head Support Hardware Require Maintenance?

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In prior blogs, we addressed Dynamic Rocker Back interface maintenance and Dynamic Footrest maintenance. Today, we turn our attention to the Seating Dynamics Dynamic Head Support Hardware.

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Seating Dynamics Top 10 Resources 2021

Top 10 Dynamic Seating Resources from 2021

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From seminars to sample letters of justification to blogs, take a look back at 2021 and see what Dynamic Seating resources our community found most helpful this past year.

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