Quick Class: Dynamic Seating – Addressing Shear
A primary goal of wheelchair seating and mobility is to reduce Shear forces. Does Dynamic Seating increase Shear? This quick class answers that question.
Does Dynamic Seating Increase Shear?
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.
Dynamic Seating: Decreased Energy Consumption and Weight Gain
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.
Carl: A Side by Side View of Before and After Dynamic Back Installation
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.
Does the Dynamic Head Support Hardware Require Maintenance?
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.
Top 10 Dynamic Seating Resources from 2021
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.
International Seating Symposium: Dynamic Seating – Diverse Applications: a series of Case Studies
International Seating Symposium – Pittsburgh, PA – 2/1/22 11:30am
The Impact of Dynamic Seating on Computer Access
Carl used to lay on his stomach on a mat on the floor in order to access a computer keyboard using a head stick. With Dynamic Seating, he can now access his computer while seated in his power wheelchair.
Dynamic Seating: a history lesson
Explore how dynamic seating, movement within a wheelchair, has evolved over the past 150 years.
Linds Rehabilitation Equipment Named Exclusive Australia Distributor of Seating Dynamics Wheelchair Components
Seating Dynamics announces the appointment of Linds Rehabilitation Equipment as our exclusive distributor for Australia effective 11/2021.