Posts Tagged ‘Dynamic Footrests’
Newly Designed Dynamic Footrests! It’s all about the Pivot Point!
Dynamic Seating components are designed to move with a client. A great deal of design goes into these components to ensure the product responds to client forces and maintains client position.
Continue ReadingMaintenance Time! The Dynamic Footrests
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.
Continue ReadingWear and Tear indicate need for Dynamic Footrests
With her feet strapped in static footrest hangers on her wheelchair, Alex demonstrates movement of her lower extremities and obvious wear and tear, particularly between the footplate and the footrest hanger.
Continue ReadingVideo: Seating Dynamics Rotational Footplates
Watch how Seating Dynamics Dynamic Footrests for Wheelchairs move in 4 different ways, including rotational.
Continue ReadingKnee Extension and Sustained Forces indicate need for Dynamic Footrests
With both feet unstrapped from her wheelchair, Alex quickly extends both knees with sustained force.
Continue ReadingLarge and Forceful Leg Movements indicate need for Dynamic Footrests
With her left foot unstrapped from her wheelchair, Alex demonstrates lower extremity large and forceful movements.
Continue ReadingDyllie: Dynamic Seating Head, Back and Foot Components
Dyllie is a 25 year old man with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy who has been using Seating Dynamics Dynamic Footrests (telescoping, elevating, and plantar/dorsi flexion), Dynamic Rocker Back, and Dynamic Head Support Hardware for 8 months.
Continue ReadingKylie’s Dynamic Footrests Diffuse Extension
When Kylie used to push on her footplates, her entire body extended and she moved out of position in relation to her seating system. With Dynamic Footrests, the footrests move in response to her force and so she remains in a seated position.
Continue ReadingDynamic Seating and the Restraint Debate
There are times when a wheelchair seating and mobility team, after careful evaluation and problem-solving, makes specific recommendations – only to hear that these well thought out interventions may be considered to be a restraint. So just what is considered a restraint and how does this affect Dynamic Seating?
Continue ReadingHow to Determine Which Dynamic Footrest Movements are Indicated for an Individual?
Dynamic Footrests provide up to three types of movement – a telescoping downward movement, knee extension, and plantar/dorsi flexion.
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