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Determining if Dynamic Footrests are Appropriate

In general, if a client has moderate to significant extension and/or has a history of equipment breakage, Dynamic Footrests may be appropriate. You may note that the client is extending at the knees, exerting significant force on the footplates, or actually leveraging off of the footplates and elevating the pelvis clear off of the seating…

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Myra Vasquez-Romero, OTR, ATP

Regional Manager, Lightning Mobility Evaluations, LLC Former Clinical Coordinator Outpatient Pediatric Seating and Mobility Clinic TIRR Memorial Hermann Pediatric Outpatient Rehabilitation Houston, TX “I have used these dynamic footrests with much success for my patients and my families. LOVE THEM.”

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Daniel – Managing High Tone Through Dynamic Seating

Daniel is a young man with the diagnosis of cerebral palsy and seizures. Daniel has high tone in his extremities and low tone in his trunk and neck. His tone is so extreme that he has broken components of his wheelchair frame in the past as well as dislocated both of his elbows and ruptured…

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Seating Dynamics Dynamic Footrest for Wheelchair Movement

The dynamic footrest provides an energy absorbing range of motion. Traditional wheelchair footrests only provide a place to park the foot and, when subjected to significant forces, may be damaged. Dynamic footrests absorb the energy transmitted by the user’s movement, protecting the client from injury and the equipment from damage as well as providing movement…

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Kylie – Breakage, Pressure and Cute Shoes

Kylie is a young woman who lives in Wyoming and works in the theatre. Kylie has cerebral palsy and has used a power wheelchair and speech generating device since a young age. She has recently started using dynamic seating. On her power chair, Kylie uses a Seating Dynamics Dynamic Rocker Back interface (DRBi), Seating Dynamics…

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