Category: Custom Seating

Custom Seating

Customized Wheelchair Seating Fit for Physiology

In this feature-length article, Kirsten Davin discusses how custom seating for wheelchair users can impact the body’s function and performance.

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Sunrise Medical Announces Upgrades to Quickie Power Portfolio

Sunrise Medical, Fresno, Calif, adds the following three upgrades to its QUICKIE power portfolio: C-Me, Tilt and Elevate combination, and the SEDEO LITE seat.

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Transforming the State of CRT from Within

Mike Swinford, CEO of Numotion, offers five areas of opportunity where rehab professionals can better serve people with disabilities, in this feature for the Fall 2019 Rehab Management Product Directory.

Spinal Cord-Injured and Medically Complex: Interdisciplinary Care Helps Patients Live Life at Home

by Debbie Overman | Sep 8, 2018 | Control Systems, Covers, Cushions, Custom Seating, Hardware, Head, Arm & Foot Rests, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility, Positioning Accessories, Power Assist, Power Wheelchairs, Seating & Positioning, Seating Pressure Mapping, Spinal Cord Injury

Barbara Garrett, PT, NCS, Lorena Salas, OTR/L, and Alyson Golding, CCC-SLP, shine a light on the role of the interdisciplinary team in facilitating the successful discharge of a ventilator-dependent patient. This feature is included in the Fall 2018 Rehab Management Product Directory.

Free Form Seating Receives HCPCS CODE E2617

by Frank Long | Aug 15, 2018 | Custom Seating, Hardware, Positioning Accessories

Symmetric Designs announces that Free Form Custom Back Supports are now coded for Medicare.

Mobility Moves Ahead

by Debbie Overman | Jul 20, 2018 | Control Systems, Covers, Cushions, Custom Seating, Hardware, Head, Arm & Foot Rests, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility, Positioning Accessories, Power Wheelchairs, Seating & Positioning, Seating Pressure Mapping, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke

Advances in design and technology are pushing a wave that makes wheelchairs safer, more adaptable, and highly responsive for 21st century users. Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation’s Michelle Agostini, PT, DPT, and Eileen Yorke, OT, ATP, SMS, author this feature for the July/August 2018 issue of Rehab Management.

Wheelchair Securement Training Offered by Q’STRAINT

by Debbie Overman | Apr 25, 2018 | Custom Seating, Mobility, Van Modification

Q’STRAINT launches the TRAINING AQADEMY, a collection of wheelchair securement training and learning solutions for drivers, operators, and safety trainers.

Mobilizing for the Future

by Debbie Overman | Apr 5, 2018 | Control Systems, Covers, Cushions, Custom Seating, Hardware, Head, Arm & Foot Rests, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility, Muscular Dystrophy, Positioning Accessories, Power Assist, Power Wheelchairs, Seating & Positioning, Seating Pressure Mapping, Service & Repair, Spinal Cord Injury

Advances in wheelchair technology open new doors for individuals who rely on complex rehabilitation solutions. A feature for the April 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Maggie Johnsson, MPT, APT.

Enhancing Pediatric Participation

by Debbie Overman | Apr 4, 2018 | Braces, Cerebral Palsy, Control Systems, Cushions, Custom Seating, Gait Trainers, Hardware, Head, Arm & Foot Rests, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility, Orthotics & Prosthetics, Positioning Accessories, Power Wheelchairs, Seating & Positioning, Seating Pressure Mapping, Service & Repair, Standing Systems, Strollers, Walkers

Assistive technology ripples out to mobility, standing, and beyond to help children engage at home and in the community. A feature for the April 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Jenna L. Anderson, PT, DPT.

Pressure Mapping: Good At Assessment, But Can it Predict Pressure Injury Development?

by Debbie Overman | Jan 22, 2018 | Covers, Cushions, Custom Seating, Gait Pressure Mapping, Head, Arm & Foot Rests, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility, Positioning Accessories, Power Wheelchairs, Pressure Injury, Scoliosis, Seating & Positioning, Seating Pressure Mapping, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke

Visual technology and seating expertise power up strategies that can help prevent and manage pressure injury. A feature for the January/February 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Aubrey Knick-Koppenhofer, PT, DPT, NCS, and Janelle Carnahan, PT, DPT, ATP.

Permobil Acquires Ottobock’s Custom Seating Business Assets

by Debbie Overman | Jan 10, 2018 | Custom Seating, Miscellaneous

Permobil has entered an agreement to acquire Ottobock’s OBSS and NUTEC custom seating business assets in the United States and Canada, further expanding Permobil’s existing line of seating products.

New from Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare: Comfort Touch Cushions

by Debbie Overman | Oct 25, 2017 | Cushions, Custom Seating, Mobility, Seating & Positioning

Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare adds five new Comfort Touch Cushions to its Pressure Prevention Product Line: elevation wedge, knee support cushion, neck support pillow, seat cushion, and heated lumbar support backrest.

24-Hour Posture Care Management: Supporting People Night and Day

by Debbie Overman | Sep 8, 2017 | Cerebral Palsy, Cushions, Custom Seating, Positioning Accessories, Scoliosis, Seating & Positioning

The relationship between lying posture and function in sitting and standing, as well as the forces of gravity, are key among this evidence-informed approach to therapeutically limit or avoid body shape distortions. A feature for the Rehab Management 2017 Product Directory by Tamara Kittelson-Aldred, MS, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, and Lee Ann Hoffman, OT, MSc.

Wheelchair Evaluation & Fitting

by Rehab Management Staff | Jul 3, 2017 | Covers, Cushions, Custom Seating, Hardware, Head, Arm & Foot Rests, Mobility, Positioning Accessories, Pressure Injury, Seating & Positioning, Seating Pressure Mapping, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke

Considerations to find the person-product match. A feature for Rehab Management by Alexandra Coya, MOTR/L.

Best Ever Seating and Mobility Technologies Become Power Tools for Life

by Frank Long | Jun 7, 2017 | Cushions, Custom Seating, Distributors, Hardware, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility, Podcasts, Positioning Accessories, Power Assist, Power Wheelchairs, Seating & Positioning

Join Frank Long, Editorial Director of Rehab Management as he speaks with Elizabeth Cole, Director of Clinical Applications for Permobil. On this program Cole explains the accelerating integration of technology in seating and mobility products, and what it means for therapists and mobility device users.

New JAY J3 Wheelchair Back from Sunrise Medical is Adjustable to One’s Personal Climate

by Debbie Overman | Apr 25, 2017 | Cushions, Custom Seating, Mobility, Positioning Accessories, Seating & Positioning

Via a simple on/off switch, users of the new JAY J3 Wheelchair Back from Sunrise Medical can adjust their microclimate from hot or cold for their personal comfort.

Complex Rehab Industry: Update On Policy and Funding Challenges

by Frank Long | Apr 20, 2017 | Custom Seating, Distributors, Finance, Mobility, Podcasts, Seating & Positioning

John Goetz, director of government affairs for Permobil, discusses how recent activity under the new Administration in Washington, DC, will extend into the complex rehab industry and highlights key funding challenges facing the complex rehab technology (CRT) community.

Getting the Right Fit: Seating and Positioning

by Debbie Overman | Feb 4, 2017 | Continuing Education, Cushions, Custom Seating, Hardware, Head, Arm & Foot Rests, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility, Positioning Accessories, Power Wheelchairs, Seating & Positioning, Seating Pressure Mapping, Service & Repair

The importance of core assessment and its correlation to seating success, pressure relief, and skin breakdown prevention is reviewed in this feature for Rehab Management by Kirsten N. Davin, OTDR/L, ATP, SMS.