Pressure Injury Risk Reduction
A balancing act between pressure and mobility form the foundation of interventions for the outpatient clinician. A feature for Rehab Management by Quyen Nguyen Catania, PT, DPT, CWS, CLT.
Category: Seating Pressure Mapping
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Wheelchair Assessment: Bringing Technologies and Users Together
A multidisciplinary team provides input to four focus areas so patients get the right equipment for their medical and functional needs. A feature for the March 2019 issue of Rehab Management by Jillian Cacopardo, MPT, ATP/SMS.
Seating Pressure Mapping
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Pressure Sores as a Rehab Care Quality Metric Investigated in Study
The presence of new or worsening bedsores is an effective indicator of the quality of care for rehab patients, suggests a study from the University of Buffalo and published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Getting the Right Fit: Seating and Positioning
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.
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Minimizing Pressure Injuries Among Wheelchair Users
A blended approach at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital uses clinical acumen, the latest literature, and pressure mapping technology to help mobility device users maintain skin health. An exclusive feature from Rehab Management.
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Early-Detection Technology Reportedly Helps Eliminate Pressure Ulcers, Per Patient Study
Over half of the 13 hospitals participating in a study examining the SEM Scanner, manufactured by Bruin Biometrics LLC, were able to eliminate the occurrence of new pressure ulcers completely, the Los Angeles-based company reports.
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Custom Mobility Collaboration
Multidisciplinary teams meld expertise from therapy, nursing, physicians, and manufacturers to develop enhanced solutions for custom seating. An exclusive feature for Rehab Management by Robert M. Meehan, PT, ATP, SMS, of Frazier Rehabilitation Institute, Louisville, Ky.
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Tekscan’s New SB Mat System Built to Simplify Assessments
Tekscan Inc launches the new SB Mat system, for use in training and therapy environments to help simplify objective movement assessments.
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Safe Sitting Time is Focus of Amit Gefen's November 8 Keynote Speech
A keynote presentation titled “The Etiology of Pressure Injuries: Deformation is a Cell Killer,” by Amit Gefen, B Sc in Mechanical Engineering, MSc and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, will highlight a 1-day conference November 8 at the L’Aqua, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Park in Sydney, Australia.
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Using Pressure Mapping for Seating & Positioning
This clinical feature article explores the correlation between pressure mapping and wheelchair seating accessories and components that therapists can use to ensure successful seating and positioning solutions.
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Pressure Mapping for Optimum Seating Decisions
Therapists use this evolving tool to predict and prevent complications, and educate patients about vital pressure-relief practices.
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An Insider’s View: Specialty Seating
Chris Daughtry, OTR/L, ATP, who is also a wheelchair user, closes the loop on understanding what’s most important for custom seating solutions in this full-length feature. Daughtry is director of therapy operations at AnMed Health Rehabilitation Hospital.
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The Wide Net of Functional Recovery
Measurement and assessment technologies are only the starting point for getting patients back to their lives.
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Consider All the Angles
Securing an optimum seating system considers relationships between positioning technologies, accessories, and funding.
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Science of Prevention: How Cushions Can Reduce Pressure Ulcer Risk
Therapists can help protect wheelchair users from the serious threats of pressure ulcers by fully understanding cushion construction, deep tissue responses, and anticipating shape change in the user’s body.
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An Alternative to Custom-Molded Positioning Backrests
Finding a custom-molded backrest for children affected by multiple physical disabilities is not always easy. Listen to this podcast to learn how backrests with varied-size air cell technology can easily adjust to accommodate a client’s size changes, and eliminate excessive pressure.
Read MoreEHOB Set to Widen Distribution of Bedside Pressure Mapping System
Under the terms of a new distribution deal, Indianapolis-based EHOB, a provider of products associated with the prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers, will also provide the M.A.P Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping System (CBPM), manufactured by Wellsense, Nashville, Tenn.
Read MoreConsiderations in Pediatric Mobility
The what, when, why, and how of decision-making when choosing a device. Article written by Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center staff members Bobbi Ann Jurena, MOT, OTR/L, Briana D. McClintock, MS, OTR/L, and Shannon E. Spady, PT, MPT.
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