Wheelchair Dynamic Seating: Providing Movement for
Clinical Benefit (Recorded Webinar)
Presented by Michelle L. Lange
Nonfinancial: Michelle Lange has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from standard MedBridge courses.
Dynamic seating is movement that occurs within the seating system and/or wheelchair frame in response to client force. Dynamic components absorb force and return the client to a starting position. When the client moves, the dynamic seating moves with the client, maintaining alignment with the seating system for postural support and stability.
Clients who extend within the seating system or seek out movement may benefit from dynamic seating. Dynamic components absorb and diffuse force, protecting the client from pain and injury and protecting the wheelchair seat and frame from damage. Absorbing force may reduce active extension. Providing movement can increase alertness and decrease agitation. Movement can also improve function and postural control.
This webinar will define dynamic seating as well as the clinical benefits of this intervention. A variety of product options and features will be reviewed in order to better match these features to a specific client’s needs. Case studies will be used throughout.
Meet your instructor
Michelle L. Lange
Michelle Lange is an occupational therapist with more than 38 years of experience. She has been in private practice at Access to Independence for more than 19 years. She is a well-respected lecturer, both nationally and internationally, and has authored numerous texts, chapters, and articles. She is the coeditor of Seating…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. What Is Dynamic Seating?
This chapter defines this area of wheelchair seating intervention in the context of other available interventions.
2. What Are the Clinical Indicators for Dynamic Seating?
This chapter will present the main clinical scenarios where dynamic seating is used. This includes diffusing force, allowing movement, and improving postural control and function.
3. Which Dynamic Seating Options Provide Movement at the Hips?
This chapter presents product options and features for dynamic backs to help practitioners select the proper back to match an individual’s needs.
4. Case Study
This chapter will present the story of an adult who sought out movement and how dynamic seating prevented client injury and equipment damage, reduced agitation, and improved alertness.
5. Which Dynamic Seating Options Provide Movement at the Legs?
This chapter will present available dynamic footrests and discuss how to match their design and other features to an individual’s needs.
6. Case Study
This chapter will present the story of a young adult with very high muscle tone who experienced chronic equipment breakage and injury prior to receiving dynamic seating.
7. Which Dynamic Seating Options Provide Movement at the Neck?
This chapter will present dynamic seating options that provide movement at the head and discuss how to best match specific products and features to specific client needs.
8. Dynamic Seating Assessment
When assessing a client for possible dynamic seating intervention, equipment trials are not always possible. This chapter will present ideas that can simulate this intervention.
9. Question and Answer Session
This is a viewer-submitted question and answer session, which will be facilitated by Michelle Lange.
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