Table of Contents

Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributing Authors Foreword by David Cooper, MSc Kines, Rehab Tech and Maureen Story, BSR(PT/OT) Foreword by Mark R. Schmeler, PhD, OTR/L, ATP, RESNA FellowIntroduction Section I Postural Support and Pressure Management: Foundational Information Chapter 1 Seating and Mobility Evaluations for Persons With Long-Term Disabilities: Focusing on the Client Assessment Jean L. Minkel, PT, ATP Chapter 2 Pressure Management for the Seated Client Jo-Anne Chisholm, MSc, OT and Joanne Yip, BSR, OT Section II Postural Support and Pressure Management: Clinical Applications Chapter 3 Postural Support and Pressure Management Considerations for Hands-Free Sitters David Kreutz, PT, ATP Chapter 4 Postural Support and Pressure Management Considerations for Hands-Dependent Sitters Sharon Sutherland, PT Chapter 5 Postural Support and Pressure Management Considerations for Prop Sitters Jill Sparacio, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, ABDA Chapter 6 Standardized Measures of the Person, Seating System, and Wheelchair Kelly Waugh, PT, MAPT, ATP and Barbara A. Crane, PT, PhD, ATP/SMS Chapter 7 Posture Management 24/7 Atli Ágústsson, PT, MSc Bioeng and Guðný Jónsdóttir, PT, MSc Section III Wheeled Mobility: Foundational Information Chapter 8 Mobility Assessment: The Mobility Algorithm Elizabeth Cole, MSPT, ATP Section IV Wheeled Mobility: Clinical Applications Chapter 9 Manual Mobility Applications for the Person Able to Self-Prope Lauren E. Rosen, PT, MPT, MSMS, ATP/SMS Chapter 10 Power Mobility Applications: Mobility Categories and Clinical Indicators Michael Babinec, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP Chapter 11 Power Mobility: Alternative Access Methods Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS Chapter 12 Power Mobility: Optimizing Driving Amy M. Morgan, PT, ATP Chapter 13 Power Mobility: Advanced Applications Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS Chapter 14 Manual Mobility Applications for the Dependent User Sheila N. R. Buck, BSc (OT), OT Reg (Ont), ATP Chapter 15 Alternate Drive Mechanisms for Manual Wheelchairs: Bridging the Gap Between Manual and Power Mobility Carmen P. DiGiovine, PhD, ATP/SMS, RET and Theresa F. Berner, MOT, OTR/L, ATP Chapter 16 Documentation of the Seating and Mobility Assessment Julie Piriano, PT, ATP/SMS Section V Putting It Together: Specialty Applications Chapter 17 Considerations When Working With the Pediatric PopulationJan Furumasu, PT, ATP Chapter 18 Considerations When Working With the Geriatric Population Deborah A. Jones, PT, DPT, GSC, CEEAA, ATP and Joanne Rader, RN, MN Chapter 19 Considerations When Working With the Bariatric Population Stephanie Tanguay, OT/L, ATP Chapter 20 Considerations When Working With Degenerative Neurological Conditions John Jay Doherty, OTR, ATP/SMS Chapter 21 Considerations When Working With Complex Neurological and Orthopedic Presentations Elizabeth McCarty, OTR/L and Melissa Tally, PT, MPT, ATP Section VI Additional Considerations Chapter 22 Considerations When Working With a Person Who Is Aging With a Disability Susan Johnson Taylor, OTR/L, RESNA Fellow Chapter 23 Environmental Assessment Cindi Petito, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS Chapter 24 Wheelchairs and Transportation Mary Ellen Buning, PhD, OTR/L, ATP/SMS, RESNA Fellow Chapter 25 Application of Wheelchair and Seating Standards: From Inside the Test Lab and Beyond Kay Ellen Koch, OTR/L, ATP, RESNA Fellow and Anita Perr, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA, RESNA FellowFinancial Disclosures Index

About the Author

Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS is an occupational therapist with 30 years of experience and has been in private practice, Access to Independence, for over 10 years. She is a well-respected lecturer, both nationally and internationally, and has authored numerous texts, chapters, and articles. She is the editor of Fundamentals in Assistive Technology, 4th edition, NRRTS Continuing Education Curriculum Coordinator, and Clinical Editor of Directions magazine. Michelle is on the teaching faculty of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). She is a member of the Clinician Task Force. Michelle is a certified ATP, certified SMS, and a Senior Disability Analyst of the American Board of Disability Analysts.

Jean L. Minkel, PT, ATP is a physical therapist and master clinician well recognized for her work in assistive technology. She is currently the Senior Vice President of Care Coordination and Rehabilitation Services for Independence Care System, a nonprofit, Medicaid long-term care program in New York City. Jean is also an independent consultant who provides educational and consulting service to all members of the assistive technology team—consumers, therapists, suppliers, manufacturers, and payers. Before entering the private sector, Jean was the Director of the Seating and Mobility Program at the Center for Rehabilitation Technology at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw, NY. She produced the video series Spending or Investing—Funding Assistive Technology. She is coauthor of the Wheelchair Selection Guide: How to Use the ANSI–RESNA Standards, the Manual Mobility Training Guide, and the Power Mobility Training Guide. The assistive technology community has recognized Jean for her contributions with the RESNA Fellow award in 1995 and the Sam McFarland Mentor Award in 2012.

Reviews

ATP and specialised seating teams alike will appreciate the 2018 publication of Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide. It is a comprehensive instructional clinical package (440pp) providing practical assessment instruction, clinical reasoning consideration and process required to optimise wheeled-mobility function with specialised wheelchair technologies."

"Seating and Wheeled Mobility: A Clinical Resource Guide is an amazingly dense text and an extraordinary sector resource. It imparts a range of expert analyses of current evidence-based practices for effective team approach aimed at informing competent seating teams and participating consumers. It provides clinical and service practice backgrounding as to the ‘what, how, when, why and why not’ procedures to support developing specialist skills essential for more sophisticated seating-wheeled mobility prescription. In doing so it addresses a wider seating audience."
- Dr Rachael Elliott Schmidt, Occupational Therapist PHD