2015 ISS 
IC22 Dynamic Wheeled Mobility: Next Chapter in the Ultralight Evolution
Program ID Number: CRS000688
CEU Course ID: P272.15
Webinar Length of Time: 1.0 hour
Link to view the lecture presentation:
The static nature of an ultra light’s configuration has limited how effectively we have been able to implement the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Preservation of Upper Limb Function. "Dynamic Wheeled Mobility" addresses the limitations of a static configuration by giving users the ability to dynamically change their base configuration using "on-the-fly" adjustments and add-on components. This presentation will demonstrate that dynamic reconfiguration is not only feasible, it is essential for any full time ultralight user.
Learning Objectives:
- List 3 activities identified in SCI clinical practice guidelines that do not involve propulsion where dynamic wheeled mobility concepts could allow the ultralight wheelchair to play an even greater role in the preservation of upper limb function.
- Identify 3 major benefits that a sliding seat or dynamically adjustable seat or back angle can have on the multicontextual usability of an ultralight wheelchair.
- Participants will be able to identify at least 3 existing products with features consistent with Dynamic Wheeled Mobility concepts (e.g. "on the fly" dynamic seat re-positioning, and add-on propulsion devices).
Faculty:
Steve Mitchell, OTR/L, ATP
Cleveland VA Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
United States
stevemitchell@ameritech.netSteve Mitchell is the Clinical Specialist for Seating/Wheeled Mobility and Assistive Technology for the SCI/D Service at the Cleveland VA. He has specialized in providing custom mobility equipment to veterans with spinal cord injuries, MS, and ALS for over 10 years. His professional focus has been on improving the usability of the custom mobility products used by these populations.
Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.
* No conflicts have been disclosed.
Jaimie Borisoff, PhD
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Vancouver, BC
Canada
Jaimie_Borisoff@bcit.caJaimie F. Borisoff is the Director of the Rehabilitation Engineering Design Laboratory at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and ICORD. His lab researches and develops technology solutions that support community participation and address the secondary health complications of spinal cord injury. He also invented a wheelchair with dynamic wheeled mobility properties called "Elevation", currently owned, manufactured, and distributed by PDG Mobility.
Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.
* Disclosed he works for PDG Mobility.
References:
- Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine. Preservation of Upper Limb Function Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Clinical Practice Guideline for Health-Care
Professionals. Washington, DC: Paralyzed Veterans of America, April 2005 - Gagnon D, Nadeau S, Noreau L, Dehail P, Piotte Comparison of peak shoulder and elbow mechanical loads during weight-relief lifts and sitting pivot transfers among manual wheelchair users with spinal cord injury Rehabil Res Dev. 2008;45(6):863-73.
- Boninger ML, Koontz A, Sisto S, Dyson-Hudson T, Chang M, Price R, Cooper R. Push rim biomechanics and injury prevention in spinal cord injury:
Recommendations based on CULP-SCI investigations. JRRD, Volume 42, Number 3, 2005, Supplement 1
Updated | 06.25.2015
