The Posture Care Management SIG is for individuals wanting to learn, collaborate and support 24-hour
MISSION:
A collaborative community of like-minded individuals wanting to improve 24-hour posture care management for persons with disabilities. GOALS:
- A global community focused on preventing avoidable postural distortions in persons with disabilities.
- Emphasise the importance of posture care management across all 24-hours in the day, so as to optimise mobility and engagement.
- Collaboration on local initiatives delivering postural care management.
- Education and sharing of knowledge between highly skilled and less skilled members, including sign-posting to external resources.
- Raising awareness of assistive technologies used in posture care management.
- Enhancing clinical reasoning and interventions to improve user outcomes.
- Sharing achievements, challenges and knowledge to make a difference.
04/12/2024
At what point should an occupant in a wheelchair travel rear facing due to non-upright posture?
Read this paper from Bob Appleyard and Vicky Curling which summarises the outcomes of investigative dynamic testing to determine the limits for forward facing wheelchair occupancy: https://www.pmguk.co.uk/journals/transport-of-wheelchair-seated-passengers
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