Power Wheelchairs - Batteries This month, Clinical Corner will re-visit the topic of batteries in power wheelchairs. This topic was first addressed in a 2012 blog post, De-mystifying Power Wheelchairs: Batteries and Motors. This month, Clinical Corner will review and update the information first presented in 2012 regarding batteries. Batteries are an important consideration in power wheelchairs as they provide the power required to operate the system. 2019-11-28 Keep Reading
Education in Motion and Clinical Corner Catalogue If you follow Clinical Corner, you will notice that the article in October often is a little different than usual. October marks another anniversary with Sunrise Medical for me. It is 9 years now! October also marks Occupational Therapy month nationally. What better way to celebrate both than with a focus on clinical resources available on the Sunrise Medical website. In addition, this article will look back at Clinical Corner with a catalogue of Clinical Corner articles for ease of reference. You may want to bookmark this page! 2019-10-30 Keep Reading
Preparing to Conduct a Seating and Mobility Assessment September often is thought of as a time for new beginnings. School begins for school-aged children. Depending upon where you live in the country, the leaves may be starting to change colour signaling the beginning of autumn. Registration is open for our next Cyber Series of webinars for therapists, therapist assistants, funders and vendors in Canada! The first webinar in our annual series is on "The Assessment Process" as the assessment is the beginning for all seating and mobility. A thorough assessment provides a solid foundation for what follows in seating and mobility prescription. This month, Clinical Corner will discuss considerations prior to the assessment – what should be on-hand to ensure optimal results from the physical assessment. 2019-09-30 Keep Reading
More about Outcome Measures The focus of Clinical Corner for the past 2 months has been on outcomes and outcome measures. The June 2019 article, Outcomes and Outcome Measures in Seating and Mobility: Current Practice, distinguished between outcomes and outcome measures and highlighted some of the results of a survey with therapists practicing in seating and mobility in Canada regarding their use of outcomes and outcome measures. The July 2019 article, From Outcomes to Outcome Measures: Next Steps, reviewed the relevance of outcome measures and the key considerations when selecting outcome measures. Clinical Corner will continue the theme on outcome measures this month with a focus on specific outcome measures that can be used in seating and mobility. 2019-08-26 Keep Reading
From Outcomes to Outcome Measures - Next Steps Last month, Clinical Corner distinguished between outcomes and outcome measures and highlighted some of the results of a survey with therapists practicing in seating and mobility in Canada regarding the use of outcomes and outcome measures. See Outcomes and Outcome Measures in Seating and Mobility: Current Practice to refer to that article. This month, Clinical Corner will continue its focus on outcome measures with a look at key considerations when selecting outcome measures. 2019-07-23 Keep Reading
