Standing Powered Wheelchair Evaluation: Considering All of the Client's Goals

Standing Powered Wheelchair Evaluation: Considering All of the Client's Goals

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23-04-2021

It's easy to look at power wheelchairs with a standing function and be amazed by the technology. After all, the opportunities an independent, mobile standing position can offer a client, from functional, clinical, and social emotional standpoints, can be life-changing. But we must also consider what our clients need the PWC to do when it isn't standing, and how postural needs change between standing and sitting. 

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