(1 hr./ 0.1 CEU/CCU)

AOTA Category:  OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge

• CEUs/Contact Hours:  0.1 AOTA CEUs/1 Contact Hour
• Educational Level: Introductory

General Overview:

This one-hour course is intended to help clinicians and providers expand on their current knowledge and skills to achieve greater success and clinical confidence with manual wheelchair provision. Through mobility user case examples linked to key clinical concepts and research, open discussion, as well as practical applications of equipment intervention, it will also examine the role of the wheelchair provision process within the larger context of the rehabilitation. Highlighted within the course will be the importance of individualized goals and assessments.

This course will cover concepts related to various types of manual wheelchair users and propulsion styles. Upon completion, participants will be able to adapt and apply the clinical reasoning and practical application skills gained to improve outcomes and enhance client function in a variety of settings. For those newer to wheelchair seating and mobility, this course will also be beneficial in reframing their existing clinical knowledge through a more specific lens unique to manual mobility users.

CEU Objectives: 

By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:

1. Describe 3 elements from the complex rehab technology seating and mobility evaluation that are different from a standard Occupational and Physical Therapy client evaluation.
2. Identify 2 ways configurability of manual wheelchair systems impacts user participation.
3. Describe 2 elements of the relationship between posture and wheelchair propulsion biomechanics.
4. Identify 3 elements from the Wheelchair Skills Test that can be used in client assessment training and justification.

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Full Course Detail Flyer PDF:  Clinical Implications Manual Mobility