Seating & Positioning: Contents & Screenshots
| Unit | Topic | Content | Multimedia Features |
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| Unit 1 Goal Setting |
Importance of Seating & Mobility | Describes the theoretical framework for seating and positioning intervention | |
| Goals and Expectations | Outlines how to ascertain the individual goals using interview
technique and standardised assessments. Provides an overview of interview questions about health history used to inform the assessment. |
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| Outcomes of Seating Intervention | Describes proposed benefits of seating and positioning intervention to the user. | • Vertical scrolling
list • Photographs |
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| Categories of Seating Intervention | Description of Hobson's three categories of seating and positioning
intervention: • postural control and deformity management • pressure management • comfort and postural accommodation. |
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| Self-test | Self-test of Unit One content | • Drag and drop
questions • Check box questions • Short answer questions |
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| Unit 2 Sitting Abnormalities |
Neutral Seated Position | Describes the 'neutral' seated position, the ideal goal of a seating intervention. | Mouse click animates the key bony and postural landmarks of a neutrally seated figure |
| Postural Abnormalities Overview | Describes the difference between 'fixed' and 'flexible'
postures. Illustrates each postural abnormality commonly associated with
seating, by body segment. Including: • posterior pelvic tilt • anterior pelvic tilt • pelvic obliquity • pelvic rotation • hip subluxation • hip subluxation with windsweep • hip adduction • hip abduction • scoliosis with rotation • scoliosis C curve • scoliosis S curve • kyphosis • lumbar lordosis |
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| Mat Evaluation | Describes the key aspects and clinical tasks involved in a comprehensive physical assessment on the mat. | Photographs | |
| Unsupported Sitting Evaluation | Describes the key aspects and clinical tasks involved in a comprehensive physical assessment with the person in unsupported sitting. Describes the Fife Level of Sitting Scale | Photographs | |
| Self-test | Self-test of Unit Two content | • Drag and drop
questions • Check box questions • Short answer questions |
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| Unit 3 Seating systems |
Types of Postural Support | Describes the difference between supports 'correcting' or 'accommodating' a posture. Describes the function of and postural supports components on seating systems | Mouse over and click to animate the seating components on a figure seated in a wheelchair |
| Overview of Mobility Bases | Describes the goals of wheeled mobility. Defines the differences in types of mobility and the decisions
affecting prescription: • Dependent • Independent |
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| Dependent Mobility Bases | Describes dependent mobility bases. Labels the key features of a mobility base. Shows photographs of dependent mobility base products and outlines the indicators for prescription; the advantages and disadvantages | On mouse over, the program animates the components of a dependent mobility base. e.g. push rims, castor forks etc. Photographs | |
| Independent Mobility Bases | Describes independent mobility bases. Shows photographs of independent mobility base products and outlines the indicators for prescription; the advantages and disadvantages | Photographs | |
| Self-test | Self-test of Unit Three content | • Drag and drop questions • Check box questions • Short answer questions |
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| Unit 4 Measuring for seating |
Measuring Landmarks | Illustrates the accepted anatomical bony and skin landmarks used to measure a person for seating | On mouse over and clicking, the program animates the bony and skin landmarks on a skeleton and a figure used for measurement |
| Measuring Session: Tape & Goniometer | Describes and illustrates: • how to re-position someone for measurement • the critical tape measurements • measurement of hamstring muscle length • goniometric measurement |
Mouse click animates: • Repositioning a figure for measurement • Placement for critical tape measurements • The effect of varied hamstring length on posture • The taking of a knee range measurement with a goniometer |
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| Measurements in relation to a Chair | Illustrates how each of the person's body tape measurements is used in relation to scripting and configuring the mobility base | Custom illustrations | |
| Critical Chair Measurements | Illustrates how some of the anatomical measurements taken with the tape measure and goniometer are critical to the 'success' of the chair, e.g. seat depth | Using custom illustrations, a mouse click demonstrates how a 'correct' and 'incorrect' tape measurement will impact on the person's final position in the chair | |
| Self-test | Self-test of Unit Four content | • Drag and drop questions • Check box questions • Short answer questions |
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| Unit 5 Outcomes |
Suggestions for Seating Intervention | Provides a 'wizard' for generating possible seating solutions in response to the sitting abnormalities identified during the assessment. | With a mouse click of menu options, the wizard illustrates,
using custom diagrams, typical seating solutions to identified sitting
abnormalities. The wizard provides solutions for postural problems
of the: • pelvis • hips • spine • knee • head • neck |
| Observe an evaluation | Demonstrates the clinical seating assessment of an adult with a physical disability including the mat and unsupported sitting evaluation. | Videos, with voice over, of a mat and unsupported
sitting evaluation: • Pelvis assessment • Hamstring assessment • Spine assessment • Sitting assessment • Solution: the person's wheelchair |
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| Assess Long Form | Introduces a systemised form for collecting seating assessment information | Downloadable PDF attachment | |
| Case-studies | Four case studies of children with physical disabilities requiring
assessment and prescription of a seating and mobility solution. | Photographed case-studies of children and their medical history. The learner fills in the interactive seating assessment forms using typing and mouse functions to consolidate the learning of all five units. | |
| Online final mastery quiz |
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