Module 7 - Postural Interventions

Key concepts

A good posture is important to the client's long term health status, pressure care and ability to optimize functional capacity.
A thorough seating assessment enables clinicians to identify the cause and effect of postural requirements and abnormalities. Clear seating goals can be established through the process of deductive reasoning and elimination with the given assessment information and clinical evidence.
A thorough assessment leads to accurate goals; accurate goals lead to successful interventions.
Proximal postural stability is needed for dynamic tasks to be carried out.
Postural intervention is about matching the size and shape of the client to the seating and wheeled mobility system in order to optimise client's functional abilities and environmental access.
Posture and pressure have an interlocking relationship.
Make agreement with client and team for the conditions for trials, feedback and review.

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