The Wheelchair Evaluation: A Clinician’s Guide, Second Edition is an updated, practical, and concise reference on the wheelchair prescription process. It’s perfect for students and clinicians in the health fields who work with physically disabled individuals in need of a wheelchair. This book is a portable, hands-on manual that implements a real-world approach to patient evaluation, choice of wheelchair components, documentation, and funding.

There is evidence that there is a population of people who are in need of independent mobility, but are unable to achieve it through the use of a power wheelchair (PW) due to a lack of adequate control interfaces. However, it has been observed that there are individuals among this population who have useful motor output channels, which could potentially be used to control a PW if practical sensing technology for these outputs were available. In order to test whether or not these motor outputs can be harnessed to provide input to a control interface, the project presented in this thesis undertook the design, construction, and refinement of a new control interface system that can be readily adapted to an individual's particular impairment, in order to provide reliablecontrol of a PW. The resulting system of controls is referred to as SPOOCI, an acronym for Self-Referenced Personal Omni-Purpose Orthotic Control Interface. This new system revolves around the use of a pneumatic pressure sensing interface, which can be placed anywhere on the user where a reliable voluntary action (either force or motion) can be generated.

Ensure successful wheelchair prescription. This practical, pocket-sized book will guide you through the wheelchair prescription process utilizing a real-world, easy-to-understand approach. Through this approach you will learn how to successfully evaluate and recommend a wheelchair for your patients.