Assistive Technology

The Official Journal of RESNA

Volume 21, 2009 - Issue 4

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RESNA Position on the Application of Power Wheelchairs for Pediatric Users

Lauren Rosen PTMPTATP St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa, Tampa, Florida, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Julianna Arva MS TiLITE Corp., Kennewick, Washington, USA

Jan Furumasu PTATP Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, California, USA

Michele Harris PTATP MBS Rehab, Austin, Texas, USA

Michelle L. Lange OTRABDAATP Access to Independence, Inc., Arvada, Colorado, USA

Elisabeth McCarthy OTR/L Aaron W. Perlman Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Rosanne Kermoian PhD Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA

Heather Pinkerton PTMPTPCS Rehab Specialties, Dallas, Texas, USA

Teresa Plummer MSOTOTRATP Belmont University, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, and Nova Southeastern University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Jodi Roos PTMEd Anoka Hennepin School District, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA

Andrina Sabet PTATP Cleveland Clinic, Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Paula Vander Schaaf OTR/LATP Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Terri Wonsettler OTR/LATP The Children's Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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ABSTRACT

This document, approved by the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Board of Directors in March 2007, shares typical clinical applications and provides evidence from the literature supporting the use of power wheelchairs for children.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This article was developed through RESNA's Special Interest Group in Seating and Wheeled Mobility (SIG-09) and approved by the RESNA Board of Directors. RESNA is an interdisciplinary association of people with a common interest in technology and disability. RESNA's purpose is to improve the potential of people with disabilities to achieve their goals through the use of technology. RESNA serves that purpose by promoting research, development, education, advocacy, and provision of technology and by supporting the people engaged in these activities.

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