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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]
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Julianna Arva MS TiLITE Corp., Kennewick, Washington, USA
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Jan Furumasu PTATP Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, Downey, California, USA
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Michele Harris PTATP MBS Rehab, Austin, Texas, USA
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Michelle L. Lange OTRABDAATP Access to Independence, Inc., Arvada, Colorado, USA
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Elisabeth McCarthy OTR/L Aaron W. Perlman Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Rosanne Kermoian PhD Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
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Heather Pinkerton PTMPTPCS Rehab Specialties, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Teresa Plummer MSOTOTRATP Belmont University, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, and Nova Southeastern University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Jodi Roos PTMEd Anoka Hennepin School District, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, USA
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Andrina Sabet PTATP Cleveland Clinic, Children's Hospital for Rehabilitation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Paula Vander Schaaf OTR/LATP Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Terri Wonsettler OTR/LATP The Children's Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Pages 218-226 | Published online: 13 Nov 2009
 
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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.

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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