RESNA Position on the Application of Power Wheelchairs for Pediatric Users

Lauren Rosen,Julianna Arva,Jan Furumasu,Michele Harris,Michelle L. Lange,Elisabeth McCarthy,Rosanne Kermoian,Heather Pinkerton,Teresa Plummer,Jodi Roos,Andrina Sabet,Paula Vander Schaaf,Terri Wonsettler

RESNA Position on the Application of Power Wheelchairs for Pediatric Users

2009

Lauren Rosen
Julianna Arva
Jan Furumasu
Michele Harris
Michelle L. Lange
Elisabeth McCarthy
Rosanne Kermoian
Heather Pinkerton
Teresa Plummer
Jodi Roos
Andrina Sabet
Paula Vander Schaaf
Terri Wonsettler

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.

Keywords:

Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Physical therapy
Rehabilitation engineering
Physical mobility
Child development
Cerebral palsy
Power wheelchairs
Rehabilitation
Wheelchair
Medicine
child safety
assistive technology
intellectual development
Engineering

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