Sitting in a wheelchair

The monograph provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the issues of sitting in a wheelchair.
It connects two completely different fields – medicine and technology – so that the wheelchair user' s physical, psychological, work and social potential is maximized through adequate use of technology. The medical situation that leads to wheelchair mobility is usually medically multidisciplinary. The reader will learn how to clinically examine and evaluate the condition of a person sitting in a wheelchair, their balance, stability, support needs, and other parameters important when selecting and prescribing a new wheelchair or when checking the seating position in an existing wheelchair. The language of medicine is translated into the language of technology so that the causes, rather than the symptoms of incorrect sitting, are addressed. The publication also deals with inappropriate wheelchair settings, which can lead to complications, e. g. pains, worsening of spasticity, Posture pathology, the formation of pressure ulcers, which lead to a deterioration in the quality of life, inability to find employment in the labor market and increased dependence on assistance. Separate chapters are devoted to training the user in the ergonomics of driving in a wheelchair, the specifics of sitting in a wheelchair for various diagnoses, and communication with the wheelchair supplier and the health insurance company.
The author is a rehabilitation physician who has been working with people with wheelchair mobility since 1992. After completing foreign courses, she was the first in the Czech Republic to start training on this issue in 2005. She was the first to use a pressure mapping system to diagnose pressure on the seat cushion. He regularly publishes and lectures at congresses in the country and abroad, and leads seminars, training courses and courses certified by the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic within the framework of the National Center for Occupational Safety and Health Brno.
The book is intended for rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, orthopedists, children' s, to general practitioners, doctors specializing in orthopedic prosthetics – that is, to all those who can prescribe wheelchairs and provide care to patients with mobility in wheelchairs. It is also intended for review physicians and physicians of the expert service. It will be fully utilized by physiotherapists and occupational therapists who work with people in wheelchairs. There is no similar publication on the Czech market yet.