建立儿童轮椅技能的基础
2025-01-03
从婴儿车过渡到自推进轮椅，是孩子迈向独立道路上的重要里程碑。作为治疗师，我们在促进这一转变过程中扮演着关键角色，确保孩子们不仅适应轮椅使用，更能因此茁壮成长。
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使用步态训练器进行侧向移动和悬空行走可增强步行能力
2024-02-02
Willow在康复治疗、居家训练和学校课程中都在努力锻炼髋部肌肉力量，但仍面临挑战。在治疗环节中，她与物理治疗师共同进行侧向移动等平行杠训练，但需要治疗师的直接指导才能完成正确的动作。
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The Six F-Words for Child Development
2022-12-12
Learn more about the evidence-based CanChild ‘F-Words’ framework for supporting childhood development in this infographic created by Leckey, part of the Sunrise Medical Family. This family-friendly downloadable PDF resource can help professionals working with children with special needs to communic
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When Is the Right Time to Prescribe a Walking Frame?
2022-04-29
As a pediatric physiotherapist, one of the most frequent questions parents ask me is, "Is my child going to walk?" Naturally, it's up there as one of the most emotive topics. The dream of seeing their child take their first steps is something that all parents hope to witness. It's a highly emotive t
查看详情How to Select a Dependent Mobility Device: Reviewing Options
2022-01-17
In many cases, recommending a mobility device for an infant who is dependent on a caregiver to be moved from place to place is straightforward. After all, a six-month old with or without a neuromuscular disorder is expected to need a buggy for mobility in the community. As babies grow into toddlers,
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How to Select a Dependent Mobility Device: Identifying Needs
2022-01-17
When reviewing the intake information of a new patient, it is common for one of the first questions the evaluating team seeks to answer is, "Will the client need a manual wheelchair or a power wheelchair?" Depending on a number of factors such as age and diagnosis, determining a suitable mobility so
查看详情Early Intervention: Activities at Home to Support Development
2021-10-07
This quick guide will provide early developmental activity ideas to help promote physical, social, perceptual, and cognitive development in a variety of positions. These activities are ideal to be completed with the Leckey Early Activity System. However, if you do not have this equipment, you can
查看详情Creating a Postural Management Plan to Support a Neutral Pelvis
2021-09-30
For many therapists, it is incredibly frustrating when, after providing a productive therapy session, we set up a child with non-typical development in "optimal" seated posture only to find shortly after that the child looks nothing like how they were first positioned. We slowly notice that the pelv
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The Role of the Pelvis in a Postural Management Plan
2021-09-13
24-hour postural management is a planned program that considers all relevant positions a child uses throughout the day and intervenes to improve or maintain body shape while promoting the child's functional development. A postural management plan tries to incorporate a neutral body position into the
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Things you may not know about wheelchair pregnancy
2021-08-18
Most physical disabilities have no physiological impact on a woman's sexual and reproductive capacity. In fact, if you want to be a mother in a wheelchair, you can achieve a smooth pregnancy, have an uncomplicated vaginal delivery, and have a postpartum recovery as satisfactory as any other woman.
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