Equipment Prescription Flashcards
What considerations need to be made when prescribing equipment for a child?
- Purpose
- Time frame
- Environment
- Cost and funding
What are the three main types of equipment that physiotherapists are involved with?
- Seating (with OT)
- Standing frames
- Walking aids
What do you need to consider when prescribing temporary and permanent equipment?
Temporary: consider what particular skill you want to assist development of, or what surgical intervention has been completed.
Permanent: consider growth factors and adaptability of equipment for different purposes.
What do you need to consider about the environment in which the equipment will be used?
- Where will it be used - home, childcare, school
- Can be be accommodated within the setting or are modifications required
- Is it transportable and adaptable to needs in different environments, or is more than one piece of equipment required.
What kinds of seating are available?
- Corner chairs
- Tumbleform moulded seats
- High chair
- Strollers
- Powered and manual wheelchairs
What are the possible ICF goals when using a standing frame?
- Body structure and function: stretch of hips, knees and ankles, weight bearing through legs, head control, encouraging extension
- Activity and participation: positioning for play, school work and cooking
What are the purposes of walking aids?
- Progression of independent walking
- Mobility at home, school and community
- Functional gait training
- Exercise for fitness and cardiorespiratory function
- Strengthening and maintain muscle and joint range
- Part of daily positioning program
What is a Kaye walker?
- Posterior walker
- Child holds handles
- Nil strap
What is a Mulholland walker?
- Posterior support
- Weight-relieving
- Dynamic support throughout the rise and fall of the pelvis during ambulation
What is a Hart walker?
- An orthotic brace supports the child’s weight with straps at the chest and pelvis.
- Leg guides control movement at the hip, knee and ankle joints.
- A four-wheeled frame supports the brace allowing the child to move hands-free.
- Swivel wheels allow for a high level of manoeuvrability.
- Special boots provide a safe base for standing and walking.
What is a Mey walker?
- Anterior support
- Dynamic saddle seat
- Trunk support
- Handle bar in front
What considerations need to be made when prescribing a walker?
- Level of support required for walking (hands free, gutters for arm support, weight shift capacity)
- Posterior or anterior walker
- Getting child in and out of walker (OHS)