Performance- It’s Not a Dirty Word

Marty Ball, Vice President of Sales, TiSport, LLC

Tina Roesler, MS, PT, ABDA, International Clinical Applications Manager, The ROHO Group

Session Outline

Definition of performance

• Past and present

• Historical background of performance chairs

Who needs performance?

Myths about performance chairs

1. Sports chairs are the only performance chairs

a. Contributed to development of current chairs

b. Applicable across care settings

c. Relevant examples

2. You can’t add seating and positioning components to performance chairs

a. Seating support surfaces

b. Frame configuration

c. Accessories

3. I need a folding chair for transport

a. You can have a performance folding chair

b. Why not try a rigid frame

4. It costs too much or there is no funding

a. Alternative funding sources

b. Letters of justification

Keeping up with technology

• Be open to new and innovative product ideas
• Materials – titanium, Spinergy
• Clinical education – Dispelling the 90/90/90 myth, current research

Tying it all together

• Community resources
• Consumer based approach

Bibliography

Cooper, Rory A, PhD, Schmeler, MS, OTR, Cooper, Rosmarie, MFT, PT, Thorman, Tricia, MOT, OTR and Bonninger, Michael L, MD. Light Touch: Ultralight manual wheelchairs provide advantages for long-term users. Advance for Directors in Rehabilitation. August 2001, pp. 23-24.

Fitzgerald, Shriley G, PhD, Cooper, Rory A, PhD, Boninger, Michael L, MD, and Resntschler, Andrew J, BS. Comparison of Fatigue Life for 3 Types of Manual Wheelchairs. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 82,October 2001, pp. 1484-1488.

Minkel, Jean L, PT. Sitting Outside of the Box. Long Term Rehab, 2001, pp. 50-51, 82.

Rigby, Patty, OT, and Ryan, Steve. Using Technology to improve functional autonomy. Rehab and Community Care Management. Fall 2001, pp. 46-48.

Seating and Mobility, Overcoming Barriers. Rehab and Community Care Management. Fall 2001, pp. 12-13.

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