Power Wheelchair Electronics: Innovations for All of Life’s Needs

Program ID : IC83.2019
Webinar Length of Time: Hour

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Presenters

Chris Chovan, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS
Invacare, United States

Chris Chovan, OTR/L, ATP, CAPS is the Clinical Education Specialist on the Professional Affairs and Clinical Education (PACE) team at Invacare. Chris brings over 22 years of experience working primarily in the areas of seating and wheeled mobility, accessibility, and assistive technology. Prior to joining Invacare, Chris founded Rehab Mobility Specialists, which was western Pennsylvania's only therapy private practice specializing in evaluations for wheelchair seating and mobility as well as home safety and accessibility products.

Presented at the 35th International Seating Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA USA

Note: Faculty for this activity have been required to disclose all relationships with any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, with the exemption of nonprofit or government organizations and non-healthcare related companies.

Chris Chovan disclosed the following conflict:

Employee of a commercial entity: Invacare Corp

Description

A power wheelchair is no longer just motors, batteries and a joystick. As commercially available power wheelchair electronics continue to evolve, we are seeing new and innovative features functionality integrated into these systems. This course will focus on how the evolution of power wheelchair electronics is making a difference in people’s lives. Improved connectivity, touch screen technology, live and wireless programming, real time diagnostics, data tracking and monitoring, these and other advancements will be detailed and discussed. We will highlight how these innovations impact the independence and functionality of the end user. We will discuss advancements that can increase a provider and clinician’s efficiency and effectiveness during the evaluation process as well as after the delivery to ensure better outcomes. We will also review improvements and smart monitoring that allows for improved service and maintenance results.

Learning Objectives

Upon viewing this webinar, participants will be able to:

List three features or options that are available to the end-user though innovations in wheelchair electronics that were not available five years ago
Discuss how recent improvements in power wheelchair electronics will help to improve the efficiency of the clinicians
Recognize three advancements in wheelchair electronics and how they can save time and help to increase troubleshooting accuracy for the ATP or service technician

References

Mitchell, S. J. (n.d.). Hybrid alternative driving systems: Finding the evidence to improve alternative driving control outcomes. Retrieved June 26, 2017, from http://www.iss.pitt.edu/ISS2017/ISS2017Doc/ISS2017Handouts/IC32/Mitchell_ISSPaper.pdf
Liu, H. Y., Cooper, R., Cooper, R., Smailagic, A., Siewiorek, D., Ding, D., & Chuang, F. C. (2010). Seating virtual coach: A smart reminder for power seat function usage. Technology and Disability, 22(1, 2), 53-60.
Hunt, P.C., Boninger, M.L., Cooper, R.A., Zafonte, R.D., Fitzgerald, S.G., & Schmeler, M.R. (2004). Demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with disparity in wheelchair customizability among people with traumatic spinal cord injury. Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 85:1859-64.

CEU Registration and Cost

0.100 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to individuals for viewing 1.0 hours of instruction.
The cost for the webinar is $59.00

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Updated | 06.27.2019