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Ambulating the Severely Developmentally Disabled Patient: Suggestion from the Field

Ms. Anderson is a private consultant in physical therapy for the severely developmentally disabled patient, PO Box 239, Topanga, CA 90290 (USA).

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PROBLEM

Physical therapists often are confronted with the difficulty of establishing and maintaining a convenient, daily exercise program, especially in facilities with many patients. Because a patient's muscle strength may be increased with regular activity, a daily program of rigorous exercise may benefit many patients, particularly those with neuromuscular-related disabilities. Unfortunately, the severely developmentally disabled patient often does not receive adequate exercise because of time constraints and the formidable task of individually exercising patients with conventional techniques.

SOLUTION

I developed the Activity Swing* to fill this treatment void. The Activity Swing, either hung from a stationary support or suspended on a moving tram, is an apparatus that promotes physical activity through supportive positioning. This active patient-support system augments therapy programs for the severely disabled patients and requires relatively little effort by the therapist. The Activity Swing effectively promotes patient exercise either with or without the tram system....

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