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From Evaluation to Delivery and Beyond: Manual Tilt-in-Space Wheelchairs

When to choose a folding manual wheelchair

What Parents Should Know About Their Child’s First Equipment Evaluation

Pressure Injury Management: Key Insights & Guidelines from Global Experts

Guiding New Wheelchair Users: Helping Them Find Their Best Fit

Choosing Your First Manual Wheelchair: What Matters Most for New Users

Making Your Workplace More Accessible, Starting with the Bathrooms

Where is the Best Wheelchair Wheel Placement?

How Pressure Injuries Develop: The Role of Deformation in Cell Death

Maximizing the Adjustability of Off-the-Shelf Wheelchair Cushions

10 Essential Measurements: Manual Wheelchair Selection

Are Wheelchair Side Guards Right for You?

Top 3 Ways to Keep Your Wheelchair Back Support for Lasting Comfort and Stability

Permobil Portraits: Simi Tometi

Wheeled Mobility and Tire Selection: It Matters!

Top 3 Ways to Keep Your Wheelchair Cushion in Peak Condition for Lasting Comfort and Support

The Importance of Fit in a Manual Wheelchair

Permobil Portraits: Rithusha Kamma

Power Tilt: Potential Health Benefits, Social Engagement, and More

Aging skin and wheelchair use: Understanding the increased risk of pressure injuries

How to Use ROHO® Smart Check® | A Simple Guide for Wheelchair Users

Permobil Portraits: Gabriella (Gabby) DiSalvo

Permobil Portraits: Patrice Hickson

The Game-Changing Features for Manual Tilt Wheelchairs | Legrests

The U.S. Government Strengthens Rules for Flyers with Disabilities | What This Means for You

Using the Manual Wheelchair Guide

How to Use the Permobil Store to Help Visualize a New Wheelchair

How Your Unique Thumbprint Guides Wheelchair Cushion Selection

How to locate and repair a hole or leak in your ROHO cushion in 4 easy steps!

In 2024, Permobil Visited 7 Abilities Expos in the U.S.

Permobil Portraits: Katie Smolich

Wheelchair Cushion Options and ISO Test Standards | Trust and Transparency

A Proactive Approach to Power Assist Devices

The Power of Tilt

Tips, Tricks & Treats to Create or Buy Adaptive Halloween Costumes

Permobil Portraits: Cody Verrett

Understanding K5 Ultralightweight Manual Wheelchairs

Power adjustable footplate height: potential health benefits

Why choose a PDG tilt chair?

Permobil Portraits: Cooper Jones

Power Standing Through Four Decades | Lessons Learned

Solutions for every Body | Positioning supports as medical necessities, not accessories!

ROHO® Inflation: Atmospheric pressure

Permobil Portrait: Jennifer Villocero

Solutions for every Body | All About the Backs

Redefining Back to School with the F-Words

Solutions for every Body | Let's Talk Cushions

Life-Changing Moments at The Rollettes Experience

Permobil Portrait: Frank Fields

Five reasons why finding your individual seating solution is important for your health

Use Our Resources to Make the Most of Your Summer

Permobil Portrait: Joel Strain

TiLite Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation

Power wheelchair programming 101: How to program

New Rule Changes Aim to Make Traveling with Disability Easier

Permobil Portrait: Alex Cavaliere

Debunking the myth: Manual tilt-in-space wheelchairs are only for dependent users

ROHO® Inflation: Set up and check in five easy steps!

Power wheelchair programming 101: What needs programming?

Tilted Perspectives: Navigating Life With A Manual Tilt-n-Space Wheelchair

Permobil Portrait: Nicole Dettman

Power wheelchair programming 101: Why program?

Enhancing Air Travel Accessibility: Insights from Traveler Jason Regier

Permobil Portrait: Rhonda Clark

Enhancing Air Travel Accessibility: Proposed Changes

Drive wheel configuration: Specific techniques to optimize driving

The Importance of Shear Reduction in Wheelchair Supports

Fuel your practice with Permobil resources

Shear reduction: An important element in pressure injury prevention

Permobil Portrait: Guy and Roy Henningsson

Manual wheelchair materials: aluminum, titanium, and carbon fiber

Drive wheel configuration: Rear wheel drive

Treat my wheelchair like you would treat me!

Permobil Portrait: Chanda Hagen

Empowering access through education

Process to obtain new mobility equipment: fitting, delivery, maintenance, repairs, & follow up

Innovating for manual wheelchairs: CR1 unique features

Top 5 Blog Posts of 2023

Drive wheel configuration: Mid wheel drive

Permobil presents the 2023 CPF accessible holiday gift guide

Process to obtain new mobility equipment: funding

Permobil Portrait: Ashley Davis

Taking a closer look at H.R. 5371 - Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2023

Top 10 tips for wound care and pressure injury management

Process to obtain new mobility equipment: Your team

Drive wheel configuration: Front wheel drive

Permobil Portrait: Bobby Brown

Process to obtain new mobility equipment: A little preparation goes a long way

Happy 50th Birthday to ROHO®!

Manual wheelchair frame materials: Carbon Fiber

Permobil Portrait: Doug Garven

History of ROHO®

Clinicians' tips for back to school in a wheelchair

How to make a custom wheelchair cushion: ROHO®

The Permobil F5 Corpus VS power wheelchair transforms into a LEGO Ideas concept

Permobil Portrait: Mildred Trejo

Advocacy matters with Ali Ingersoll

Navigating school with a wheelchair: a parent's perspective

How to clean and disinfect a ROHO® cushion and cover

Permobil Portrait: Ken Winward

The custom wheelchair seating relationship: it sounds complicated

Permobil Portrait: Landon Rickley

Simplifying the standing wheelchair process: delivery

Simplifying the standing wheelchair process: evaluation

Permobil Portrait: Anton Danielsson, Lead Engineer – Chassis Development

How do I get power standing paid for?

ISO Standards: Horizontal Force & Shear Test Method

ISO Standards: Immersion Test Method

Permobil Portrait: Caroline Pennell part 2

ISO Standards: Pressure Mapping Test Method

Permobil Portrait: Caroline Pennell

The Relationship Between Standards & Clinical Practice

Benefits and Limitations of ISO and RESNA Standards

Overview of ISO and RESNA Standards for Wheelchair Seating

Introducing the Wheelchair Nerds podcast

Permobil Portrait: Kara Kopplin, Director of Regulatory Science

Permobil Portrait: Corey “Pheez” Lee Part 3

Permobil Portrait: Corey “Pheez” Lee Part 2

Permobil Portrait: Corey “Pheez” Lee

Taking a closer look at wheelchair cushion and back support covers

Solid seat insert for wheelchair: taking a closer look at cushion components

Permobil Portrait: Ashley Detterbeck, DPT, ATP/SMS

Top Instagram posts of 2022

Top 5 Blog Posts of 2022

The Faces of SmartDrive: Nicole

ActiveHeight™: Your world within reach

ActiveReach™: Find your perfect position

A consumer's perspective on client-centered wheelchair evaluation

The importance of a client-centered wheelchair evaluation

How do I prepare for getting a new power wheelchair?

How Caroline found her perfect fit with the Inception Cushion

You are unique – your wheelchair cushion can be too!

Pressure mapping seating system: Locating areas of concern for clients with impaired sensation and/or communication

Practical tips for performing an occupational therapy seating assessment in a home setting

Pressure mapping seating system: a beneficial tool for biofeedback

Rise to the Occasion: Advocating for Power Wheelchairs with Elevating Seat

An introduction to performing an occupational therapy seating assessment in a home setting

My Journey with SmartDrive: A Reflection on Innovation

Pressure mapping seating system: collecting objective data to support appropriate interventions

How do I prepare for getting a new manual wheelchair?

Pressure mapping: a method to investigate persistent pressure injuries

Proportional vs. Switched Drive Controls

Pressure mapping systems: an undervalued and underutilized assessment tool

When should I consider an alternative drive control?

How do I prepare for getting a power assist device?

What is an alternative drive control?

Vicair® Vector O2: Adjustable Skin Protection & Positioning Cushion

How do I prepare for getting new seating system equipment?

Vicair® Adjuster O2: Adjustable Skin Protection Cushion

Vicair® Active O2: Adjustable Skin Protection & Positioning Cushion

Vicair®: Premium Skin Protection Cushions

A conversation with Andrea Dalzell: being a self-advocate

A conversation with Andrea Dalzell: ultra lightweight wheelchairs

The Wheelchair Handbook: A consumer’s guide to seating & mobility equipment

Why it's important to consider power standing

Power your push, your way with power assist!

Your common funding questions, answered!

Is my wheelchair still working for me?

How standing in your wheelchair can change your world

Manual wheelchairs: rigid and folding frames. How do you choose?

A parent's perspective: Clive and the Explorer Mini Part 2

A parent's perspective: Clive and the Explorer Mini Part 1

Top Ten Blog Posts of 2021 Part 2

Top Ten Blog Posts of 2021 Part 1

What does the color of your wheelchair say about you?

Defining Success in the Explorer Mini: Part 2

Defining Success in the Explorer Mini: Part 1

Susanna and the Explorer Mini

Explorer Mini recognized as a TIME Best Invention for 2021

Clinical Application for Vicair Cushions

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Power Mobility Devices

Problems with sliding out of the wheelchair

The wedge misconception

Taking a Closer Look at Wheelchair Accessories

Choosing a back support: adjustability

Choosing a Back Support: Medium

Types of Power Assist Devices

Non-Flowing Air: Vicair Cushions

Manual Wheelchair Propulsion Patterns and Efficiency

RN Huddle Podcast: Wheelchair Wounds Part 2

Flowing Air: ROHO Cushions

K0005 Configuration: Caster Options

RN Huddle Podcast: Wheelchair Wounds Part 1

K0005 Configuration: Rear wheel options and rear wheel camber

K0005 Configuration: Axle Positioning

Brenda’s experience with the MyPermobil app

K0005 Configuration: Frame Depth, Seat Back Height, and Seat-to-Back Angle

MyPermobil: Voice Assistant

MyPermobil: Seating

Choosing between minimally adjustable and performance rigid manual wheelchairs

MyPermobil: Battery, Mileage, and the Integrated Map

Are all foam wheelchair cushions the same?

Cushion geometry: why are contours important?

How does the Connect-enabled wheelchair transmit data?

MyPermobil, Fleet Management, and the Connect-ready Wheelchair

Skin protection through methods of pressure distribution

Attributes of Great Seating: Stability

K0005 Configuration: Footrest Width and Seat Sling Depth

Voice Assistant lets even more users benefit from MyPermobil app

K0005 Configuration: Seat Width and Front Seat Width

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