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Supporting your body

When using your mobility device, it's important to have products that offer skin protection, stability, and comfort. Choosing the right cushion, back support, and accessories can greatly enhance your experience. Our ROHO^® and Comfort seating and positioning products are designed to meet these needs, providing personalised solutions that cater specifically to your requirements.

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Cushions

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Fact: Cushions can be made of foam, gel, and/or air, or be a combination of these materials.

When selecting a seat cushion, back support or wheelchair, consider if the product meets your individual goals and needs and supports the following:

Minimises the pressure and shear exerted on the skin and soft tissue at high-risk areas
Provides adequate support
Maintains stability
Maintains your full range of activities

*2019 Clinical Practice Guideline International Guideline

Cushion Guide

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Foam

Not all foam is alike! Strategically layering different types of High Resiliency (HR) quality foam, Comfort cushions provide a stable base, have the ability to withstand compression over time and provide immersion for the individual’s body.

Foam Cushions

Air: Flowing

ROHO® offers a unique air cell design that allows air to flow between the cells providing pressure redistribution and stability. The concept of DRY FLOATATION^® is the capability of the cushion to conform and adapt to the body’s shape, mimicking the pressure redistribution properties of water.

Air Cushions

Hybrid: Foam + Air

Hybrid cushions are a combination of foam and air. Typically, a High Resiliency (HR) foam base is used as the foundation, providing the shape and contours of the cushion. Then flowing or non-flowing air can be placed in high risk areas to support the management of skin breakdown.

Hybrid Cushions

Custom Options

FACT: Sometimes, all the cushion options that have been tried still don’t meet your individual needs. Custom fabricated seat cushions are also an option and Permobil offers the ROHO custom.

Back Supports

FACT: Back supports are typically made from a combination of durable and lightweight materials such as moulded aluminium, foam, air cells, and breathable fabrics.

Adjustable to accommodate different body shapes and sizes, some back supports can also have head supports and lateral trunk supports attached to them. The goal of a back support should be to promote proper spinal alignment and reduce the risk of developing pressure injuries or discomfort while using a wheelchair.

Innovative Technology

BOA^®

The BOA reel and cable system delivers smooth, even positioning adjustments. While using the ACTA-Relief back, each click offers one millimetre of precision fit for the individual.

ROHO^® Air Inserts

The ROHO AGILITY Max Contour back system is the only deep back that features independent adjustable lateral air pads.

Aluminium Stays

Comfort offers patented mouldable aluminium stays in the ACTA-BACK^® backs that conform and support the individual's posture.

Custom Options

FACT: Standard back support solutions available may not align perfectly with your unique needs. Permobil presents a selection of custom backs including Comfort Designs and ROHO Custom to cater to your specific needs.

Seating & Positioning Accessories

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FACT: Head supports, lateral trunk supports, and arm and leg accessories, can play a crucial role in enhancing comfort, stability, and positioning.

BodiLink® offers:

Head supports that are compatible on virtually any power or manual wheelchair and offer a full range of adjustability and positioning
Lateral trunk supports are anatomically designed and have adjustable features and contours
Lateral pelvic/thigh supports offer multiple configurations and adjustability for leg, hip and knee positioning

Acta-Back
BodiLink® Head Support
M1 Power Wheelchair
Comfort M2 Cushion
BodiLink® Lateral/Pelvic Thigh Supports
BodiLink® Lateral Trunk Supports

Learn about the science and evidence that support our seating innovations.

Understanding Cushion Performance Metrics

Using Cushion Performance Metrics to Assist in Cushion Selection

Cushion performance metrics can assist you when selecting a cushion based on your goals and needs.

You remain at the centre

At Permobil, we believe that a seating solution can only be successful when the individual’s needs are understood.

When utilising cushion performance metrics as one part of the clinical reasoning process for determining a seating solution, you remain at the centre of the prescription process. Additional factors to consider are shown on the right.

Innovations offered exclusively by Permobil

ROHO® Smart Check®

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Permobil’s exclusive Smart Check device can help determine and monitor the proper inflation level for your ROHO Sensor Ready cushion.

GlideWear®

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As an embedded upgrade to the Stretch-Air and Comfort-Tek cover options for Comfort cushions, GlideWear technology further reduces your risk of pressure injuries and enhances end user comfort.

Adjustable Technology Insert (ATI)

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The ATI, a mouldable and remouldable high-strength, lightweight aluminium insert, offers on-site customisation for off-the-shelf cushions. Designed to fit under a compatible cushion within its cover, it adapts to physical or functional changes, ensuring extra support where needed.

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