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Cover Story
22 Evidence & Outcomes
What role will evidence-based practices and outcomes measures play in the future success of complex rehab technology? ATPs speak out.
27 Optimal Seating on All Surfaces
Wheelchair seating and positioning gets most
of the attention in clinical assessments, but your clients sit on a number of different surfaces every day. Are they seated optimally in all situations?
6 Editor’s Note
8 MMBeat
18 Clinically Speaking: Delving into
a new ATP exam, by Julie Piriano 30 Marketplace: ISS Exhibitors
35 Marketplace: Seating
38 Ad Index
volume 16 • number 3
SPECIAL: ISS 2017 EXHIBITORS
On the
Cover
Will evidence -based practices drive future
CRT success? Cover by Wendy Byle/Byle Design.
March 2017 • Vol. 16 No. 3
Serving the Seating & Wheeled Mobility Professional
Evidence & Outcomes Their Impact on CRT’s Evolution
& Success
Optimal Seating on All Surfaces mobilitymgmt.com
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