{"id":6335,"date":"2018-10-01T23:44:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seatingdynamics.com\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2018-10-01T23:44:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:44:48","slug":"maintaining-head-support-position-lets-do-the-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wheelchair-experts.in\/maintaining-head-support-position-lets-do-the-math\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Head Support Position \u2013 let\u2019s do the math!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michelle L. Lange, OTR\/L, ABDA, ATP\/SMS<\/p>\n

I see a lot of clients for head positioning in their wheelchair seating system. This requires a thorough seating assessment, as well as providing the best product. Even if I choose what I believe to be the very best head support for a client, I find that maintaining the position of that support is a challenge. I continually find that the hardware has moved, often resulting in a sub-optimal head position for the client.<\/p>\n

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<\/noscript>According to Greg Peek \u201cit is generally accepted that the old style headrest hardware using a ball and socket does not stay in place, it slips and moves, the more you tighten it, the more it moves.\u00a0 There have been many attempts to improve on it with different methods of clamping, but with little success.\u201d\u00a0 Greg\u2019s solution was to eliminate the part that doesn\u2019t work, the ball and socket<\/u><\/em> and replace it with a multiple disc finger joint<\/u><\/strong> with a huge amount of surface area to clamp.<\/p>\n

Greg Peek loves to design the indestructible. After all, we see some tough clients! He has designed mounting joints for static and dynamic head supports that provide a large degree of adjustment while maintaining position. To fully appreciate how this works, we have to look at some math (sorry about that).<\/p>\n

Rigidity and resistance to joint slippage is a function of clamping surface area.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Clamping area of three different joints<\/th>\nSquare Inches<\/th>\nPercentage of 1\u2033 Ball<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1\u2033 diameter ball w\/ shaft collar clamping<\/td>\n1.5707<\/td>\n100.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cone style<\/td>\n0.523<\/td>\n33.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seating Dynamics Finger Joint<\/td>\n5.478<\/td>\n348.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Now I\u2019m not an engineer. So, what do all those numbers mean? Well, the more surface contact there is, the less likely the joint is to slip. Seating Dynamic\u2019s hardware has over 3 times the surface area contact, so it holds it position.<\/p>\n

Efficiency has to do with the use of space and volume \u2013 a ratio of the clamping area compared to the size or volume that the joint hardware consumes in space.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Volume of Joint Cubic Inches<\/th>\nSpace Efficiency Ratio<\/th>\nVolume Comparison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1\u2033 diameter ball<\/td>\n2.404<\/td>\n1.531<\/td>\n100.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cone style<\/td>\n1.050<\/td>\n0.498<\/td>\n43.68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seating Dynamics Finger Joint<\/td>\n1.428<\/td>\n3.835<\/td>\n59.41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The cone style is 43% the size of the standard 1\u201d diameter ball and has 1\/3 of the clamping area, so it doesn\u2019t maintain its position as well. The Seating Dynamics finger joint is 59% the size of the standard 1\u201d ball, yet has 3.48 times the clamping area, allowing this hardware to maintain its position very well. Even the design of head support mounting hardware can determine whether a client can maintain head alignment. Are you working with clients whose head support is constantly moved out of position? A dynamic head support can absorb client forces and keep things in alignment. In addition to the dynamic feature, the mounting hardware design can maintain alignment of the head support by increasing the clamping area.<\/p>\n

** This post was originally published on https:\/\/www.seatingdynamics.com\/2018\/10\/01\/maintaining-head-support-position-lets-do-the-math\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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