Moulded supportive seating for the disabled/1
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Prosthetics and Orthotics International
- Vol. 2 (1) , 30-34
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03093647809146295
Abstract
Has been developed at Chailey Heritage. The seat is vacuum-formed from thermoplastic materials, having a soft non-absorbent foam for the liner and a hard semi-rigid outer shell. A mould is obtained by casting the patient using the vacuum consolidation technique and by recording the resulting impression using plaster-of-Paris. Nearly 200 seats have been made using the technique with a high rate of success....Keywords
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