21st-century paediatric mobility products, particularly prescriptive ones, are a world away from clunky, clinical-looking, one-size-fits-all contraptions. Today’s paediatric products are often designed to reflect the individual personality of their users. Colour and style customisation are commonplace. Take for instance the Invacare Action 3 Junior. This established manual wheelchair option exemplifies some key aspects of paediatric products. Firstly, as the close-up opposite shows, visual customisation choices are available.
Secondly though, when it comes to prescriptive paediatric products, customisation goes far more than skin deep.
The Action 3 Junior itself is a good example of this. For one, it is capable of adapting to all stages of a child’s growth. The Action 3 Junior is able to adapt to all body shapes . An integrated system allows it to be modified in width, length and depth.
Adjustability in paediatric mobility products is massively important. This is because these items are designed for end users who are still growing. Not only are comfort and ease of use enhanced by flexible dimensions for a single product, but money is saved. These savings are achieved because modern paediatric chairs don’t need to be fully replaced whenever they are outgrown.
Non-Prescriptive Paediatric Mobility Products
Naturally, not all paediatric mobility products are prescriptive, although, on account of the rapid growth undergone by children and young teenagers, this tends to be more common. Some are simply “child size” because that’s all that they really need to be. For example, consider the Atlantis Child’s Cast Protector, as shown below:
Powered Paediatric Mobility Products
Lastly, in the field of children’s mobility, come powerchairs. These include offerings from major brands such as Permobil and Pride Mobility. As with the manual wheelchairs, customisation, and built-in size adjustability are the order of the day. Lifestyle & Mobility even offer the SKS Standing Children’s Powerchair, which quite literally takes paediatric mobility provision to new heights.