Our Goal – Quality of

Life

PRESSURE
MAPPINP FOR
< WHEELCHAIR >
SEATING

Presented by showket magry.

 A pressure map is a tool often used in seating evaluations to assess the downward
pressures of a seated surface.
A pressure map is a computerized clinical tool for assessing pressure distribution.
To use it, you place a thin, sensor mat on a wheelchair seat or a mattress surface.
When your patient sits or lies on the mat, a computer screen displays a map of
pressures, using colors, numbers, and a graphic image of the patient.

Definition:
 Pressure mapping has lots of helpful uses:

• Completing the shape of a custom contoured seat

• To sense what the client cannot feel
• To assess seating and postural abnormalities
• To assess Centre of Force position and dynamic paths
• To assess for pressures that could lead to sores and ulcers
• To gain real-time feedback of what pressures are being
exerted and where
• To provide pictorial information for client education

Pressure mapping can help to identify and monitor high-risk areas to ensure that
seating is appropriately shaped to offer the best-seated position.
Why would you definitely want to use a pressure
map:
1. Persistent pressure injury
2. Biofeedback
3. Poor tissue integrity
4. Poor sensation
Pressure Mapping as Biofeedback

• It gives biofeedback or immediate, clear visual information

to the user.
• It lets the user --especially a new users-- see how shifts in
posture can dramatically redistribute pressure.
• This can help them see the value in “push ups”, sideways
and forward leans.
• It also demonstrates the change as a result of tilt or recline.
We Can Only Redistribute Pressure

. We Cannot:

• Relieve pressure Or • Reduce pressure

Remember Our Goal –
Quality of Life