Assistive Technology

Use of Postural Aids for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Postural Aids are essential parts of the management protocol for children with cerebral palsy and allied developmental disorders due to poor postural control, stability and movement difficulties. Judicious use of postural aids can do miracle. The most difficult job is to select a right postural aid for a right candidate at a right time with a right modification.  Adaptive postural aids are used to:

• Normalization of tone
•  Enhancing respiratory/ pulmonary function
•  Improving functional ability of children with developmental delay
•  Providing support / stability to promote functional improvements
• Preventing deformity and contracture
• Enhancing functional abilities of the hands
• Enhancing socialization
• Promote self independence in feeding, play, academics, etc
• Enhance body alignment through stable postures
• Enhance visual awareness

Thousands of postural aids are used in the field of re-habilitation. ICD, New Delhi, India has a wide variety of postural aids. Few of these are innovated by the team of ICD. Among of these Jessica seat is one aid which is used for multipurpose.

It’s a foam based postural aids which can be used in pediatric habilitation for many function. It is quite economic and can be made at home or in any clinic

Jessica seat is foam based postural aids which can be used to

• Promote inclined lying
• Promote sitting balance especially high sitting and long leg sitting
• Enhance quadruped position
• Enhance stride sitting and standing
•  Promote kneeling balance
• Promote hand function
• Promote visual Awareness, etc

To get it made and get training to use it, please contact us at

Mail: helpicd@gmail.com, Whatsapp: +91-7838809241, Call: +91-11-41012124