Posture & Mobility Assessment Forms

 1. Comprehensive Postural Assessment for Seating (full)
Web form: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/
Everything in one form:

  • Background and history

  • Assessment in sitting (Screen)

  • Assessment in supine (pelvis-up and pelvis-down) including chest wall measurements

  • A guide to standardised measures with landmarks and diagrams

  • Auto-filled summaries

  • Detailed clinical decision-making considerations for optimal seating solutions

Ideal form to use to have all information in one easy-to-access place.
Also recommended for clinicians building confidence with any part of the hands-on assessment, or with translating the findings into seating solutions and what to communicate to the rep.

2. Seated Postural Screen (about 2–5 minutes)
Web form: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/screen.html
PDF: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/Seated-Postural-Screen_fillable.pdf

Is this person’s current seating system meeting their postural needs? Does this person need a full hands-on assessment in supine?
Completed in the person’s current seating system, it looks at the Life Box, pelvic position in all three planes and the sitting footprint. If the Life Box is open and symmetrical, the pelvis is neutral and loading is optimal and symmetrical with no gaps or peak pressure, a supine assessment isn’t indicated. Any asymmetry, deviation, gap or excessive pressure means a supine assessment is necessary before any changes to the seating are made or suggested.

3. Seating Pre-Assessment Questionnaire
Web form: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/pre-assessment.html
PDF: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/Seating-Pre-Assessment-Questionnaire_fillable.pdf

For the person being assessed, their family or carers, to complete before the appointment. It gathers background and history: who the person is and what matters to them, diagnoses and medical history, tone, breathing, eating, sleep, skin, equipment and a typical day. No clinical measurements are needed, and anything you’re unsure of can be left blank.

4. Hands-On Postural Assessment (assessment only)
Web form: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/hands-on.html
PDF: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/Part-B_Hands-on-Assessment_fillable.pdf

For clinicians who already have the history and want to document the hands-on assessment: sitting in the current seating system, plus supine pelvis-up and pelvis-down, chest wall measures, standardised measures with landmarks and diagrams, and auto-filled summaries. Background and clinical decision making aren’t included.

4. Clinical Decision-Making Support
Web form: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/decision-making.html
PDF: https://assessment.postureandmobility.com/Part-C_Clinical-Decision-Making_fillable.pdf

Enter the findings from your supine assessment to see the seating options for each finding, the positive and negative consequences, what’s likely to happen if it isn’t accommodated, and the key features to communicate to the rep, including a cushion zone guide.

Disclaimer and use of these forms

Purpose. These assessment forms, the screen, the pre-assessment questionnaire and the clinical decision-making support (together, “the forms”) are educational and clinical support tools. They are for use by appropriately trained and qualified clinicians as part of their own assessment and clinical reasoning.

No data collection or storage. Posture & Mobility does not collect, receive, store or have access to any information entered into the forms. Everything you enter stays in your own browser on your own device. If you save, download, print or send a completed form, it is held only where you choose to keep it. You are responsible for storing, sharing and disposing of any personal or health information in line with your own professional, organisational and legal obligations, including GDPR and data protection law.

Check everything. The forms automatically calculate some values (e.g. angles, conversions and differences) and generate summaries, diagrams, cushion zones, key features and decision-making suggestions from what is entered. Errors can occur, whether from data entry, calculation, rounding, interpretation or the limits of the tool. Diagrams are simplified illustrations and are not to scale. You must check every automatically generated number, angle, diagram, summary and suggestion against your own measurements and findings before relying on it.

Suggestions only. All suggestions, options, consequences, key features and example wording are general guidance only. They do not replace your own clinical assessment, reasoning and judgement, the needs, goals and preferences of the person you’re working with, or relevant guidelines, product information and local policy. Every person is different, and the most appropriate seating solution must always be decided by the treating clinician, with the person and those who support them.

Responsibility. Posture & Mobility, including Sharon Sutherland and Jennifer McKee, accepts no responsibility or liability for any assessment, decision, prescription, recommendation, seating system, equipment or outcome that results from using the forms or from any suggestion or content in them. Responsibility for the assessment, its interpretation and any recommendation made remains entirely with the clinician using the forms.

Pre-assessment questionnaire. The questionnaire is for collecting background information before an appointment. It is not a clinical assessment and does not give advice. Please talk to your clinician about any questions or concerns.

By using the forms, you confirm that you understand and accept the above.