Floor Transfer Training

Measures the time necessary to sit on the floor from a standing start and then return to standing in any ways the patient prefers.

Floor transfer training.

Many of your patients will be dealing with severe illness or injuries like multiple fractures an amputation brain injury spinal cord. Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair. Hold onto the chair at all times. Teaching floor to standing transfer.

Floor transfer screen shot. Why does transfer training matter. Push up to get both feet on the floor. Supine to sit transfer.

Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. Everyone needs individualized transfer training to preserve function and avoid injury. The floor transfer test assesses the functional ability of older adults to sit down on and rise from the floor in order to screen out those at greater risk of falling. Stand close to the patient to avoid leaning or over reaching and place your foot that is closer to the head of the bed on the floor between the patient s legs.

Safety if two assist is needed one can handle legs the other can handle trunk gather necessary equipment priorto sitting up gait belt non slip socks walker etc lower bed once pt is sitting so that pt s feet contact floor keep 1 hand on the pt once in sitting. Scoot to the edge of your chair. Yourself down into sitting. It is also one of the most important aspects.

This week she follows up with a key safety consideration. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. Work with a physical therapist to learn the best transfer technique for you and your body. Get proper transfer training.

October is national physical therapy month an opportunity for you to help apta raise awareness of the benefits of physical therapy. If you teach older adult fitness classes you ll want to check out this week s video. Learn how to transfer from your wheelchair down to the floor and b. Last week angie shared tips on neuromotor training and how it can help older adults stay safe and maintain their functional independence.

To perform this transfer carry out the following steps. This how to video presents an individual with spinal cord injury sci demonstrating the useful skill to master of being able to transfer from a wheelchair to the floor and back again both with and without assistance. Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8. The transfer itself is a simple process of standing the patient up pivoting and sitting the patient down.