How to choose and use wheelchairs?
Wheelchairs are widely used by rehabilitation therapists in the treatment of patients with lower limb disabilities, hemiplegia, paraplegia below the chest, and mobility disabilities. As a rehabilitation therapist, it is necessary to understand the characteristics of the wheelchair and choose the most suitable wheelchair and the most correct way to use it. Do you have a thorough understanding of the choice and use of wheelchairs? If a patient or a family member asks you how to choose and use a wheelchair, can you give a reasonable prescription for a wheelchair? Seat width Measure the distance between two buttocks or two strands when sitting down, and add another 5cm, that is, there is a space of 2.5cm on each side after sitting down. The seat is too narrow, the wheelchair is difficult to get up and down, hip and thigh tissue is compressed; The seat is too wide, not easy to sit, wheelchair is not convenient, both upper limb...