Wheelchair Modification for Ambulation Training: Case Experience

Authors

Yiu-Chung Lau
Chau-Peng Leong
Pong-Yuen Wong
May-Kuen Wong
Liang-Chieng Wu

Translated Title

簡易輪椅改裝作步行訓練：病例經驗

Abstract

Wheelchair is a common ambulatatory device for handicapped person. After simple modification, it could be used as a kind of ambulation training aid. It the study, a standard wheelchair was modified by adding a pair of axillary crutches on the back and brakers on the rear wheel. It was used by a 32 years old male patient with C5 incomplete spinal cord injury in Frankel class C. as ambulation training device 10month after injury. After a period of home program for ambulation training, he could walk with walkeratter.This modificatory wheelchair as a case experience is very simple in design, and very convienient for application, suitable for those patients who do not have enough muscle power for ambulation training with ordinary axillary crutches.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

135

Last Page

138

Recommended Citation

Lau, Yiu-Chung; Leong, Chau-Peng; Wong, Pong-Yuen; Wong, May-Kuen; and Wu, Liang-Chieng (1991) "Wheelchair Modification for Ambulation Training: Case Experience," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 19: Iss. 1, Article 18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/3005-3846.1826
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol19/iss1/18