Seva Bharathi Kanyady

WheelChair Skills

Use:

  • Because most SCI patients rely on wheelchairs for mobility, they should be provided with one that fits and adjusts appropriately as soon as they begin out-of-bed activities.
  • To improve the individual's ability to safely and effectively use a wheelchair
  • The purpose of these activities is to overcome barriers in the environment and to thereby permit the wheelchair user to fulfill his/her desired role in society
  • Other potential benefits of wheelchair-skills training for wheelchair users and caregivers include fewer acute and overuse injuries, improved sense of wellbeing (through self-esteem, self-efficacy, confidence and personal control), improved development (of children) and having fun
  • Improve quality of life.

    BASIC SKILLS

    • Pressure relief
    •  Rolling: Backwards, forwards, rolling on soft surfaces
    •  Stopping
    •  Turning: Turn in place, turn sideways, turn while moving
    •  Transfers: Level transfer

      INTERMEDIATE  SKILLS :

      •  Fold and unfold wheelchairs
      •  Going through doorways and obstacles
      •  Ramps: Ascend and descend ramps, rolling across side slopes
      •  Curbs: Ascend and descend curbs

        ADVANCED WHEELCHAIR SKILLS

        •  Transfers: Wheelchair to ground
        •  Picking up objects from floor while sitting on wheelchair
        •  Stairs: Ascend and descend stairs
          • Wheelies
          • Wheelie dependent skills.

            Use:

            • Because most SCI patients rely on wheelchairs for mobility, they should be provided with one that fits and adjusts appropriately as soon as they begin out-of-bed activities.
            • To improve the individual's ability to safely and effectively use a wheelchair
            • The purpose of these activities is to overcome barriers in the environment and to thereby permit the wheelchair user to fulfill his/her desired role in society
            • Other potential benefits of wheelchair-skills training for wheelchair users and caregivers include fewer acute and overuse injuries, improved sense of wellbeing (through self-esteem, self-efficacy, confidence and personal control), improved development (of children) and having fun
            • Improve quality of life.

              BASIC SKILLS

              • Pressure relief
              •  Rolling: Backwards, forwards, rolling on soft surfaces
              •  Stopping
              •  Turning: Turn in place, turn sideways, turn while moving
              •  Transfers: Level transfer

                INTERMEDIATE  SKILLS :

                •  Fold and unfold wheelchairs
                •  Going through doorways and obstacles
                •  Ramps: Ascend and descend ramps, rolling across side slopes
                •  Curbs: Ascend and descend curbs

                  ADVANCED WHEELCHAIR SKILLS

                  •  Transfers: Wheelchair to ground     
                  •  Picking up objects from floor while sitting on wheelchair
                  •  Stairs: Ascend and descend stairs
                  •  Wheelies
                  •  Wheelie dependent skills.