20
Jun
4 Things to Consider Before Buying Manual Wheelchairs
If you are going to buy the best manual wheelchair, this guide will help you make the right choice as it covers various factors that revolve around your personal circumstances, different types of manual wheelchairs, practical requirements, and the accessories that might help you.
Here are 4 Things to Consider Before Buying Online Manual Wheelchairs
- Know Your Needs
- How to Manage Getting In and Out of the Wheelchair
- Align Your Wheelchair Specs with Your Body Shape and Size
- The chair seat, back, and shoulder rests are the right size for you
- The chair has room either side of your bottom and thighs
- The chair has suitable pressure-relieving cushions
- Measure the Wheelchair
- Seat width - the distance between the widest parts of your hips or thighs and count for extra 2cm distance on either side.
- Seat depth - minus 2cm from the distance between the back of your bottom to the back of the knee.
- Armrest height - the distance between the seat and your elbow when bent at a right angle
- Lower leg length and seat height - the vertical distance between the back of the knee and the heel of the shoe
- Back width - the widest distance across the back (below the armpit)
- Backrest height - depends on how much support is needed
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