Technique for people with impaired balance and impaired arm/hand function [..]
Tips from Tobias
The person lives in an apartment. He is working and studying full time. He was injured in 2003 and has a tetraplegia (C6). He has personal assistance 1-3 hours a day.
Transfer from the wheelchair to the car
Technique for people with impaired balance and impaired arm/hand function [..]
Transfer to toilet
Transfer to the toilet for a person who uses a wheelchair and has impaired arm/hand function [..]
Transfer from wheelchair to floor with assistance
A technique with the help of an assistant [..]
Dressing: trousers, socks, and shoes
A dressing technique for wheelchair users who have impaired hand function and impaired balance [..]
Transfer from floor to wheelchair with help
– a technique with the help of one person [..]
Undressing: trousers, socks, and shoes
A technique for wheelchair users with impaired hand function and balance [..]
Passenger seat cover
Custom-sewn cover for passenger seat – suitable for wheelchair users who place the wheelchair on the passenger seat when driving [..]
Modified car
Modified car suitable for persons with high quadriplegia with partial arm/hand function [..]
Securing the wheelchair during transfers to and from the car
A simple strap can prevent the wheelchair from sliding away when transferring to and from the car [..]
‘Urination hook’
The ‘urination hook’ is an assistive device for persons with compromised arm/hand function who performe intermittent self-catheterisation (ISC). [..]
Pull up trousers while sitting in wheelchair
Method for wheelchair user with compromised arm/hand function to pull up trousers [..]
Buttoning buttons
A method to button trouser button for persons with impaired hand function [..]
Shoes with Velcro closure
Shoes with Velcro closure suitable for persons with impaired hand function [..]
Using zipper on trousers
Persons with impaired dexterity can use a zipper if they attach a key ring to it. [..]
