I am a physical therapist working with a brain injury patient who is lacking grip strength, fine motor control and proprioception. I was wondering if anyone knows of adaptive equipment for wheelchair rims (or a good website for resources). I thought there were handles or glides that attached onto the rims, but havent been able to find them online. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate it.
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Posted 28 August 2009 - 10:25 PM
Well, it's not very pretty or very technical, but one thing that my PT did was wrap my rims candy cane-style in rubber surgical tubing. Now I have full function of both my hands, but in my accident both my left hand and my right arm were pretty badly damaged, so I had to deal with having a weak grip and casts on both hands. With the tubing, all I had to do was glide my wrists back and forth across the rims to get moving. I know that there are probably better, more permanent solutions out there, but this might be a place to start.
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#3
Posted 29 August 2009 - 12:56 AM
Depending on their upper body strength they can use rubberized push rims (foam coated handrims) - available at www.sportaid.com. Or you can find pushrims with projection pegs, which are commonly known as "quad pegs". Hatch gloves that are rubberized also can be found at www.sportaid.com.
Here's a thread on this website that also talkes about what quads use for their pushrims:
http://www.apparelyz...?showtopic=3637
Here's a thread on this website that also talkes about what quads use for their pushrims:
http://www.apparelyz...?showtopic=3637
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Posted 29 August 2009 - 02:57 PM
Somebody on here recently recommended the products of this company:
http://www.pushblack.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?...p;Store_Code=AG
They just have a new product out too called "Twisted" - as can be seen on the website
http://www.pushblack.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?...p;Store_Code=AG
They just have a new product out too called "Twisted" - as can be seen on the website
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