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© 1976 British Society for Rheumatology

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THE USES AND USEFULNESS OF ELECTRICALLY POWERED INDOOR WHEELCHAIRS

G. P. A. WINYARD, Senior House Officer, now Community Physician, Buckinghamshire Area Health Authority., C. LUKER, Medical Physics Technician and P. J. R. NICHOLS, Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation.

Mary Marlborough Lodge, Disabled Living Research Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Headington, Oxford OX3 7LD

SUMMARY

A postal survey was conducted into the usefulness and reliability of electrically powered wheel-chairs. Of the 100 patients who replied, 75 found their chairs invaluable and used them for long hours almost every day. Ten chairs were of no use and the reasons for this are discussed. Chair users were analysed to discover features predisposing to successful wheelchair use, previous experience and institutional residence proving the most striking. The problems of different diagnostic groups were examined.

Reliability and ease of use were related to chair type and degree of modification. Monodrive wheelchairs proved the easiest to use and Department of Health and Social Security Standard electrically powered chairs(EPIC) were most reliable, although they did not modify well. Major modification slightly impaired the reliability of all chairs.Long delays in repairs were reported and remedies are suggested.


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