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== Wheelchair 1 <ref name=":0">Sarah Frost, Kylie Mines, Jamie Noon, Elsje Scheffler, and Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle. Wheelchair Service Training Package - Reference Manual for Participants - Basic Level. World Health Organization, Geneva. 2012</ref>  ==
== Cushion Size <ref name=":0">Sarah Frost, Kylie Mines, Jamie Noon, Elsje Scheffler, and Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle. Wheelchair Service Training Package - Reference Manual for Participants - Basic Level. World Health Organization, Geneva. 2012</ref>  ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!
! colspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Body Measurement
!Width
!Measurement (mm)
!Depth
!Change Body Measurement to Ideal Wheelchair Size
!Height
!Wheelchair Measurement
|-
|-
|A
|1
| colspan="2" |Hip Width
|Adult Wheelchair User - 360mm Seat Width
|380mm
|Hip Width = Seat Width
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |B
| rowspan="2" |Seat Depth
|L
|400mm
| rowspan="2" |B less 30–60 mm = seat depth
If lengths are different, use shortest
|
|
|-
|R
|400mm
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |C
|2
| rowspan="2" |Calf Length
|Adult Wheelchair User - 460mm Seat Width
|L
|420mm
| rowspan="2" |= top of seat cushion to footrests height or
= top of seat cushion to oor for foot propelling
|
|
|-
|R
|420mm
|
|-
|D
| colspan="2" |Bottom of Rib Cage
| -
| rowspan="2" |= top of seat cushion to top of backrest
Measure D or E depending on the user’s need
|
|-
|E
| colspan="2" |Bottom of Shoulder Blade     
|380mm
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Ideal Wheelchair Size for this Wheelchair User
|-
|Seat Width:
|
|
|-
|Seat Depth:
|
|
|-
|-
|Backrest Height:
|3
|}
|Child Wheelchair User - 280mm
 
 
== Wheelchair 2 <ref name=":0" /> ==
{| class="wikitable"
!
! colspan="2" |Body Measurement
!Measurement (mm)
!Change Body Measurement to Ideal Wheelchair Size
!Wheelchair Measurement
|-
|A
| colspan="2" |Hip Width
|420mm
|Hip Width = Seat Width
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |B
| rowspan="2" |Seat Depth
|L
|460mm
| rowspan="2" |B less 30–60 mm = seat depth
If lengths are different, use shortest
|
|
|-
|R
|460mm
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |C
| rowspan="2" |Calf Length
|L
|360mm
| rowspan="2" |= top of seat cushion to footrests height or
= top of seat cushion to oor for foot propelling
|
|-
|R
|360mm
|
|-
|D
| colspan="2" |Bottom of Rib Cage
|260mm
| rowspan="2" |= top of seat cushion to top of backrest
Measure D or E depending on the user’s need
|
|-
|E
| colspan="2" |Bottom of Shoulder Blade     
| -
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Ideal Wheelchair Size for this Wheelchair User
|-
|Seat Width:
|
|-
|Seat Depth:
|
|-
|Backrest Height:
|
|
|}
|}
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== References  ==
== References  ==
<references />
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[[Category: Wheelchair Service Provision]]
[[Category: Wheelchair Service Provision]]

Revision as of 11:03, 28 July 2018

Original Editor - Naomi O'Reilly as part of the Wheelchair Service Provision Content Development Project

Top Contributors - Naomi O'Reilly, Rucha Gadgil, Kim Jackson and Olajumoke Ogunleye  

Cushion Size [1][edit | edit source]

Width Depth Height
1 Adult Wheelchair User - 360mm Seat Width
2 Adult Wheelchair User - 460mm Seat Width
3 Child Wheelchair User - 280mm

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Sarah Frost, Kylie Mines, Jamie Noon, Elsje Scheffler, and Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle. Wheelchair Service Training Package - Reference Manual for Participants - Basic Level. World Health Organization, Geneva. 2012
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