CP 200

• Wheelchair is a Mobility Aid which is used by the persons who are facing difficult in walking. • May be due to some kind of illness, injury, disability or even due to the problems related to age. These can include spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, brain injury, osteogenesis imperfecta, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, and more. • Wheelchairs come in a wide variety of formats to meet the specific needs of their users. They may include specialized seating adaption’s, individualized controls, and may be specific to particular activities, as seen with sports wheelchairs and beach wheelchairs. • The most widely recognized distinction is between motorized wheelchairs, where propulsion is provided by batteries and electric motors, and manual wheelchairs, where the propulsive force is provided either by the wheelchair user or occupant pushing the wheelchair by hand, by an attachment. • Wheel chairs have different usage depend on their physical condition. Some people need it for their day to day life; some may need it for recovery from accident, temporary uses. Depend on the physical condition and financial situation they can choose old to new models with more settings. • Wheel chairs have manually operated or power driven models, with variety of settings. • In manual operated model, that person needs to drive it using their hands by giving some pressure. It can’t be used for an unhealthy patient. • Caretaker need to stand behind the user for movement if the patient itself can’t operate it.