wheelbench

A wheelbench is constructed in a similar way to wheelchairs except that it has a stretcher on the top instead of a seat. A wheelbench is collapsible, just like a wheelchairs.

Wheelbenches are used by people for whom both sitting and walking is difficult or impossible. The term sitting disability is used to describe a condition in which sitting is difficult, painful and perhaps medically injurious and which may be due to illness, injury, or other disability. A notable symptom of sitting disability is severe back pain. While mobility impairment is widely recognised, sitting disability is rarely mentioned in research or legal documents. Hence, wheelbenches are not as well known to society as wheelchairs.

A wheelbench has some resemblance to a hospital gurney or wheelchairs. The difference is that the gurney is primarily made to move patients around in a hospital and is less comfortable for long distances or outdoors. A wheelbench has bigger wheels, just like a wheelchairs.

Wheelbenches are usually produced by companies producing wheelchairs. Norway is one of the nations producing wheelbenches like described in this article.

wheelbench

Standing wheelchair

A standing wheelchairs (also known as a standing chair) is assistive technology, similar to a standing frame, that allows wheelchairs user to raise the chair from a seated to a standing position. The standing wheelchairs supports the person in a standing position and enables interaction with people and objects at eye level.

Types and function
Three variations of standing wheelchairs[1] are available:
Manual - Chair mobility and lifting mechanisms are not powered.
Half-power - Chair features powered mobility but manual lifting mechanisms.
Full-power - Chair features powered mobility and hydraulic or otherwise powered lifting mechanisms.

Standing wheelchairs can be either manually or power-operated, and are used both to achieve regular mobility and to stand the person up using hydraulics or other power sources. Some standing wheelchairs may be driven from the standing position, however there is some medical concern of an increased risk of long bone fractures while driving due to the legs being under a heavy load.


Feature Packed and Easy to Use:

The manual standing wheelchairs comes standard with removable push handles, twin gas cylinders, vinyl coated push rims, and 24" pneumatic spoke rear wheels. Now, add in padded arm rests, padded knee supports, swing-away legrest (that can flip up to aid in transfer), and you'll see how easy and safe it is to stand up for yourself.

Standing wheelchair

Attendant-propelled wheelchairs

Attendant-propelled wheelchairs

Attendant-propelled wheelchairs

Attendant-propelled wheelchairs

Attendant-propelled wheelchairs (or "transport" wheelchairs) are designed to be propelled by an attendant using the handles, and thus the back wheels are rimless and often smaller. These wheelchairs are often used as 'transfer chairs' to move a patient when a better alternative is unavailable, possibly within a hospital, as a temporary option, or in areas where a user's standard chair is unavailable. These wheelchairs are commonly seen in airports. Special airplane transfer chairs are available on most airlines, designed to fit narrow airplane aisles and transfer wheelchairs-using passengers to and from their seats on the plane.
Attendant-propelled wheelchairs are designed to be propelled by an care giver or friend who will push the wheelchairs using the handles, and thus the back wheels are rimless and often smaller. These wheelchairs are typically used as transfer wheelchairs to move patients around like in hospitals or airports.

Attendant-propelled wheelchairs

Wheelchair basketball

wheelchairs basketball is basketball played by people in wheelchairs and is  considered one of the major disabled sports practiced. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the sole competent authority in wheelchair basketball world wide. FIBA has recognized IWBF under Article 53 of its General Statutes.Wheelchair Basketball was originally developed by World War II veterans in the USA in 1945/1946. At the same time, Sir Ludwig Guttmann developed a similar sport named Wheelchair Netball at the Spinal Rehabilitation Hospital at Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain, to aid the rehabilitation of war veterans. When the US  Wheelchair Basketball team, the Pan Am Jets, competed for the first time at the International Stoke Mandeville Games in 1955, there were no backboards owing to the British sport being Netball. This was amended for the following year's Games. National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) is composed of 181 wheelchair basketball teams within twenty-two conferences. Founded in 1949 by Tim Nugent, the NWBA today consists of men's, women's, intercollegiate, and youth teams throughout the United States of America and Canada.

Wheelchair basketball