Floor To Chair Transfer Amputee

Hold onto the chair at all times.

Floor to chair transfer amputee.

You want to have the chair on the edge of the sofa as close as possible. When you first attempt a transfer from the floor the wheelchair seat it is easier if you use other things for support in between the floor and the chair. Practice going from the floor to chair. Secondly i also outline how to return to uprig.

This feature is not available right now. Amputee bk floor stand transfer. With one hand firmly grasping the armrest on the same side6 bend forward and reach down for the floor placing the other hand on the floor. Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair.

Reach backward for the arms of the chair. Use your arms to support your weight as you lift yourself up and back into the chair. Wheelchair to couch transfers are very similar to wheelchair to toilet techniques. Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8.

Something like a couch can be used as a middle support device to allow you to easily transfer from the floor to the chair. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. Wheelchair to couch transfer techniques. Published on mar 23 2009.

Push up to get both feet on the floor. Always lock the wheelchair before any transfer. Yourself down into sitting. We at hanger clinic the nation s leading provider of orthotics prosthetics o p are hosting a video contest called ampu.

With the elbow locked shift most of the body weight over onto the hand and arm on the floor. You can support yourself during the transfer by holding onto the hand rim of the wheel on the opposite side of the couch. I ve fallen and i can get up. This video details how i transfer to and from the floor as a paraplegic.