Wheelchair SAQ's

Question 1

Who would be in a wheelchair service team?

Question 2

What is the most common age at referral of wheelchair users in Tayside?

Question 3

What is the main diagnosis for a wheelchair being prescribed?

Question 4

Which three factors are important in creating a favourable environment for a wheelchair assessment clinic?

Question 5

What is the maximum weight limit of many standard wheelchairs?

Question 6

What are the essential measurements needed to select a wheelchair?

Question 7

In order to allow for comfort what alterations to the essential wheelchair measurements are required?

Question 8

What size of wheel is often found to be appropriate for a self- propelling chair?

Question 9

When is an electrically propelled wheelchair considered?

Question 10

Why would a domiciliary visit be considered prior to the wheelchair being issued?

Question 11

In what circumstances could a wheelchair tip forward when the user gets in and out of a chair?

Question 12

In what circumstances will users require a follow up after the wheelchair has been delivered?

Question 13

What is the main function of a wheelchair?

Question 14

What are the three main categories of wheelchair?

Question 15

Why are ‘cambered’ driving wheels fitted to some wheelchairs?

Question 16

Why do some wheelchairs have adjustable driving wheel positions?

Question 17

What is the most efficient design of manual wheelchair propulsion system for operation by arms?

Question 18

How are most powered wheelchairs steered?

Question 19

What are the advantages of gel batteries over lead acid types?

Question 20

What is the main design characteristic that limits obstacle climbing?

Question 21

In terms of stability is it better to have a large or small wheelbase?

Question 22

Why do wheelchairs for lower limb amputees have their rear wheels set back?

Question 23

What are the advantages of the ‘wheelie’ position?

Question 24

What type of wheelchair user might not require a wheelchair with brakes?

Question 25

Why is brake effectiveness often dependent on tyre pressure?

Question 26

Why are castors an important influence on manoeuvrability?

Question 27

How does driving wheel alignment affect rolling resistance?

Question 28

What are tipping levers used for?

Question 29

Which type of wheelchair is sometimes fitted with kerb climbers?

Question 30

What are the main benefits of quickly detachable driving wheels?

Question 31

List the three types of strength that must be considered in wheelchair design.

Question 32

What are the advantages of the typical sling seat design used in most wheelchairs?

Question 33

List six groups/pathologies that often require special seating and body support.

Question 34

Do all those requiring special seating and body support rely on wheelchairs for mobility?

Question 35

Which physical characteristics of a user are important?

Question 36

In what way must abdominal function be considered?

Question 37

What non-functional and non-physiological factors may influence the acceptance of a seat by a user?

Question 38

List the two categories of support elements.

Question 39

What is the correct positioning of knee blocks?

Question 40

What are shoulder and chest harnesses used for?

Question 41

How might the arms be prevented from falling outside the width of a wheelchair so as to prevent injury?

Question 42

What is another name for adduction blocks?

Question 43

Draw a diagram showing how windswept hips might be corrected using support elements.

Question 44

List the five ways in which the overall configuration of a seat can be varied.

Question 45

Is there an ideal angle of AP tilt for each individual?

Question 46

What factors must be compromised when setting the level of tilt?

Question 47

Is the ease of standing up increased or decreased with increasing seat height?

Question 48

List the four types of seat in order of reducing specialist construction needed by the provider.

Question 49

Do the armrests of fixed format seats provide much lateral support?

Question 50

What has limited the application of the Balans type chair in the disabled population?

Question 51

What are the two most common adjustable features of adjustable seats?

Question 52

What are the advantages of modular seats?

Question 53

What do the frameworks of modular seats usually consist of?

Question 54

What are the disadvantages of customised seats?

Question 55

Which type of customised seating does not normally require covering?

Question 56

What elements should the multidisciplinary assessment include?

Question 57

What is the primary source of knowledge in prescription?

Question 58

Briefly explain what is meant by a ‘simulator’ and what it is used for.

Question 59

Why is polyurethane foam upholstered?

Question 60

If a special seat is added to a wheelchair, what must be checked?

Question 61

What distinguishes a rehabilitation aid from an ambulation aid?

Question 62

List three specific design requirements that relate to the need for ambulation aids to be easy to use.

Question 63

What benefits, other than those concerned with body support, can a walking stick offer a user?

Question 64

What type of handgrip is generally most suitable for long term, demanding use and why?

Question 66

What device can be used to prevent a walking stick from slipping on ice?

Question 67

How are the components of a folding walking stick kept together when folded?

Question 68

What is it about most tripod and quadripod sticks that makes them suitable for unilateral use only?

Question 69

The supply and manufacture of tripod and quadripod sticks are not adversely affected by their unilateral nature. Why is this?

Question 70

What add-on is particularly useful when a user needs to let go of the handgrip of the single point stick where there are no objects nearby?

Question 71

What is different about the height adjustment mechanism of axillary crutches compared to other crutches?

Question 72

What is the advantage of a closed cuff?

Question 73

List two other names for forearm trough crutches.

Question 74

What is different about a rocker-bottom crutch compared to a standard axillary crutch?

Question 75

The Canadian crutch is a hybrid of which two types of crutch?

Question 76

What are fitted to all the ground contact points of all non-wheeled walking frames?

Question 77

What would be the advantage of a reciprocal frame over a pulpit frame for a particularly unstable user?

Question 78

What is the angle between the two sides of a triangular non- wheeled walking frame?

Question 79

What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of solid and pneumatic tyres?

Question 80

What type of non-wheeled walking frame do standard rollators resemble?

Question 81

List three types of brakes fitted to wheeled walking frames.

Question 82

What property of springs does one type of brake mechanism employ to adjust the load required to activate the brake?

Question 83

What are the problems with drop bolt folding mechanisms?

Question 84

Derive an equation to demonstrate that the distribution of load over the ferrules of the simplified pulpit frame is as stated in the final sentence of the paragraph above.

Question 85

Is a frame with higher handles more or less stable than one with lower handles? Why?