Wheelchair SAQ's Flashcards
Who would be in a wheelchair service team?
What is the most common age at referral of wheelchair users in Tayside?
What is the main diagnosis for a wheelchair being prescribed?
Which three factors are important in creating a favourable environment for a wheelchair assessment clinic?
What is the maximum weight limit of many standard wheelchairs?
What are the essential measurements needed to select a wheelchair?
In order to allow for comfort what alterations to the essential wheelchair measurements are required?
What size of wheel is often found to be appropriate for a self- propelling chair?
When is an electrically propelled wheelchair considered?
Why would a domiciliary visit be considered prior to the wheelchair being issued?
In what circumstances could a wheelchair tip forward when the user gets in and out of a chair?
In what circumstances will users require a follow up after the wheelchair has been delivered?
What is the main function of a wheelchair?
What are the three main categories of wheelchair?
Why are ‘cambered’ driving wheels fitted to some wheelchairs?
Why do some wheelchairs have adjustable driving wheel positions?
What is the most efficient design of manual wheelchair propulsion system for operation by arms?
How are most powered wheelchairs steered?
What are the advantages of gel batteries over lead acid types?
What is the main design characteristic that limits obstacle climbing?
In terms of stability is it better to have a large or small wheelbase?
Why do wheelchairs for lower limb amputees have their rear wheels set back?
What are the advantages of the ‘wheelie’ position?
What type of wheelchair user might not require a wheelchair with brakes?
Why is brake effectiveness often dependent on tyre pressure?
Why are castors an important influence on manoeuvrability?
How does driving wheel alignment affect rolling resistance?
What are tipping levers used for?
Which type of wheelchair is sometimes fitted with kerb climbers?
What are the main benefits of quickly detachable driving wheels?
List the three types of strength that must be considered in wheelchair design.
What are the advantages of the typical sling seat design used in most wheelchairs?
List six groups/pathologies that often require special seating and body support.
Do all those requiring special seating and body support rely on wheelchairs for mobility?
Which physical characteristics of a user are important?
In what way must abdominal function be considered?
What non-functional and non-physiological factors may influence the acceptance of a seat by a user?
List the two categories of support elements.
What is the correct positioning of knee blocks?
What are shoulder and chest harnesses used for?
How might the arms be prevented from falling outside the width of a wheelchair so as to prevent injury?
What is another name for adduction blocks?
Draw a diagram showing how windswept hips might be corrected using support elements.
List the five ways in which the overall configuration of a seat can be varied.
Is there an ideal angle of AP tilt for each individual?
What factors must be compromised when setting the level of tilt?
Is the ease of standing up increased or decreased with increasing seat height?
List the four types of seat in order of reducing specialist construction needed by the provider.
Do the armrests of fixed format seats provide much lateral support?
What has limited the application of the Balans type chair in the disabled population?
What are the two most common adjustable features of adjustable seats?
What are the advantages of modular seats?
What do the frameworks of modular seats usually consist of?
What are the disadvantages of customised seats?
Which type of customised seating does not normally require covering?
What elements should the multidisciplinary assessment include?
What is the primary source of knowledge in prescription?
Briefly explain what is meant by a ‘simulator’ and what it is used for.
Why is polyurethane foam upholstered?
If a special seat is added to a wheelchair, what must be checked?
What distinguishes a rehabilitation aid from an ambulation aid?
List three specific design requirements that relate to the need for ambulation aids to be easy to use.
What benefits, other than those concerned with body support, can a walking stick offer a user?
What type of handgrip is generally most suitable for long term, demanding use and why?
What device can be used to prevent a walking stick from slipping on ice?
How are the components of a folding walking stick kept together when folded?
What is it about most tripod and quadripod sticks that makes them suitable for unilateral use only?
The supply and manufacture of tripod and quadripod sticks are not adversely affected by their unilateral nature. Why is this?
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?
What is different about the height adjustment mechanism of axillary crutches compared to other crutches?
What is the advantage of a closed cuff?
List two other names for forearm trough crutches.
What is different about a rocker-bottom crutch compared to a standard axillary crutch?
The Canadian crutch is a hybrid of which two types of crutch?
What are fitted to all the ground contact points of all non-wheeled walking frames?
What would be the advantage of a reciprocal frame over a pulpit frame for a particularly unstable user?
What is the angle between the two sides of a triangular non- wheeled walking frame?
What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of solid and pneumatic tyres?
What type of non-wheeled walking frame do standard rollators resemble?
List three types of brakes fitted to wheeled walking frames.
What property of springs does one type of brake mechanism employ to adjust the load required to activate the brake?
What are the problems with drop bolt folding mechanisms?
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.
Is a frame with higher handles more or less stable than one with lower handles? Why?
