Floor To Chair Transfer Amputee

This video details how i transfer to and from the floor as a paraplegic.
Floor to chair transfer amputee. With the elbow locked shift most of the body weight over onto the hand and arm on the floor. Amputee bk floor stand transfer. This feature is not available right now. Published on mar 23 2009.
Wheelchair to couch transfer techniques. 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. Floor transfer instructions page 2 7. Please try again later.
Practice going from the floor to chair. Secondly i also outline how to return to uprig. Wheelchair to couch transfers are very similar to wheelchair to toilet techniques. 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.
Reach backward for the arms of the chair. Always lock the wheelchair before any transfer. Something like a couch can be used as a middle support device to allow you to easily transfer from the floor to the chair. Work to get a knee up with the foot flat 8.
You can support yourself during the transfer by holding onto the hand rim of the wheel on the opposite side of the couch. Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair. Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair. You want to have the chair on the edge of the sofa as close as possible.
We at hanger clinic the nation s leading provider of orthotics prosthetics o p are hosting a video contest called ampu. I ve fallen and i can get up. Push up to get both feet on the floor. Hold onto the chair at all times.