enow.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: forearm crutches with ergonomic grip kit and stand for home desk chair with arms

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Crutch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crutch

    A boy using underarm (axillary) crutches to keep weight off the injured leg A man using forearm crutches. A crutch is a mobility aid that transfers weight from the legs to the upper body. It is often used by people who cannot use their legs to support their weight, for reasons ranging from short-term injuries to lifelong disabilities.

  3. Assistive cane - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_cane

    Forearm cane: a regular or offset cane with additional forearm support, enabling increased stability and load shifted from the wrist to the forearm. Quad cane: has four ferrules at the base, enabling them to stand freely, and offering a more firm base for standing. Tripod cane: opens in a tripod fashion. Often available with an attached seat.

  4. Mobility aid - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobility_aid

    forearm crutch A girl using a pair of underarm / axillary crutches. Walking aids are devices designed to assist individuals with mobility impairments in maintaining upright ambulation. These aids include assistive canes, crutches, walkers, and more specialized devices such as gait trainers, and upright walkers. Each type of aid is designed to ...

  5. Walker (mobility) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_(mobility)

    Traditionally, a walker is picked up and placed a short distance ahead of the user. The user then walks to it and repeats the process. With the use of wheels and glides, the user may push the walker ahead as opposed to picking it up. This makes for easier use of the walker, as it does not require the user to use their arms to lift the walker.

  6. Forearm - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forearm

    The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. [1] The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm , a word which is used to describe the entire appendage of the upper limb, but which in anatomy, technically, means only the region of the upper arm, whereas the lower "arm" is called the forearm.

  7. Grip strength - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grip_strength

    Grip strength measurement in the beetle Bolitotherus cornutus. Grip strength is the force applied by the hand to pull on or suspend from objects and is a specific part of hand strength. Optimum-sized objects permit the hand to wrap around a cylindrical shape with a diameter from one to three inches.

  1. Ads

    related to: forearm crutches with ergonomic grip kit and stand for home desk chair with arms