walker measurements: height:handgrip
- patient’s handgrip
- ulnar styloid process
- greater trochanter
walker measurements: position
- in front of and along the patients sides
- rear tips of the walker are placed opposite and to the mid portion of the foot
How many degrees of elbow flexion when using walkers?
Elbow Flexion 20-25 degrees
Types of Walkers
- Standard
- Reciprocal
- Stair Climbing Walker
- Rolling Walker
- Folding Walker
- Forearm support walkers
This type of walker allows unilateral forward progression of one side of the walker.
Reciprocal Walker
This type of walker requires greater balance and great UE strength. May be prescribed for young patients with paraplegia.
Stair Climbing Walker
1.This type of walker are for patients with elbow flexion contractures
2. Disadvantage of this walker.
- Forearm Support Walkers
- Heavy
If the patient wants to get a crutch and height was known, as a PT, what are you gonna do?
Height of pt. should be converted to inches and multiply it into 77% to get the height of crutches.
If the patient wants to get a crutch but he is B/B atm, what are you gonna do?
- Measure using measuring tape from the anterior axillary fold (crease of armpit) to 6-8 inches lateral to the heal to measure the overall height crutch.
The pt. comes to the clinic and want to get a crutches. The patient insists to sit, as a PT, what are you gonna do?
- Ask the pt. to abduct both of his shoulders, fold the elbow of one side of the limb for about 90 degrees of EF while the one limb remains abducted and extended.
- Use measuring tape to measure from the olecranon process from the flexed elbow going to the tip of the longest finger in the extended forearm.
How to measure the hand piece height of the crutches?
- Position the pt. into a supine position
- Use measuring tape to measure the greater trochanter/wrist crease from the ulnar styloid process.
- Use the results to measure the crutch to adjust from
