title: 'Walking' appliances for paraplegics and tetraplegics.
abstract: A range of 'walking' appliances suitable for child, adolescent and adult paraplegics and tetraplegics is described and some of the technical considerations discussed. A valuable development to the appliance in the form of a rising wheelchair is also breifly discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment / Q000295:instrumentation; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014853:Walkers / Q000295:instrumentation; D014910:Wheelchairs