title: How to help your patient choose the right wheelchair.
abstract: For a disabled patient, a wheelchair can be the key to a more enjoyable, useful, and independent life--provided it is carefully chosen and suited to his or her needs. In this article, Dr Blocker describes how to decide when a wheelchair is needed and how to match the patient with the best chair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Blocker
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D006801:Humans; D011187:Posture; D014910:Wheelchairs / Q000592:standards*