Good articles must be collected, wheelchairs, prosthetic aids how to buy comfort?

Various assistive devices have a compensatory function for the disabled, and these assistive devices will accompany the disabled throughout their lives. Due to the long-term use and dependence, these assistive devices must be compatible with the body parts of disabled people. Various types of assistive devices involve all aspects of life for people with disabilities. There are more than 3,000 commonly used assistive devices! To this end, the editor of the China Disabled Persons' Federation has listed the methods for purchasing assistive devices commonly used by people with physical disabilities, hearing impairments, and visual impairments. We selected wheelchairs and prostheses to explain to you disabled friends.

Wheelchair purchase

For every patient who needs a wheelchair as a means of transportation, it is particularly important to choose a suitable wheelchair. Click on the video below and Xu Chaohua, a rehabilitation therapist from Zhujiang Hospital, will tell you how to choose a wheelchair correctly.

Purchase of prosthetic limbs

For people with physical disabilities, prostheses are a second life. They not only provide physical help, but also provide psychological comfort. Therefore, people with physical disabilities should be very careful when choosing prostheses and choose the one that suits them. But how can you choose a prosthetic limb that suits you?

1What are the principles for choosing prosthetics?

1) The principle of focusing on function:Assembling a prosthetic limb requires restoring the basic functions of the amputated limb. However, in some cases, such as when a decorative prosthetic hand is installed after partial hand amputation, but the feeling of the residual hand is lost and the residual function of the residual hand is hindered, it is not necessary to forcefully install it.

2) Pay attention to practical results and price-benefit ratio, and do not blindly pursue high prices: There are many types of prostheses produced domestically and imported from abroad, and the price gap is huge. When choosing, amputees should understand and compare the performance, characteristics and prices of related prostheses. Some prostheses are designed for certain special groups of people. For example, a thigh prosthesis called a smart leg produced in the UK costs tens of thousands of yuan. It is suitable for people who often need to walk quickly, but it is not suitable for the elderly. Some prostheses are specially designed for competitions and may appear unnatural in daily life.

3) Focus on the brand, including both the prosthetic limb assembly unit itself and the prosthetic limb components used. It is necessary to consider whether the installation unit has a complete pre-sales, sales and after-sales service system. The prosthetic components used should pay attention to factors such as quality, performance, and whether they have passed the test of time. Also consider whether it is easy to maintain and replace vulnerable parts. For example, some non-mainstream imported brands of prostheses do not have maintenance services in China. If they encounter serious damage, they must be sent abroad. The journey is long and the cost and time are very high, so it is not suitable to use them.

2. What details need to be considered when assembling a prosthetic limb?

1) Selection of prosthetic components:Choose prosthetic components that suit you based on your residual limb condition, physical and age conditions, economic status, living and working environment, etc. Ordinary amputees can just choose national prosthetic standard parts; amputees can choose prosthetic parts with special properties according to their own economic situation.

2) Socket selection:There are professional prosthetists in the prosthetic fitting center who will give some fitting advice. If the amputee's residual limb is normal, a resin or plate socket can generally be used. If the amputation is due to special reasons and the condition of the residual limb is not very good, such as the residual limb is too short, neuroma, etc., you can choose a silicone or gel socket.

3What are the requirements for children and the elderly to choose prosthetics?

When a child patient chooses a prosthetic limb, he or she does not necessarily have to choose a high-end prosthetic limb. Because children are in the stage of growth and development, depending on the development, the socket needs to be replaced once a year and the prosthetic limb needs to be replaced every two years, which is helpful for growth and development and can prevent deformation of other parts of the body during the growth and development stage. For example, habitual deformities of the pelvis and spine.

When elderly patients, especially those with amputations due to diabetes, vasculitis and other reasons, choose prostheses, they generally choose prosthetic parts with light materials and good joint stability or special prosthetic parts for the elderly. Because most elderly people wear prosthetic limbs to walk and do not do strenuous exercise (except for those with special requirements); patients with diabetes and vasculitis are recommended to choose special silicone or gel sheaths to protect the skin of the residual limb to prevent skin abrasion when wearing the prosthetic limb.

If the skin grafting and scar adhesion of the residual limb are serious, soft sheaths such as silicone and gel are generally used to protect the skin of the residual limb to prevent the inconvenience caused by skin abrasion during the use of the prosthesis. At the same time, it can reduce the burden of walking with prosthetic limbs.