Seated Mobility: Fitting a Wheelchair You are fitting your patient for a wheelchair. What measurements would you take? What position should the patient be in for measurement? When you measured their upper leg from the popliteal fold (back of the knee) to the back of the hips/chair, the length was 23 inches. To check the measurement, you also measured their lower leg length from their heel to their popliteal fold, and the length was 20 inches. What is the discrepancy? What could be the reason for the discrepancy? What position could you place the patient in to re-take the measurement so that you will not run into this same problem?

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Seated Mobility: Fitting a Wheelchair
You are fitting your patient for a wheelchair. What measurements would you take? What
position should the patient be in for measurement? When you measured their upper leg from
the popliteal fold (back of the knee) to the back of the hips/chair, the length was 23 inches. To
check the measurement, you also measured their lower leg length from their heel to their
popliteal fold, and the length was 20 inches. What is the discrepancy? What could be the
reason for the discrepancy? What position could you place the patient in to re-take the
measurement so that you will not run into this same problem?
Transcribed Image Text:Seated Mobility: Fitting a Wheelchair You are fitting your patient for a wheelchair. What measurements would you take? What position should the patient be in for measurement? When you measured their upper leg from the popliteal fold (back of the knee) to the back of the hips/chair, the length was 23 inches. To check the measurement, you also measured their lower leg length from their heel to their popliteal fold, and the length was 20 inches. What is the discrepancy? What could be the reason for the discrepancy? What position could you place the patient in to re-take the measurement so that you will not run into this same problem?
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