The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) has issued a position paper titled “The Application of Ultralight Manual Wheelchairs.”
Developed through RESNA’s Special Interest Group on Seating and Wheeled Mobility, the paper highlights that:
- Wheelchairs should conform to the individual, and not the individual to the chair;
- Wheelchairs should be as lightweight as possible while also being fully adjustable to meet the individual’s needs; and
- Wheelchairs that are lightweight and adjustable cause the least amount of injury to users and increase functionality.
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