Difference between revisions of "Accessible - Movement Aids"
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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:movement_aids1.png|thumb|left|250px|]] | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:movement_aids1.png|thumb|left|250px|]] | ||
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:movement_aids2.png|thumb|left|250px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:movement_aids2.png|thumb|left|250px|Wooden hand walkers]] |
| − | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:movement_aids3.png|thumb|left|220px|]] | + | |style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:movement_aids3.png|thumb|left|220px|Rubber kneepads made from used car tires. Credit: Uganda Society of Hidden Talents (HITS)]] |
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|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''<br> | |width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''<br> | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Wooden hand walkers | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Wooden hand walkers''' |
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* Reduce abrasion, cuts and soiling of hands and thereby risk of infection | * Reduce abrasion, cuts and soiling of hands and thereby risk of infection | ||
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| − | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|Rubber kneepads made from used car tires. These fit over the knee, and rubber laces run through loops and tie around the leg. | + | |style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Rubber kneepads made from used car tires. These fit over the knee, and rubber laces run through loops and tie around the leg.''' |
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* Reduce abrasion, cuts and soiling of knees and thereby risk of infection | * Reduce abrasion, cuts and soiling of knees and thereby risk of infection | ||
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===Acknowledgements=== | ===Acknowledgements=== | ||
| − | * [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid. | + | * [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAid and WEDC. |
| + | [[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]] | ||
| + | [[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:34, 2 February 2015
| Suitable for: people who move by crawling; wheelchair users who need to get out of their wheelchair; or where a wheelchair is not available. |
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Advantages |
Disadvantages |
Improvements / variations |
Cost / labour |
| Wooden hand walkers |
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Weight of wood can be selected to match the user’s strength | Low |
| Rubber kneepads made from used car tires. These fit over the knee, and rubber laces run through loops and tie around the leg. |
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An alternative design suitable for leg stumps is also available | Low |
Acknowledgements
- Compendium of accessible WASH technologies WaterAid and WEDC.
