Wheelchair Evaluation: A Practical Guide

The Wheelchair Evaluation: A Practical Guide provides an effective and concise approach to minimizing errors and successfully prescribing a wheelchair for the patient. Written to improve the clinician's ability to perform effective patient evaluations andprescribe appropriate, medically justifiable wheelchairs, the text implements a "real-world" approach to evaluation, choice of wheelchair components, documentation, and funding. Unlike other texts on the subject, this portable guide emphasizes the importance of taking comprehensive patient histories and accounting for variations in body shape. Mitch Batavia has written an accessible guide that includes tips on history taking, physical examination, common wheelchair problems, and ethical guidelines for prescribing wheelchairs. The book also provides a sample evaluation form, a wheelchair fitting checklist, and a directory of suppliers.

The Wheelchair Evaluation has dual uses as a comprehensive evaluation guide or a quick reference for clinicians and students in the health care professions who work with individuals in need of a wheelchair.

* - Truly portable and pocket-sized *
- Detailed algorithms ease selection of wheelchair components *
- Succinct question-and-answer organization

Ph.D., P.T., Salant Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Therapy, New York University School of Education