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wheelbench is a wheeled
mobility deviceA mobility device is a mechanism such as a wheelchair, a transfer chair , a sling lift, a sit-to-stand lift, a hobcart, or calipers, designed to aid individuals with mobility impairments. They can be either manually operated, or powered....
in which the user lies down. The device is propelled manually. The user pushes the wheels with their hands in the same manner as propelling a wheelchair or the wheelbench can be moved by a second person pulling or pushing it by the handles.
A wheelbench is constructed in a similar way to a
wheelchairA wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. The device is propelled either manually or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness , injury, or disability...
, except that it has a
stretcherA stretcher is a medical device used to carry casualties or an incapacitated person from one place to another. It is a simple type of litter, and still called by that name in some cases....
on the top instead of a seat. A wheelbench is collapsible, just like a wheelchair.
Wheelbenches are used by people for whom both sitting and walking is difficult or impossible.
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wheelbench is a wheeled
mobility deviceA mobility device is a mechanism such as a wheelchair, a transfer chair , a sling lift, a sit-to-stand lift, a hobcart, or calipers, designed to aid individuals with mobility impairments. They can be either manually operated, or powered....
in which the user lies down. The device is propelled manually. The user pushes the wheels with their hands in the same manner as propelling a wheelchair or the wheelbench can be moved by a second person pulling or pushing it by the handles.
A wheelbench is constructed in a similar way to a
wheelchairA wheelchair is a wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. The device is propelled either manually or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness , injury, or disability...
, except that it has a
stretcherA stretcher is a medical device used to carry casualties or an incapacitated person from one place to another. It is a simple type of litter, and still called by that name in some cases....
on the top instead of a seat. A wheelbench is collapsible, just like a wheelchair.
Wheelbenches are used by people for whom both sitting and walking is difficult or impossible. The term
sitting disabilityA Sitting disability is a condition in which a person may not be able to sit, usually due to pain, but can also happen to persons sitting in wheel chairs. It is also known as "reduced ability to sit", "sitting problems" or "inability to sit"....
is used to describe a condition in which sitting is difficult, painful and perhaps medically injurious and which may be due to
illnessIllness can be defined as a state of poor health. Illness is sometimes considered a synonym for disease. Others maintain that fine distinctions exist...
, injury, or other
disabilityDisability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities."...
. A notable symptom of
sitting disability is severe
back painBack pain is pain felt in the back that usually originates from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine....
. While mobility impairment is widely recognised,
sitting disability is rarely mentioned in research or legal documents. Hence, wheelbenches are not as well known to society as wheelchairs.
A wheelbench has some resemblance to a hospital
gurneyA gurney, known as a trolley in British medical context, is the U.S. term for a type of stretcher used in modern hospitals and ambulances in developed areas. A hospital gurney is a kind of narrow bed on a wheeled frame which may be adjustable in height. For ambulances, a collapsible gurney is a...
or wheel chair. The difference is that the gurney is primarily made to move patients around in a hospital and is less comfortable for long distances or outdoors. A wheelbench has bigger wheels, just like a wheelchair.
Wheelbenches are usually produced by companies producing wheelchairs.