You want to have the chair on the edge of the sofa as close as possible.
Floor to chair transfer amputee.
Unlock the brakes and wheel away from the bed so you can swing the wheelchair s leg rests back into place.
This video details how i transfer to and from the floor as a paraplegic.
I ve fallen and i can get up.
Hold onto the chair at all times.
Push up to get both feet on the floor.
Carefully begin to turn in order to sit on the chair.
Secondly i also outline how to return to uprig.
When you first attempt a transfer from the floor the wheelchair seat it is easier if you use other things for support in between the floor and the chair.
With one hand firmly grasping the armrest on the same side6 bend forward and reach down for the floor placing the other hand on the floor.
Practice going from the floor to chair.
Please try again later.
Published on mar 23 2009.
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Always lock the wheelchair before any transfer.
Amputee bk floor stand transfer.
Use your arms to support your weight as you lift yourself up and back into the chair.
Reach backward for the arms of the chair.
Floor transfer instructions page 2 7.
Yourself down into sitting.
Wheelchair to couch transfer techniques.
Raise onto knees by propping hands on chair.
You can support yourself during the transfer by holding onto the hand rim of the wheel on the opposite side of the couch.
With the elbow locked shift most of the body weight over onto the hand and arm on the floor.
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