forearm crutch

Forearm crutch is used by inserting the arm into a cuff and holding the grip.

For example, a forearm crutch suddenly snapped and the user was severely injured in the resulting fall.

Outriggers are forearm crutches with a miniature ski on a rocker at the base.

She used one ski and two outriggers (forearm crutches with ski tips attached).

Two outriggers, adapted forearm crutches with ski tips mounted on the bottom, help with turning.

To get there from the front entrance, he used forearm crutches to negotiate six steps, and he was helped into a chair by his son Jeffrey.

Devices on the market today include a number of combinations for Canes, Crutches and Forearm crutches.

Her first crutch prototype was an aluminum-bodied forearm crutch with a polyurethane basket for the tip.

The Forearm crutch typically gives a user the support of the cane but with additional forearm support to assist in mobility.

The boy learned how to ski on one ski with two outriggers, which are special forearm crutches with ski tips.

A monoskier uses outriggers for stability; an outrigger resembles a forearm crutch with a short ski on the bottom.

The spectrum was obtained from a thin film cast from a solution of a sample of the plastic taken from the failed forearm crutch.

In the episode "No Place To Hide," Kerry walks for the first time on the series without the aid of her forearm crutch.

She now walks short distances with two forearm crutches, and moves through the world on Gladys, her motorized scooter, and a low-slung red tricycle.

They may use adaptive devices such as a wheelchair, underarm crutches, forearm crutches, or, in the case of internal hemipelvectomies, a cane.

She started designing a new model of forearm crutch soon after meeting her partner, structural engineer Kerith Perreur-Lloyd.

In recent days, he has been able to use forearm crutches to go up and down the stairs between the private second-floor chambers and the public ones on the ground floor.

The 41-year-old Palermo was able only to wiggle two toes on his right foot when he entered the rehabilitation institute July 15, but now he is walking slowly with braces and forearm crutches.

"I just want people to understand from the bottom of my heart: every time, every ride, buckle up," he said, while standing with the help of forearm crutches on the steps of Drumthwacket, the governor's mansion.

When he gains enough strength to walk, Mr. Corzine is expected to use forearm crutches because standard crutches could be painful and possibly aggravate his injured ribs, Dr. Ostrum said.

He said that his left femur, which was broken in two places, remained numb, and that he had been experiencing "increasing pressure on the chest cavity" every time he used his forearm crutches to walk or climb stairs.

The two then argue to each other with regards to the amount of work that each one has to accomplish in order to get through the day: Lynette with the housework and Patrick's mandatory use of a forearm crutch for mobility.

Some skiers with amputations may require the use of outriggers, a forearm crutches with a miniature ski on a rocker at the base which are fitted for the skier based the height of the skier's hip joint when the skier is standing.

Dependent on forearm crutches to move around, Mr. Corzine also cannot do something he enjoys with close advisers: talk politics and policy in the evening while standing and moving around the upstairs kitchen at Drumthwacket, munching on popcorn, chips and other snacks.

Still, he conceded that he was often sore and exhausted by the end of the day, and that he needed to stay close to the governor's mansion because of the rigors of the physical therapy, in which he uses a stationary bicycle and takes extended walks using forearm crutches.