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Title: Choosing a Wheelchair: A Guide for Optimal Independence by Gary Karp ISBN: 1-56592-411-8 Publisher: Patient-Centered Guides Pub. Date: 15 January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Choosing a Wheelchair
Comment: I found this book from Spinlife.com where they publish excerpts as an online aid to selecting wheelchair components.
The author is a long term wheelchair user and athelete who had a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). He knows more about wheelchairs than anyone writing for the public. As such he is an effective advocate for wheelchair use.
The book is logically laid out from wheelchair history to the selection process to wheelchair maintenance. The style is informative without being too technical. However, the wheelchair is a machine so expect a little tech talk. The chapter on maintance is wisely a primer and checklist - most people who use a wheelchair are not advised to tinker with them.
I recommend the book, even to someone who is already using a chair with two provisos.
1. For someone with neuromuscular disabilty, the advice to use a manual chair is ill advised. All the PT's and OT's I have seen in the past few years recommend power chairs to save your arms and avoid turning a parapalegic into a quadrapalegic. As Dr. Silver puts it "Save your arms. They are your independance." and "When do I recommend a manual chair? Almost never..." (Post Polio Syndrome: A Guide for Polio Survivors and their Families)
2. Don't try chasing down his references on wheelchair reviews or evaluations. They are non-existent from any official sources and this reflects the age of the book (1998). If you want reviews and opinions on chairs, try wheelchairjunkie.com.
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Title: Life on Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User by Gary Karp ISBN: 1565922530 Publisher: Patient-Centered Guides Pub. Date: 15 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Wheelchair Selection and Configuration by Rory A. Cooper ISBN: 1888799188 Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Wheelchair Evaluation: A Practical Guide by Mitch Batavia ISBN: 0750670371 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub. Date: 15 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Spinal Cord Injury: A Guide for Living by Kay Harris, Ph.D. Kriegsman, Jeffrey B., M.D. Palmer, Sara, Ph.D. Palmer ISBN: 0801863538 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Moving Violations : War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence by John Hockenberry ISBN: 0786881623 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: 11 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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