Author/Editor     Zupan, Anton
Title     Tehnike dvigovanja in premikanja nepokretnih oseb
Translated title     Techniques of lifting and moving wheelchair-bound persons
Type     članek
Source     In: Fuchs T, Rihtar A, editors. Metode in tehnike v fizikalni terapiji. Zbornik 7. simpozij fizioterapevtov Slovenije; 2001 maj 9-11; Koper. Ljubljana: Zbornica fizioterapevtov Slovenije,
Publication year     2001
Volume     str. 41-4
Language     slo
Abstract     With this contribution I wish to inform the reader on different techniques of lifting and moving wheelchair-bound persons. The aim of the contribution as that the helper would assist ailing person in the most efficient and safe way. The helper must perform the service correctly, so as not to jeopardise his own health. Movements must be sensible, effective and decisive, employing physical principles of levers and distribution of forces to the key points.
Descriptors     MOVEMENT DISORDERS
MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE
ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
WHEELCHAIRS
LIFTING