MOBILITY FIRST YEAR BSC NURSING

1. Walking

2. Assisting a patient to walk

4. Assisting with walking using walker
and cane
• Walker
walker is light weight metal frame (usually
aluminium) with four legs.
– It provides a sense of security and support
– Walker is used by patient s who are able to bear
partial weight while walking

6. Assisting with walking using walker
and cane
• Patient requirements
– Partial strength in both hands and wrists
– Strong elbow extensors such as triceps brachi
– Strong shoulder depressors such as the pectoralis
minor
– Ability to bear at least partial weight on both legs

7. Assisting with walking using walker
and cane
• Cane walking
Canes are light weight, easily movable devices that
made of wood or metal.
• They provide less support than a walker and are less
stable
• Cane length = distance between the greater Trochanter
and the floor (56-97 cm)

8. Types of canes
 Single ended with half circle handles
Single ended with straight handle
Qwad cane

10. Assisting with crutch walking
• Definition:
Assisting patient to walk using crutches while
providing support and balance and as a convenient
method of getting from one place to another.
• Preparatory exercises
– Quardiceps setting
– Gluteal setting
– SIT-UPS
– PUSH-UPS
– PULL-UPS

11. Assisting with crutch walking
• Axillary crutch
• Lofstrand crtch
• Platform/elbow extensor crutch/gutter crutch

13. Walking with one crutch

15. Walking with axillary crutch

17. Forearm crutch/Lofstrand crutch

19. Gutter crutch

21. • Discussion

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