Special Types of Wheelchair

1. Standard Adult - designed for persons who weight less than 200 lbs and for limited use in rough surface or various functional activities.

2. Heavy Duty - For persons weighing more than 200 lbs and those whose persons vigorous functional activities.

3. Child - For persons with body built smaller than adult but larger than a child.

4. Growing - Designed to permit adjustment in the frame to accommodate the growth of the users

5. Intermediate - Patients approximately age of 6 years old

6. Indoor - Constructed for indoor use only. It has large drive wheels placed in front of the chair and casters are placed in the rear

7. Hemiplegic - Seat is lowered approximately 2 inches to allow better use of the user's lower extremities to propel the chair.

8. Amputee- The rear wheel axles are positioned approximately 2 inches posterior to allow greater or wider base of support and compensate for the loss of weight of the users lower extremities.

9. One Hand Drive- Two hand rims are fabricated on the hand drive wheel and the linkage bar connects the drive wheels. The smaller hand rim propels the rear drive wheel; large hand rim propels the far drive wheel.

10. Externally Powered- Propelled by the deep battery system and there are various types of control to operate the chair

11. Sports - It has features like low back, canted rear wheels, small hand rim and adjusted axles. It can be used for various activity sports (tennis, basketball, dancing)

12. Reclining- The chair is able to semi recline or fully recline. Elevating leg rest and hardest extensions are in this wheelchair.