Rheumatology in general practice.
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their individual seating needs. It can be adjusted in all directions, the height and angle of the arms, the angle of the feet to the back of the chair, the height of the legs, and the front in relation to the back can all be adjusted. It was built essentially for assessment but it was found in using it that it became a valuable piece of equipment within the department; and if a manufacturer could produce it at a reasonable cost it would be a useful product, but so far it has not been possible to develop this idea. An industrial designer has studied the bath requirements of disabled people in the bungalow, by building a bath and lavatory out of polystyrene blocks with the idea that a series of experiments should be carried out. He has also made a prototype of a walking aid incorporating a parcel tray and a little shelf above, also a padded seat on which the disabled person can sit. It is said that we are a nation of gardeners and there is no need for the disabled arthritic person to be deprived of the pleasure of gardening. Greenhouse cultivation is an interesting and reWarding hobby and can also provide occupation, with financial benefit. A raised flower bed can be made from paving slabs; the resulting container filled with earth brings the garden up to a more convenient level. At Mount Vernon there is a small amount of grass which all last summer was cut by various sorts ofpowered motor mowers, used by disabled people, it was necessary to reduce the speed of some of them so that they did not run away with the operator, but most of them the patients could manage. The manufacturers of garden tools have been interested in the studies that have been going on at the hospital, and have sent their designers down and as a result have now produced modifications to their standard tools with the disabled in mind which now makes gardening easier for anybody, not only the disabled. At the Chelsea Flower Show last year the Central Council for the Care of the Disabled had an exhibit of gardening for disabled people; including some wheelbarrows which are very useful as they serve as a walking aid having two wheels, and can be wheeled around with one hand. Bottle gardening is another cult of the moment, and can provide an interesting hobby for disabled people.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of rheumatology
دوره 34 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1995