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Physical therapy equipment

Physical therapy equipment refers to the tools used for recovery of parts of the human body adversely affected by injury or surgery.

Contributors in Physical therapy equipment

Physical therapy equipment

Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (RTS)

Medical devices; Physical therapy equipment

These are the professionals who sell you your wheelchair. This means that they specify the order to the manufacturer, deliver the chair to you and adjust it to your needs and later service or repair ...

Seat Height

Medical devices; Physical therapy equipment

The distance from floor to either the front or the rear of the wheelchair seat.

Service Delivery

Medical devices; Physical therapy equipment

Health care jargon that refers to the way an organisation sets up the processes and procedures they will use to get their services delivered to you.

Side Slope

Medical devices; Physical therapy equipment

A slope that is travelled "across" rather than up or down, where one wheel of the wheelchair is higher than the other.

Third Party Payers

Medical devices; Physical therapy equipment

The term that applies to anyone other than the consumer or the end-user who pays for a piece of rehabilitation or durable medical equipment. A third party payer could be a private or public (like ...

Tyres

Medical devices; Physical therapy equipment

The solid rubber or air-filled rubber/synthetic part of the wheel that makes contact with the floor.

Wheelbase

Medical devices; Physical therapy equipment

The distance between centre of front caster on the wheelchair and the centre of the rear wheel.

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