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• Crutches How To Use them Easily and Safely- Booklet (Fraser Health) [English] Public

  

  Instructions for using crutches safely and easily. Includes how to fit the crutches properly, different types of weight bearing, safety tips, standing balance, standing from sitting, sitting from standing, walking, using stairs, and getting into a car. (English) Colour

  Printing Cost:

  $0.12 (B&W) $0.72 (Colour)

  Packaging Unit Quantity:

  50

  Printshop Number:

  262745

  Body Location:

  • Bones, Joints, and Muscles

  Diagnosis and Therapy:

  • Rehabilitation

  Disorders and Conditions:

  • Fractures,
  • Bones and Joints,
  • Arthritis,
  • Surgery,
  • Patient Discharge

  Keywords:

  • Crutches,
  • Crutch Walking,
  • Non Weight Bearing,
  • Weight Bearing

  MESH:

  • Crutches,
  • Weight-Bearing

  Demographic:

  • All,
  • Children

  Site:

  • Fraser Health

  Program:

  • Other

  Professional or Practice Group:

  • Physiotherapy

  Format:

  Booklet

  Paper Size:

  8.5 x 11 Letter

  Paper Colour:

  White

  Title Page Paper Colour:

  White

  Folding:

  Single fold

  Plain Language:

  True

  Reproduction Rights:

  Line drawings: Using Crutches (Feb 2011), St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton Health Sciences Permission given July 2009 by Lindsay Wizowski, Patient Education Specialist

  Record Type:

  FHA

  Revision Date:

  October 01, 2012

  Next Revision Date:

  October 01, 2014

  Record Created:

  September 07, 2012

  Record Modified:

  April 20, 2019

  References:

  Using Crutches PD2723 (Feb 2011), St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton Health Sciences Crutch Use Guide, Middlesex Hospital Alliance (www.mhalliance.on.ca)

  Packaging Unit Quantity:

  50

  Impressions:

  4
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