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24 patient evaluations for Wheelchair (powered)

  • wbear35
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: severe
    Arms: severe
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: severe
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  • wbear35
  • by wbear35
    Oct 26, 2009
dosage: daily
time on dosage: about 3 years
purpose: disease-related symptoms
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsMild
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenA little
  • disease-related symptoms
Advice/Tips
FOR ALS A MUST
Specific side-effects
Back pain
Butt Pain
discomfort
Cost
less than $25 monthly

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  • strapples
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: severe
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: moderate
    Legs: severe
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  • strapples
  • by strapples
    Aug 16, 2009
dosage: all the time (24/7)
time on dosage: about 1 years
purpose: Slow my ALS progress
Atrophy, muscle
Mobility
Stiffness/Spasticity
Weakness in legs
Loss of manual dexterity
Balance problems
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  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsSevere
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenA little
  • Slow my ALS progress
  • None
  • Also evaluated for: Atrophy, muscle
  • Major
  • Also evaluated for: Mobility
  • Slight
  • Also evaluated for: Stiffness/Spasticity
  • Major
  • Also evaluated for: Weakness in legs
  • Major
  • Also evaluated for: Loss of manual dexterity
  • Major
  • Also evaluated for: Balance problems
Advice/Tips
I am working on getting a new wheelchair, this evaluation and the new one will be large change.
Specific side-effects
Back pain
Butt Pain
Burden
PAIN IN THE BACK

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  • Retired2CISC
    Sex: M
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: none
    Legs: severe
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  • Retired2CISC
  • by Retired2CISC
    Jun 13, 2009
dosage: daily
time on dosage: about 1 year
purpose: Weakness in legs
Other
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  • EfficacyModerate
  • Side-effectsMild
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenA little
  • Weakness in legs
  • Moderate
  • Also evaluated for: Other
Advice/Tips
Getting the right power chair. Consult professionals.
Burden
Must use the Hoyer lift to transfer from wheelchair to bed.
Cost
less than $25 monthly

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  • abbas girl
    Sex: F
    Mouth/throat: none
    Arms: mild
    Chest: none
    Legs: moderate
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  • abbas girl
  • by abbas girl
    May 29, 2009
dosage: daily
time on dosage: about 4 months
purpose: Weakness in legs
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  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsMild
  • AdherenceAlways
  • BurdenA little
  • Weakness in legs
Specific side-effects
hard on arms to move the leg supports
Burden
This chair was far too large for me, and was from the ALSA loan closet. Also, the heavy duty legs were a burden to use, hard to transfer by having to pull them up out of the socket part way every time.
Cost
less than $25 monthly

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