Mobility and Assistive Devices

Readiness Assessment Quiz

Please select the device that that is most appropriate to improve the mobility of the patients described below.

Devices

Crutches

Cane

Offset Cane

Quad Cane


Walker

Hemi Walker

Two Wheel Walker

Rollator

Patients

  1. A 66 y/o man with diabetes and mild balance problems and numbness in his feet secondary to diabetic neuropathy
  2. A 69 y/o woman who is cognitively intact, good upper extremity strength and no problems with balance fractured her left ankle while playing tennis
  3. A 72 y/o cognitively intact man with Parkinson's disease and with difficulty initiating gait
  4. A 71 y/o man with severe mitral regurgitation and weakness who cannot get to his mailbox because of feeling exhausted all the time
  5. A 68 y/o woman with moderate pain from arthritis in both her knees and with good upper extremity strength
  6. A 62 y/o man with moderate pain from a right knee strain
  7. A 79 y/o man with hemiparesis from a CVA four weeks ago
  8. A 62 y/o active man with psoriatic arthritis affecting the knees and wrists bilaterally
  9. A 79 y/o man with bilateral knee replacement 8 days ago and normal upper extremity strength
  10. A 70 y/o woman with decreased peripheral vision due to glaucoma