Stability And Balance When Seated - Küschall CHAMPION Manual Del Usuario

Going down slopes
When going down slopes, it is important to control your direction
and particularly your speed.
1. Lean back and carefully allow the handrims to run through
your hands. You should be able to stop the wheelchair at any
time by gripping the handrims.
CAUTION!
Risk of burning your hands.
If you brake for a long time, a lot of frictional heat
is produced at the handrims (especially MaxGrepp
and Supergripp).
– Wear suitable gloves.
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6.8 Stability and balance when seated

Some everyday activities and actions require you to lean forwards,
sideways or backwards out of the wheelchair. This has a major
effect on the wheelchair's stability. To keep your balance at all
times, proceed as follows:
Leaning forwards
WARNING!
Risk of falling out
If you lean forwards out of the wheelchair you
could fall out of it.
– Never bend too far forwards and do not shift
forwards in your seat to reach an object.
– Do not bend forwards between your knees to
pick up something off the floor.
Using the wheelchair
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