Profile 11

A wheelchair user with good control of trunk and hips.

Profile Group: G2

Functional Description: A wheelchair user.

Medical Description: Lower limbs affected.

  • Good use in arms, trunk and hips.
  • Good use in arms, trunk and hips.May be able to stand and walk a few steps with a walking aid but needs a wheelchair due to a lack of power, coordination or deformity of legs.
  • No assistance required in activities of daily living (ADL).
Upper Limbs Trunk Lower Limbs
Not affected Not affected Moderate weakness, spasticity, athetosis or deformity. Competes from a wheelchair
Medical diagnoses (example):

Cerebral Palsy (Diplegia), Spinal cord injury (Paraplegia), Double above knee amputation, Spina bifida.

Participation:

Inclusion Spectrum – modified, disability sport, parallel, separate.