Profile 7

A wheelchair user with good use in one arm, may use a power wheelchair or manual wheelchair.

Profile Group: G1

Functional Description: A wheelchair user.

Medical Description: Three limbs affected. Unable to walk or participate in sport standing.

  • Good use of only one arm.
  • May require an electric power chair if unable to propel an adapted manual chair.
  • May need assistance to perform activities for daily living (ADL).
Upper Limbs Trunk Lower Limbs
Severe weakness, spasticity athetosis, deformity or absence in one limb May or may not be affected Severe weakness, spasticity athetosis, deformity or absence in both limbs
Medical diagnoses (example):

Cerebral Palsy. Deformity/absence of three limbs.

Participation:

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