Fitting for safety and comfort.

There are a wide variety of wheelchairs on the market today. Many designed to meet a huge range of specific users needs.
In many cases, manufacturers will produce a number of seat widths, depths and frame size options to enable safe and comfortable use. Selecting the correct wheelchair seat width and depth is then a crucial decision in the performance of the chair for the user.
It is therefore, important to take advice from those qualified and experienced in wheelchair design and usage, including the range of dedicated health professionals. These professionals understand the mechanics of the chair, the biology and needs of the user and the environment in which the wheelchair is to be used.
In the UK, the Disabled Living Foundation publish some information online which may help identify some of the issues involved.