functional mobility

• wrist crease
• ulnar styloid
• greater trochanter

• 1. hand grips-
• level with patients's wrist crease
• ulnar styloid
• greater trochanter

2. walker positioned in front-along patients sides

3. feet of walker-even on floor and even with heels of patient

4. hips and knees straight-shoes should be worn

5. 20-25 degrees of elbow flexion when the patient grasp the walke handles and positions walker for ambulation

6. rear portion of walker (feet) placed opposite to mid-portion of foot

• 7. posture
• head errect
• shoulder shouldbe relaxed and level
• trunk is erect
• hips in neutral
• pelvis is level
• knees slightly flexed
• feet flat on floor

across the heels

hips knees straight


20-25 degrees elbow excrusion, to give flexion at elbow

head errect

gait belt

weight bearing status

• never use:
• clothing
• upper extremities
• personnel belt

stand behind to one side, or stand on affected or weak side

hand nearest patient on belt

other hand on patients near shoulder-be prepared to control shoulder or trunk

height difference-insert hand under arm totop of chest

• feet-anterior/posterior
• forward foot between poatients LE and ambulation aid
• backward foot posterior to patients near foot

walk foreward in step with patient

avoid crossover step

difficult to store or transport

difficult or impossible to se on stairs

reduces the speed ofambulation

may be difficult to perform a normal gait

difficult to use in narrow or crowded areas