Strong Aluminum Crutches for Kids with Tips and Pads #1 Best Seller

$22.16

PEDIATRIC: 4′ – 4’6″

• Made of lightweight, anodized aluminum.
• Reinforced center tube and footpiece provide added strength.
• Push button adjustment makes changing height easy.
• Height adjustment in 1″ increments.
• Handgrip position is readily adjusted with wing nuts.
• Underarm and handgrip pads are comfortable and durable.
• 300 lb maximum weight capacity.

Packaging:
1 Pair Per Pkg.

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Strong Aluminum Crutches for Kids w/ Tips and PadsStrong Aluminum Crutches for Kids

with Tips and Pads

PEDIATRIC: 4′ – 4’6″

• Made of lightweight, anodized aluminum.
• Reinforced center tube and footpiece provide added strength.
• Push button adjustment makes changing height easy.
• Height adjustment in 1″ increments.
• Handgrip position is readily adjusted with wing nuts.
• Underarm and handgrip pads are comfortable and durable.
• 300 lb maximum weight capacity.

Packaging:
1 Pair Per Pkg.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are crutches for kids?

Crutches for kids are a type of Walking Aids that serve to increase the size of an individual’s base of support. It transfers weight from the legs to the upper body and is often used by people who cannot use their legs to support their weight (ie short-term injuries to lifelong disabilities).

Source: (physio-pedia.com)

What to know about crutches for kids?

Why use crutches for kids?

Crutches can help your child recover from leg injuries, such as a fracture, surgery, sprain or strain. By reducing the amount of weight placed on an affected leg, injuries can heal quicker.

When to use crutches for kids?

Crutch walking is difficult. Generally children need to be at least seven years old to safely use crutches. Your child will be assessed to ensure crutches are appropriate and can be safely used.

Some children will not manage crutches safely and a walking frame or wheelchair is a better option.

How to measure crutches for kids?

The top of the crutch should be about two finger widths below the armpit. The handles should be positioned so that the elbows are almost straight when your child is standing.

To measure a child lying flat:

  • ensure their shoulders are relaxed
  • measure from two finger-widths below the armpit to the base of the heel (with child’s toes pointing to the ceiling)
  • for the handle height, measure from the wrist crease to the base of the heel with the elbow almost straight
  • check again when you child stands up that the crutches are the correct height, and adjust if necessary.

The amount of weight your child can put on an affected leg depends on the injury. Be guided by your health care professional.

What is the method of crutch walking?

  • Move crutches forward – not too wide, not too narrow.
  • Lean forward to bring weight over crutches then, pushing through arms, hop through with unaffected foot.

Source: (mountainphysiotherapy.com.au)

What are some of the different walking patters used with crutches?

There are several different walking patterns that an individual using crutches may use, including:

  • 2 point: the crutches and the fractured leg are one point and the uninvolved leg is the other point. The crutches and fractured limb are advanced as one unit, and the uninvolved weight-bearing limb is brought forward to the crutches as the second unit. this gait pattern is less stable as only two points are in contact with floor and good balance is needed to walk with 2 points crutch gait.
  • 3 point: this gait pattern is used when one side lower extremity (LE) is unable to bear weight (due to fracture, amputation, joint replacement etc). It involves three points contact with the floor, the crutches serve as one point, the involved leg as the second point, and the uninvolved leg as the third point. Each crutch and the weight-bearing limb are advanced separately, with two of the three points maintaining contact with the floor at any given time.
  • 4 point: this gait pattern is used when there’s lack of coordination, poor balance and muscle weakness in both LE, as it provides slow and stable gait pattern with three points support on it, point one is the crutch on the involved side, point two is the uninvolved leg, point three is the involved leg, and point four is the crutch on the uninvolved side . The crutches and limbs are advanced separately, with three of the four points on the ground and bearing weight any given time.

Source: (physio-pedia.com)