Abstract:
paraplegic wheelchair users. Objectives: To demonstrate the socio-demography
among the paraplegic wheelchair users, to find out the problems while using manual
wheelchair, to establish different body parts involved with musculoskeletal disorders,
to define secondary mobility related complication after SCI, to bring out perception
about user friendly wheelchair among participants. Methodology: A cross sectional
study design was used to conduct the study. About 51 patients were selected through
simple random sampling technique from inpatient of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) unit,
Department of Physiotherapy, Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP),
Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The data were collected by using a questionnaire and were
analyzed by descriptive statistics through using SPSS software version 16.0. Result:
51 patients were included as sample. Among them most of the participants were
young aged range from 20-29 years (n=27) and male are predominantly higher than
female (4.1:1). Majority of the patients were from rural areas having poor educational
status. Among them, about 41.25% (n=21) patients have been found loss of range of
motion, 29.4% (15) shoulder pain, wrist pain 23.53% (n=12), 25.5% (n=13) back
pain, 29.4% (n=15) feels discomfort during the time of propelling the wheelchair.
Conclusion: The results of this study provided more insight into the musculoskeletal
disorders in a group of patients with paraplegic wheelchair users. More research is
needed to evaluate the rehabilitation program for these patients.
