Advantages of paediatric wheelchairs
Children are conquering a new piece of their lives every day. They experience their environment with its flood of sensory impressions, they deal with other people, build relationships, push boundaries and break new ground. They learn anew every day, to get involved in their world and to absorb and process impressions from their world. So, they playfully become part of our life and part of our society.
Especially in the first years of their development, children set an incredibly fast pace. This is no different for children with handicaps than for “normal” children. As a first step, the gross motor control of individual body parts. From this follows the more complex movement patterns: crawling, sitting, standing and running. These results are somewhat different for children with motor impairment. But: With these movement patterns, they have acquired one of the most important prerequisites for being able to experience new sensory impressions later in their environment – which, in turn, is the most important prerequisite for their cognitive and emotional development.
The earlier one supports and encourages children with motor impairment in their movement, the sooner their motor, cognitive, and psychic abilities can develop in a manner similar to that of other children. The freedom of movement can be optimally supported with the help of a children’s wheelchair.
An overview of SORG children’s wheelchairs
Differences paediatric wheelchairs and wheelchairs for adults
In earlier years, children were – if anything – simply put into small-scale adult wheelchairs. Childish proportions and their physical possibilities were not taken into account. Therefore, these wheelchairs were often heavier than the children themselves. The locomotion was very tedious and exhausting. This was not an aid.
That’s why SORG develops and builds wheelchairs especially for children. We know and consider childlike proportions and know about the very different physical possibilities of young children. Therefore, there are at SORG roadworthy children’s wheelchairs (we weigh including the drive wheels) already from about 6.9 kg (for comparison, a box of soda weighs 11-12 kg) and can always be infinitely adapted and set to the motor possibilities of the child. You can find all active wheelchairs from SORG Rollstuhltechnik here: Active wheelchairs.
ur wheelchairs for children therefore offer maximum flexibility and safety even in very small sizes. All paediatric wheelchairs are growable and easy to handle. So they remain a reliable companion for many years. The wheelchairs for children are designed to best support their little users and to give them independence and autonomy. A great design completes the overall package and each wheelchair can also be optically individualized (for a huge variety of colors and countless spoke protection options) for every child. And if you have outgrown all the children’s sizes, you can find the follow-up supply directly from us. The Airon and the Vector (Vector or Vector BSA) are the follow-up chairs in the rigid frame range and those who prefer a folding wheelchair can choose from the two versions of the Jump beta (Jump beta BSA or Jump beta Sport) after the Jump alpha.
Mio Family – custom-made paediatric wheelchairs for children
Together with the therapist, the rehabilitation technician, the doctor and the parents, it is considered what the respective child can and should be empowered to do. Depending on the particular clinical picture, steps are initiated to specifically counteract the respective impairment. Because the child should be encouraged to improve and develop his individual skills. For the different therapies SORG has developed various children’s wheelchairs.
Mio
The paediatric wheelchair Mio is the powerhouse for a (very) early mobilization. The seat unit can be very finely adapted to the child and its possibilities. With a perfectly adjustable gripping path, the forces of the child can be optimally utilized. Its extensive range of equipment components makes it particularly versatile.
So when choosing a wheelchair, look for variable adjustment options and an extensive range of equipment components. The Mio offers you these advantages and that makes it particularly versatile.
Mio Carbon
The Mio Carbon is almost identical to the Mio, but the seat, side guards, back and footplate are made of ultra-light, high-strength carbon, making it a lightweight child’s wheelchair. Also ist er noch leichter als der Mio. Damit kann zum einen das reduzierte Kraftpotential der Kinder gut kompensiert werden. Zum anderen kann zusätzliches Gewicht (erzeugt durch therapeutisch notwendige Ausstattungskomponenten wie z.B. ein Doppelgreifring etc.) sehr gut durch die Carbon-Gewichtsreduzierung ausgeglichen werden.
Mio Move
Der kantelbare Kinderrollstuhl Mio Move ist ebenso feinstufig einstellbar wie Mio oder Mio Carbon, aber zusätzlich noch kantelbar. Damit wird er zur perfekten Kombination aus einem Reha-Buggy und einem Aktiv-Rollstuhl, weil das Kind – ohne das Hilfsmittel wechseln zu müssen – frei und in seinem Rhythmus zwischen Aktiv- und Ruhephasen wechseln kann.
Alle Mio-Varianten sind wahlweise in zwei unterschiedlichen Rahmenformen möglich (Retro- oder Stier-Form), diese Varianten wiederum sind in zwei unterschiedlich starken Abduktionen lieferbar. Zudem sind alle Ausstattungskomponenten des Mio auch an der Move- und der Carbon-Variante möglich. Alle SORG-Rollstühle werden maßgeschneidert nach den Wünschen und Bedürfnissen der Kinder gefertigt, sowohl farblich als auch funktionell.
Faltbarer Kinderrollstuhl
Hat man im Kofferraum wenig Platz zur Verfügung, bietet ein Kinderfaltrollstuhl natürlich Vorteile. Durch den Faltmechanismus wird der Rollstuhl allerdings etwas schwerer. Starre Kinderrollstühle wie der Mio oder der Mio Carbon sind oft klein genug um in den Kofferraum zu passen. In diesen Fällen ist dann ein starrer, nicht faltbarer Rollstuhl oft die sinnvollere Alternative.
Jump alpha
Mit dem Kinderrollstuhl Jump alpha hat SORG einen kleinen, faltbaren Aktiv-Rollstuhl für Kinder und Jugendliche mit hervorragenden Einstellmöglichkeiten und Fahreigenschaften entwickelt. Er hat ein kleines Packmaß und ist mit seiner eineinhalbfachen Kreuzstrebe (fast) so verwindungssteif wie ein starrer Rahmen. Durch die feinstufig einstellbare Antriebsergonomie unterstützt er spürbar die Aktivierung seiner jungen Benutzer. Wollen Sie während des Therapieverlaufs etwas an der Ausstattung ändern, anpassen oder modifizieren, ist das jederzeit möglich – auch nachträglich. Seine umfangreiche Ausstattungspalette basiert auf unserem modularen Baukastensystem und unterstützt viele Therapieansätze.
Many colours and even more memory protection designs for a child-friendly wheelchair
