{"id":12160,"date":"2025-06-06T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T07:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/adjusting-the-handle-height-of-the-wheeleo-a-strategic-choice\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:00:51","slug":"adjusting-the-handle-height-of-the-wheeleo-a-strategic-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/adjusting-the-handle-height-of-the-wheeleo-a-strategic-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Adjusting the Handle Height of the Wheeleo\u00ae: a Strategic Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"R\u00e9glage de la hauteur de la poign\u00e9e du Wheeleo\u00ae : un choix strat\u00e9gique en r\u00e9\u00e9ducation\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A4XbWexHqWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Unlike a crutch cane, rollators &#8211; whether one-handed or two-handed &#8211; offer support that varies considerably depending on the height of the handles. This adjustment is not trivial: it must be adapted to the specific needs of the patient and the goals of rehabilitation. <\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u27a4 Low Position: for Weight Relief<\/h4>\n\n<p>When the handles are set at wrist height (arms along the body), the user can transfer part of their body weight to them.<br\/>This setting is particularly indicated at the beginning of rehabilitation, when the patient has significant muscle weakness or needs substantial support while walking.<br\/>It is also useful in case of pain in a lower limb (knee, hip&#8230;), to temporarily relieve the painful joint.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u27a4 High Position: for Working on Balance<\/h4>\n\n<p>When the handles are positioned higher, with the elbows slightly bent, the objective is different: it is to improve stability.<br\/>By increasing the number of support points on the ground, the device widens the base of support and thus reinforces the patient&#8217;s balance.<br\/>With rollators (one or two-handed), this support remains constant throughout the walking cycle, which promotes better adaptation to movements in the environment.<br\/>This configuration is often recommended for people who are not yet using a technical aid, or who do not use their walker in cluttered environments.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Adjustment that Evolves with the Patient&#8217;s Progress<\/h3>\n\n<p>In rehabilitation, we generally start with a low position to offer maximum support. Then, as progress is made, we gradually adjust the height towards a higher position to promote balance work.<br\/>The ultimate goal: to progressively wean the patient off any walking aid, accompanying each stage in a targeted and adapted manner. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlike a crutch cane, rollators &#8211; whether one-handed or two-handed &#8211; offer support that varies considerably depending on the height of the handles. This adjustment is not trivial: it must be adapted to the specific needs of the patient and the goals of rehabilitation. \u27a4 Low Position: for Weight Relief When the handles are set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"profils-type":[],"expertise":[],"situation":[330],"profils-et-pathologies":[],"class_list":["post-12160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","situation-wheeleo-information-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12163,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12160\/revisions\/12163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12160"},{"taxonomy":"profils-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profils-type?post=12160"},{"taxonomy":"expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expertise?post=12160"},{"taxonomy":"situation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/situation?post=12160"},{"taxonomy":"profils-et-pathologies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wheeleo.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profils-et-pathologies?post=12160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}