power chair
Battery-driven mobility device
A power chair is a motorized wheelchair controlled by a joystick or other input device, designed for people with limited mobility who lack the strength or coordination to propel a manual wheelchair.
Unlike scooters, power chairs offer more positioning options and can navigate tighter spaces: She uses a power chair because of her muscular dystrophy.
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- motorizedEquipped with engine propulsion
- mobilityCapacity for movement
- assistive technologyDisability-compensating devices and software
- electricPowered by current
joystick · battery · lithium battery · disabled · daily living · scooter · ramp · accessible · wheelchair ramp · curb cut · independence · wheels · seat · armrest · footrest · cushion · lift · curb
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- mobility aidswheelchair, walker, cane, crutches, rollator
- wheelchairsmanual wheelchair, electric wheelchair, motorized wheelchair, standing wheelchair, racing wheelchair
- personal transportbicycle, bike, scooter, skateboard, wheelchair
power chairwalking
Locomotion on foot
ambulation · walking unaided · crutches · walker · cane
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