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Over 70% of manual wheelchair users will suffer from shoulder pain or carpal tunnel syndrome in their lifetime.
Choosing a lightweight wheelchair wheel and ergonomic handrim can significantly reduce this risk and lead to a better quality of life for the user and their carers.
Over the last 30 years there have been significant advances in wheelchair wheel and wheelchair hand rim design research that indicates that there are significant pain relieving advantages that can be enjoyed by choosing lightweight wheelchair wheels and ergonomic wheelchair hand rims. In addition incorporating rear wheel and castor suspension not only makes the wheelchair easier to propel, but makes the ride smoother and reduces the probability of secondary neck pain, low-back pain and abdominal discomfort.
You can read more about this research by downloading the following document.
Slayer Wheels Wheelchair Wheel Research Summary
Sadly few standard wheelchairs manufacturered today have taken advantage of these research findings.
This is resulting in wheelchair users suffering more pain than they really need to.
Slayer Wheels is committed to manufacturing wheelchair wheels that:
- Are lighter than standard wheelchair wheels.
- Incorporate inbuilt suspension.
- Have less rolling resistance than standard wheelchair wheels.
- Incorporate an ergonomic hand rim.
- Are available in a range of fashion colors.
Slayer wheelchair wheels can be retrofitted to most manual wheelchairs or ask your wheelchair manufacturer to include Slayer Wheels as an optional extra on your new wheelchair.
Slayer wheelchair wheels are individually hand built, tuned and balanced in Australia. We ship worldwide.
Check out our range of wheelchair wheels, ergonomic and fashion hand rims.
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