quadriplegic standing frame


frame

 [frām] a rigid supporting structure or a structure for immobilizing a part.Balkan frame an apparatus for continuous extension in treatment of fractures of the femur, consisting of an overhead bar, with pulleys attached, by which the leg is supported in a sling.Bradford frame a rectangular structure of gas pipe across which are stretched two strips of canvas, once used as a bed frame for patients with fractures or disease of the hip or spine.quadriplegic standing frame a device for supporting in the upright position a patient whose four limbs are paralyzed.Stryker frame see stryker frame.

quadriplegic standing frame

A device for supporting a patient with all four extremities paralyzed.See also: frame