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Clinical Rehabilitation
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No more flat tyres: a trial of a tyre insert for wheelchairs

ND Penn

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds

PW Belfield

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds

JB Young

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds

AJ Whitley

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds

GP Mulley

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds

BH Mascie-Taylor

Department of Medicine for the Elderly, St James's University Hospital, Leeds

Most wheelchairs are fitted with pneumatic tyres. Deflated or punctured tyres may result in secondary brake failure and make wheelchairs difficult to propel. 'Flexel' is a nonpneumatic alternative to conventional innertubes. We have compared this punctureproof tyre insert with a pneumatic inner tube in 50 wheelchairs. The pneumatic tyres needed regular attention (reflation on 237 occasions, 7 punctures and 4 leaking valves) and were associated with secondary brake failure (130 episodes). In marked contrast the tyre insert was virtually maintenance free (readjustment on 2 tyre rims). There were no episodes of secondary brake failure with the insert. The tyre insert improves wheelchair safety and is likely to reduce maintenance costs.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 3, No. 2, 149-150 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/026921558900300210
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