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MOVEMENT DISORDERS IN SPINAL CORD INJURY: ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT: DRESSING AND GROOMING

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Dressing and Grooming

  • Dressing sticks so you can reach to your feet.
  • Sock aid to pull on your socks.
  • Button hooker to open and close buttons.
  • Dressing ladder to make it easier for you to move around in bed.
  • Velcro fasteners when you cannot tie your shoestrings.
  • Loops in your clothes if you cannot grab onto your clothes.
  • Long handle sponges and bath mitts if you cannot reach where you need to Special handles for toothbrushes, combs, razors and hairbrushes.
  • Long handled mirrors to see parts of your body which you can't bend over to see.

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