Adaptive clothing for persons with mobility disorders after burn injury

J Burn Care Rehabil. 1994 May-Jun;15(3):269-74. doi: 10.1097/00004630-199405000-00012.

Abstract

Smart-looking clothes have been designed for wheelchair users. These clothes make dressing faster and easier, and the clothes fit better than the standard garments. The special features for new adaptive clothing for wheelchair users include easy handling fastenings, quick-access garment openings, conveniently placed pockets, custom-curved trousers, slacks, and jackets, custom-shaped dresses and skirts, ponchos or custom-made coats, easy-fit undergarments, and durable styled fabrics. These clothing adaptations are attractive and give the wearer and the observer the feeling that the person with the disability is not set apart by the clothing he or she wears.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Burns / complications
  • Burns / rehabilitation*
  • Clothing*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Movement Disorders / etiology
  • Movement Disorders / rehabilitation*