Wheelchair Clothes Guards / Side Guards Guide
Solid plastic, fiber, or cloth. The device is shaped like a quarter of a circle and is situated between the wheelchair user and the rear wheels. The rigid models require extra mounting hardware that is attached to the chair. This device is used primarily on manual wheelchairs.
Advantages of Side Guards
- Keeps clothes from rubbing against the rear wheels of the chair.
- Acts as a barrier and protects user from debris tossed up by the wheels.
- Aids in pelvic containment when no arms are being used on a wheelchair.
- Cloth models will fold tight when a folding wheelchair is folded.
Disadvantages of Side Guards
- Adds weight to the chair.
- May have to be removed to facilitate transfers.
- May have to be removed when folding a wheelchair.
- Requires mounting hardware to be installed on chair.
- If rigid models are added to a chair whose seat width is small for the user, they may cause pressure against the trochanters (hips).
- May not allow wheelchair to fold tight.
- Will not work with conventional single or dual post arm rests.
Commonly used with no arm rests or tubular arms.
Our service area covers most of Southern California including Los Angeles and surrounding cities.
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- Agoura Hills
- Alhambra
- Altadena
- Arcadia
- Arleta
- Artesia
- Avalon
- Azusa
- Baldwin Park
- Bel Air
- Bell
- Bell Gardens
- Bellflower
- Beverly Hills
- Bradbury
- Brentwood
- Burbank
- Cahuenga Pass
- Calabasas
- Camarillo
- Canoga Park
- Carson
- Cerritos
- Chatsworth
- Claremont
- Commerce
- Compton
- Covina
- Cudahy
- Culver City
- Diamond Bar
- Downey
- Duarte
- Eagle Rock
- El Monte
- El Segundo
- Encino
- Gardena
- Glendale
- Glendora
- Granada Hills
- Hawaiian Gardens
- Hawthorne
- Hermosa Beach
- Hidden Hills
- Huntington Park
- Industry
- Inglewood
- Irwindale
- Kagel Canyon
- La Canada
- La Crescenta
- La Habra Heights
- La Mirada
- La Puente
- La Tuna Canyon
- La Verne
- Lake Balboa
- Lake View Terrace
- Lakewood
- Lancaster
- Lawndale
- Lomita
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Lynwood
- Malibu
- Manhattan Beach
- Marina Del Rey
- Maywood
- Mission Hills
- Monrovia
- Montebello
- Monterey Park
- Montrose
- NoHo Arts District
- North Hills
- North Hollywood
- Northridge
- Norwalk
- Oak Park
- Olive View
- Oxnard
- Pacific Palisades
- Pacoima
- Palmdale
- Palos Verdes
- Panorama City
- Paramount
- Pasadena
- Pico Rivera
- Pomona
- Porter Ranch
- Redondo Beach
- Reseda
- Rolling Hills
- Rosemead
- San Dimas
- San Fernando
- San Gabriel
- San Marino
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Fe Springs
- Santa Monica
- Sepulveda
- Shadow Hills
- Sherman Oaks
- Sierra Madre
- Signal Hill
- Simi Valley
- South El Monte
- South Gate
- South Pasadena
- Stonehurst
- Studio City
- Sun Valley
- Sunland
- Sylmar
- Tarzana
- Temple City
- Thousand Oaks
- Toluca Lake
- Toluca Woods
- Topanga
- Torrance
- Tujunga
- Valencia
- Valley Glen
- Valley Village
- Van Nuys
- Ventura
- Vernon
- Walnut
- Warner Center
- West Covina
- West Hills
- West Hollywood
- West Toluca
- Westlake Village
- Westwood
- Whittier
- Winnetka
- Woodland Hills