5.5 Fitting a walker

Walkers are usually adjustable; the height of the walker is adjusted to fit the user. The adjustment is estimated base on the user's height. The height of the walker should be at the level of the greater trochanter of the user and the elbow joint should be able to flex to about 20 or 30 degrees when user hold the hand grip of the frame in an upright position. Immediately the user stand and the horizontal bars are too short or too tall for the user the user is allow to sit and the horizontal bars are adjusted to fit the user height.
