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Brand Names:
Golden Tech, Pride, Thyssen Krupp
What is Lift chair? Lift chair is being taken by members of the PatientsLikeMe community. Share what you know about Lift chair in our forum.
Reasons Taken
43 patients in the community are using or have used Lift chair.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 14 | 32% |
| Weakness in legs | 8 | 18% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 5 | 11% |
| Fatigue | 4 | 9% |
| General health | 4 | 9% |
| disease-related symptoms | 2 | 4% |
| Slow my ALS progress | 1 | 2% |
Duration
How long current patients have been using Lift chair or how long patients were using Lift chair before stopping.
How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Lift chair
How Long Patients Used Lift chair Before Stopping
| 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1year | 1-2 years | 2 years or more |
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 | 100% |  |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 1 |
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Fatigue
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 0% | 0 |
| None | 100% | 3 |
Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)
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- SirIsaac
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: moderate
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: moderate
- Type: Upper Motor Neuron
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by SirIsaac
Aug 27, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- weakness
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