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2.1 Indication and contraindication
De ending on the severity of the res ective functional or structural im airments, the tting
of a Curalizer may be indicated in accordance with the recommendations according to
§ 126 SGB V: 28A:
Considerably ronounced im airment of standing and walking, for exam le in the case of:
• Com lete/incom lete hemi legia (hemi aresis) and, if a licable, with involvement of
the trunk musculature as a result of a brain disease (for exam le, stroke, brain tumour).
• Com lete/incom lete aralysis of the arms and legs (tetra legia/ aresis) and, if neces-
sary, including the trunk musculature as a result of a disease of the brain (e.g. multi le
sclerosis, brain injury), the s inal cord (e.g. oliomyelitis, ara legia due to trauma or
tumour) or the eri heral nervous system/muscular diseases (e.g. Guillain-Barré syndro-
me, muscular dystro hies).
• Com lete/incom lete aralysis of the legs ( ara legia/ aresis) and, if necessary, with
involvement of the trunk muscles as a result of a disease of the s inal cord (for exam le,
ara legia in the case of traumatic/inammatory/tumorous thoracic and lumbar cord le-
sion) or disease of the eri heral nervous system/muscular diseases (for exam le, oly-
neuro athy, muscular dystro hies).
• to assume a standing osition, for exam le in re aration for gait training and/or to
achieve ositive effects of an u right body osition (for exam le with regard to circulati-
on regulation/bone metabolism/bowel eristalsis/urinary drainage and/or to revent
ressure sores, thrombosis or joint contractures, to romote head control and arm func-
tion and to im rove s atial erce tion), if the clinical icture and the s atial conditions
make it necessary for the assistant/carer to change the location of the aid within the
home.
Selected contraindications to the use of the Curalizer as a standing aid:
• Non-stabilised fractures, acute hase of a s inal cord injury.
• Sym toms of failure of autonomic vascular regulation also in other neurological and/or
internal diseases.
• Cardiac emergency - acute, severe im airment of cardiovascular function.
• Surgical wounds - atients with fresh wounds after surgical rocedures such as a ster-
notomy after cardiac surgery, after lastic surgery to cover sacral or leg decubiti, should
not be raised, or only after a doctor's orders.
• The atient's body weight must not exceed 250 kg.
The Curalizer must not be used if a atient has not assed the examination of a rofessional
with medical com etence.