Global Wheelchair And Components Market Is Expanding Rapidly With Industry Leader Invacare Corporation Launching Invacare AVIVA FX Power Wheelchair With Front-Wheel Drive
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is impossible or difficult due to injury, illness, old age-related problems, or disability. These injuries include a broken leg, brain injury, cerebral palsy, motor neuron disease, muscular dystrophy, and Spina bifida. There are different types of wheelchairs namely powered wheelchair, manual wheelchair, sports wheelchair, pediatric wheelchair, etc. Rising prevalence of spinal cord injuries and other disabilities is expected to drive growth of the global wheelchair and components market. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 250,000 to 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury every year globally. According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center’s “Facts and Figures at a Glance 2020”, around 294,000 U.S. citizens are currently living with SCI with 17,810 new cases each year. According to the same source, vehicular crashes are the most recent leading cause of injury followed by falls, acts ...