rollator

n. a wheeled walker used by the infirm to increase mobility. Subjects: English, Health

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Citations: 1996 Linda S. Mlynarek, Linda C. Mondoux Nursing Homes (Sept.) “Pulling together for restraint reduction”: To improve this resident’s gait, staff worked closely with him, helping him ambulate more regularly. Therapy staff taught him how to use a rollator walker. 1998 Thomas Petzinger Jr. @ Pittsburgh, Pa. Wall Street Journal (B1) (Oct. 2) “A New Rolling Walker To Get the Frail Moving Lacks Market Traction”: His sister-in-law commented that older people in Sweden sustain their stamina by walking behind a so-called rollator. Unlike a conventional “clomp and stomp” walker, a rollator glides over pavement, carpet, thresholds and grass on large rubber wheels—much like a shopping cart with brakes, but without a big basket. 1998 Jamal Roomi, Abebaw M. Yohannes, Martin J. Connolly Age and Ageing (Oxford, Eng.) (Nov.) “The effect of walking aids on exercise capacity and oxygenation in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” vol. 27, no. 6, p. 703: We have assessed the effect of Zimmer, rollator and gutter frames on 6-min walking distance and on arterial oxygenation during exercise in elderly patients with COPD. 2004 Semantic Compositions (Sept. 28) “Mechanical ineptitude”: In order to facilitate a day of traipsing around malls, Mom SC therefore decided to surprise MGSC with a device she mistakenly believed to be a wheelchair. In fact, it is something called a “rollator,” or a wheeled walker.

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