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If you are considering buying or borrowing a chair, please look for the following features:
• Choose one where the distance from the floor to the top of the seat is as high as possible, while still allowing your feet to rest comfortably on the floor.
• Choose one with arm rests that are high enough and close enough to your body so that you can use your arms to assist you to rise.
• Avoid rocking chairs or chairs with wheels or chairs that swivel as these features make them an unsteady surface from which to push off and stand up.
• Avoid chairs where the angle of the seat slopes significantly downward towards the chair back as this has the effect of lowering the seat height, again making it more difficult to rise.