Walker

A walker is a walking tool for old and slightly disabled people. This consists of a frame that is about waist high. It is slightly wider than the person and it is about twelve inches deep. The person walks with it in front of them; with the frame surrounding their front and sides. The front two legs of the walker may have wheels; it may not; depending on the strength and abilities of the person using it. The walker's purpose is to provide support so that the person can maintain balance and to relieve their legs from their weight. This is a good tool for those who are recuperating from leg or back injuries. Those on health benefits may be entitled to a walker from their health benefit provider if their physican feels they need one.

Walker may mean "someone who walks". See: walking and pedestrian.

Walker may refer to more than one place:

• In England:
  • Walker, a village now within Newcastle upon Tyne in England, the name derived from Old English Wall-kjer, "Wall marsh", the marsh beside Hadrian's Wall
• In the United States:
  • Walker, Iowa
  • Walker, Louisiana
  • Walker, Michigan
  • Walker, Minnesota
  • Walker, Missouri

For people with the surname Walker see people named Walker.

Walker may also refer to:

• Walker, a 1987 motion picture about William Walker
• Walker, Texas Ranger, U.S. television program
• Friedmann-Lemaître-Robertson-Walker, a metric used in cosmology
• Hiram Walker, a Canadian distillery
• Jed Walker, a comic book character
• Junior Walker and the All Stars, a musical group
• Riddley Walker, a 1980 novel by Russell Hoban
• Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool, UK
• Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
• Walker Lake (multiple locations)
• Walker Pass, in California, USA
• Walker Percy, U.S. author
• Walker River (multiple locations)
• Walker tariff, an 1846 U.S. tariff