Device for handling a wheel of a manual wheelchair, comprising a lever support having a gripping part, installed free to rotate on the wheel, an attachment means for attaching the lever support capable of putting the lever support into position free to rotate about the rotation axis of the wheel, a pusher strut installed free to rotate relative to the lever support, the attachment zone of the pusher strut on the lever support being chosen so a force applied to cause rotation of the lever support in its first direction of rotation creates contact between the pusher strut and the handrim and moves the manual wheelchair forwards, and such that a force applied to cause rotation of the lever support in its second direction of rotation creates a lack of contact or a slipping contact between the handrim and the pusher strut and puts the device into its disengaged position.
