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Li, Yiran. "Height adjustable wheelchair seat design." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44767.

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Full time wheelchair users are at a height disadvantage during many function activities, such as transferring or reaching. Retrieving objects from the ground or a higher shelf while seated in the wheelchair can be both difficult and unsafe. Lateral transfers between surfaces at different heights can be difficult and unsafe. Sit-to-stand transfers are made simpler with a higher seat. This research project seeks to assist reach and transfers by designing a system to raise and lower a wheelchair seat over a 4'' range. The project included several needs assessment: 1) by conducting interviews and
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Svensson, Niklas, and Anna Kowalska. "Development of a Wheelchair loading device : For manual wheelchairs." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för maskinteknik (MT), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-44881.

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With an increasing globalization, companies are forced to develop new products. That is why product development process is successfully used in companies all over the world. The main reason is to stay ahead of the competitors and continually improve the products to more competitive prices.The number of wheelchair users is continually increasing all over the world and the same increase occurs in Sweden. For this reason the Swedish social board stated The Swedish disability policy, which aim is to minimalize differences between people with disabilities and people without. One part, which is emph
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Couture, Eric Daniel. "The design and manufacture of an elevating/articulating manual wheelchair legrest." Worcester, Mass. : Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2006. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-050306-151613/.

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Helin, Emil. "Botswanan Wheelchair." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-168725.

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In April 2010 a collaboration of three years started between the foundation Spinalis and theministry of health in Botswana to create permanent resources to treat persons with spinal cordinjuries in Botswana. The work started immediately at the biggest hospital in Botswana locatedin the capital city Gaborone. They notice early that help was needed. Doctors and nurses hadinadequate knowledge about spinal core injures and what it implicates and also access to aidwhere defective. Patients where left in their bed because the doctors didn’t know what to do withthem. When they were sent home the pati
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HECKEL, PAMELA FUNDERBURG. "BEYOND THE WHEELCHAIR." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1068666912.

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Walker, Linda Ann. "Accepting wheelchair use." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2013. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/933b5a83-d0b4-40a0-abff-526fcc10888f.

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Statutory wheelchair provision in England and Wales has been equipment led since its inception in 1990. However, users are reported to be dissatisfied with the service and a reorganisation of provision is underway that purports, in accordance with recent Government advice (DOH, 2012), to make the wheelchair user central to the supply process. However, little is known about wheelchair users perspectives of the equipment that they use to inform this process.
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Quade, Michael. "Design and Construction of a Wheelchair Tray for Rigid Wheelchair Users." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250609866.

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Ndosi, Aston. "Locally manufactured wheelchairs in Tanzania : Do they meet the needs of Tanzanian wheelchair users?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13979.

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Access to suitable wheelchairs may seriously impact the ability of people with physical disabilities to integrate into regular community life. The overall aim of this study was to determine the extent to which the needs of users of wheelchairs manufactured locally in Tanzanian are met. The specific objectives of the study were to determine users' satisfaction with the wheelchairs manufactured in Tanzania, their satisfaction with services associated with the provision, repair and maintenance of these wheelchairs, and the extent to which these wheelchairs enabled them to carry out their daily ac
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Nilsson, Rebecca, and de Val Almida Winquist. "Hand Gesture Controlled Wheelchair." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264512.

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Haptical technology is a field that is under constant development and that exists in many of today’s products, for example in VR-games and in the controls for vehicles. This kind of technology could in the same way simplify for disabled people by their being able to control a wheelchair using hand gestures. The purpose of this project is to research if a wheelchair can be controlled with hand gestures, and in that case, in which way that would be the most optimal. To answer the research questions in the project, a small scale prototype wheelchair was developed. This prototype is based on a mic
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Edlund, Andreas. "Navigation for Autonomous Wheelchair Robot." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2475.

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<p>The problem with motorized wheelchairs is that they are large, clumsy and difficult to control. This is especially true if the driver has severely reduced capabilities. What we want is a wheelchair that can take instructionsfrom the driver and then based on its understanding of the environment, construct a plan that will take the user to the intended destination. The user should be able to sit in a room, tell the wheelchair that he wants to be in another room and the wheelchair should take him there as quickly and smoothly as possible. </p><p>The planner presented in this thesis uses a rand
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Escudero, Pablo. "Design of an Urban Wheelchair." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-4345.

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<p><p>In this report I will develop a wheelchair adapted to the urban reality of our society.</p><p>It’ll have to compete with the electric wheelchairs on the market today. There is a real</p><p>necessity on this as the wheelchairs on the streets today have developed little since</p><p>they were firstly introduced in world war 2.</p><p>To achieve a successful product we will study the different wheelchairs and how they</p><p>adapt to the urban environment. Such study will include several surveys focusing on</p><p>the user, it’s illnesses and anthropometrical measures as well as his way of usag
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Ezeh, Chinemelu Ejiamatu Muoma. "Shared control for wheelchair interfaces." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10048965/.

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Independent mobility is fundamental to the quality of life of people with impairment. Most people with severe mobility impairments, whether congenital, e.g., from cerebral palsy, or acquired, e.g., from spinal cord injury, are prescribed a wheelchair. A small yet significant number of people are unable to use a typical powered wheelchair controlled with a joystick. Instead, some of these people require alternative interfaces such as a head- array or Sip/Puff switch to drive their powered wheelchairs. However, these alternative interfaces do not work for everyone and often cause frustration, fa
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Letcher, Ryan. "SmartHub: A Low Cost Manual Wheelchair Fitness Metrics Tool for Clinicians, Researchers, and Wheelchair Users." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu149270449042227.

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Maximo, Tulio P. dos Santos. "Not just the right for a wheelchair but the right wheelchair : a multi-site study of the wheelchair public service provision in Belo Horizonte city, Brazil." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2018. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/31843.

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For decades the care of disabled population in Brazil has been neglected by the government and was provided largely by the charitable institutions. It was as only recently, as in the year 2011 that Brazilian government created the national plan for the rights of the disabled people. The plan articulates policies regarding social inclusion, access to education, accessibility and health care. The last section of the plan includes the provision of wheelchairs free of cost to the Brazilians citizens, who are in need of a wheelchair. It is common knowledge that a wrong wheelchair specification can
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Johansson, Jonas, and Daniel Petersson. "Torque Sensor Free Power Assisted Wheelchair." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IDE), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-656.

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<p>A power assisted wheelchair combines human power, which is delivered by the arms through the pushrims, with electrical motors, which are powered by a battery. Today’s electric power assisted wheelchairs use force sensors to measure the torque exerted on the pushrims by the user. The force sensors in the pushrims are rather expensive and this approach also makes the wheels a little bit clumsy. The objective with this project is to find a new, better and cheaper solution that does not use expensive force sensors in the pushrims. The new power assisted wheelchair will instead only rely on its
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Horncastle, Michelle Marie. "Municipal trail accessibility for wheelchair users." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0012/MQ35501.pdf.

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Tang, Robert. "A Semi-autonomous Wheelchair Navigation System." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6472.

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Many mobility impaired users are unable to operate a powered wheelchair safely, without causing harm to themselves, others, and the environment. Smart wheelchairs that assist or replace user control have been developed to cater for these users, utilising systems and algorithms from autonomous robots. Despite a sustained period of research and development of robotic wheelchairs, there are very few available commercially. This thesis describes work towards developing a navigation system that is aimed at being retro-fitted to powered wheelchairs. The navigation system developed takes a systems e
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Goodwin, Michael John. "Navigational assistance for disabled wheelchair users." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1999. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/navigational-assistance-for-disabled-wheelchair-users(5797931f-06f3-4b9f-a7e5-cc63357a8a50).html.

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Previous low cost systems of navigational assistance for disabled wheelchair users have provided little more than simple obstacle and collision avoidance, or follow a pre-defined fixed route defined by a white line or a buried wire. Other research has used complex high cost multi-sensor mode systems closely resembling industrial, military or space exploration applications. These systems used natural features or artificial beacons to produce accurate maps of the operating environments. The progress of the vehicle is monitored and corrected using multisensor techniques such as vision cameras, od
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Croft, Louise. "Investigating energy expenditure in wheelchair athletes." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9788.

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The increased participation in elite wheelchair sport has provided the need to investigate the physiological requirements of wheelchair sporting competition and daily wheelchair propulsion. However, from a nutritional perspective, guidelines that have been established from the able-bodied population tend to be used by the practitioners working in disability sport and it is not known whether this information is directly transferable to the wheelchair athlete. Wheelchair sport is complex and athletes differ with respect to their sports classification based on factors relating to disability and f
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Suri, Prerna. "CLOTHING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1470244671.

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Faria, Brígida Mónica Teixeira de. "Patient classification for intelligent wheelchair adaptation." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/11507.

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Doutoramento em Engenharia Informática<br>A importância e preocupação dedicadas à autonomia e independência das pessoas idosas e dos pacientes que sofrem de algum tipo de deficiência tem vindo a aumentar significativamente ao longo das últimas décadas. As cadeiras de rodas inteligentes (CRI) são tecnologias que podem ajudar este tipo de população a aumentar a sua autonomia, sendo atualmente uma área de investigação bastante ativa. Contudo, a adaptação das CRIs a pacientes específicos e a realização de experiências com utilizadores reais são assuntos de estudo ainda muito pouco aprofunda
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Moon, Jungun. "Effect of contact-release angle on hand-handrim for peak velocity." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834622.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the arm joint angle at contact-release with peak velocity in experienced cerebral palsied athletes during wheelchair propulsion. The subjects (n = 5) exercised for a few minutes to familiarize themselves with the roller set up. After practice, each subject was asked to push the wheelchair as fast as possible up to 10 seconds. A tach-generator was attached to the core of the roller and interfaced to a computer via an eight bit A/D converter. The sampling rate of the roller speed was 200Hz. One video camera operating at 30 fr
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Yao, Fei. "Measurement and modeling of wheelchair propulsion ability for people with spinal cord injury." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1218.

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Wheelchair propulsion is an important part of daily living for many people with spinal cord injuries (SCI's). The aim of this project was to establish the validity of using a new approach for measuring wheelchair propulsion ability. The variation in methods observed by subject's hands in contacting and propelling their wheelchair, namely, using the push rims only; wedging the hands between push rims and tyre and grasping both push rims and tyres, highlighted that earlier studies using instrumented push rims (including the SMART ) for people with tetraplegia would not provide a true indication
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Ayik, Hatice Mujde. "Stability Augmentation Of A Semi-autonomous Wheelchair." Master's thesis, METU, 2003. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605377/index.pdf.

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In this thesis, the dynamic modeling of a wheelchair-human system is performed, and the effects of steering action and sudden slope changes along the path on the system stability are analyzed for different road and driving conditions. For the cases where the wheelchair system is unstable three methods are proposed for stability augmentation. This study is performed to improve the stability of the wheelchair system under varying road conditions so as to increase the limit of independency for wheelchair users and enhance their life quality. Two separate mathematical models are obtained for the w
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Hsieh, Pin-Chun. "Autonomous robotic wheelchair with collision-avoidance navigation." Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/86037.

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The objective of this research is to demonstrate a robotic wheelchair moving in an unknown environment with collision-avoidance navigation. A real-time path-planning algorithm was implemented by detecting the range to obstacles and by tracking specific light sources used as beacons. Infrared sensors were used for range sensing, and light-sensitive resistors were used to track the lights. To optimize the motion trajectory, it was necessary to modify the original motor controllers of the electrical wheelchair so that it could turn in a minimum turning radius of 28.75 cm around its middle point o
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RAMOS, CARLOS MAURICIO DA COSTA. "WHEELCHAIR WITH STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN TENSEGRITY BAMBOO." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=27311@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO<br>Esta pesquisa está inserida no universo dos portadores de necessidades especiais e pretende desenvolver uma nova tecnologia para projetar a estrutura de cadeira de rodas. Tal estrutura será composta por um módulo tensegrity composto de varas de bambu e cabos tensionados e adota todos os padrões antropométricos com a observância aos estudos ergonômicos e necessidades individuais de uso dos cadeirantes. Esse novo conceito de design de estrutura, por ser inédito, resulta num produto inovador e permite novas interpretações e desdobramentos. Ess
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Liadis, Keith Nicholas. "Design of a Power-Assist Hemiplegic Wheelchair." Digital WPI, 2006. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/794.

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Current one-handed manual wheelchairs are difficult to propel because one arm can only provide half the power that is ascertained in a two-handed manual wheelchair. A power-assisted hemiplegic (one-sided paralysis) wheelchair was developed that can effectively be propelled with one arm while remaining maneuverable, lightweight, and foldable. An existing manual wheelchair was minimally modified and fitted with powerassisted components that could alternatively be attached to a wide range of manual wheelchairs. The design implements a motor and gear train to power the wheel on the user’s affected
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Rogers, Paul. "Modelling the crashworthiness of specialist wheelchair devices." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2008. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/modelling-the-crashworthiness-of-specialist-wheelchair-devices(b789c8e3-0998-4560-a991-d53b968769bc).html.

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A small percentage of wheelchair users are unable to transfer from their wheelchair to a vehicle during transportation. Reasons for an occupant to remain in the wheelchair during transport may be the inability to safely transfer to a vehicle seat, the occupant's requirement of a specialist postural management wheelchair seating system or reliance on life support equipment attached to the wheelchair. The Rehabilitation Engineering Unit at Rookwood Hospital deal with people who require either a specialist postural support wheelchair seating system, life support equipment or both. To cater for su
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Ferreira, José Pedro Leitão. "Physical self-perceptions in wheelchair sport participants." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/33436d05-6d0c-45b7-9c02-ac19e728e1b8.

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The study of self-perceptions in the physical domain is still an underdeveloped area of research in many countries, such as Portugal. This issue is of even further interest when assessed in groups with physical impairment, whose perceptions may be formulated in different ways on different criteria as a result of their disability. The extent to which exercise and sport participation influences the development of self-perception and perceived competence in people with disabilities is also an unexplored area of research. There is a body of literature on disability and sport participation indicati
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Campbell, Elizabeth. "Stress and coping in wheelchair sport participants." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1997. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7319.

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Top level sport for people with a disability is becoming more competitive, creating an environment in which the rewards for success and the disappointments associated with failure are often great. These are factors which clearly have the potential to place extreme psychological demands on sport performers with a disability. However, few investigations have specifically examined how athletes with a disability respond in highly stressful sporting situations. This thesis, therefore, reports 3 separate studies to investigate stress and coping in wheelchair sport participants. Study 1 examined pre-
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Sciberras, Jade. "Interactive gesture controller for a motorised wheelchair." Thesis, Sciberras, Jade (2015) Interactive gesture controller for a motorised wheelchair. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2015. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/29873/.

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This paper explores in great detail the design and testing of a gesture controller for a motorised wheelchair. For some, motorised wheelchairs are part of their everyday life. Those individuals who depend on their motorised wheelchair do so for a vast range of reasons; therefore, it is reasonable to assume that modifying and improving upon the standard joystick controller for a motorised wheelchair can benefit a person’s way of life significantly. The design of the gesture controller is heavily based around the user’s needs so as to benefit them and compliment their strengths to give them
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Lamti, Hachem Amine. "Brain and gaze based wheelchair navigation enhancement." Thesis, Toulon, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013TOUL0020/document.

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Le projet BEWHEELI (Brain Eyes WHEELchair Interface) consiste à mettre en place une interface basée sur la combinaison du regard et de l’activité cérébrale pour aider une personne à mobilité réduite, à contrôler, commander son fauteuil roulant. La navigation sur fauteuil roulant basée sur le regard a fait l’objet de plusieurs projets. Néanmoins, plusieurs contraintes ont été évoqué : la fatigue cognitive, occulo-musculaire, et l’incapacité de la gestion des fixations sporadiques, d’où l’introduction de la composante cérébrale qui, malgré sa limitation technologique et la complexité de son trai
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Pomfret, David. "Differences in Aerobic Response to Wheelchair Locomotion." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2010. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/299.

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The purpose of this study was to explore the differences in the aerobic response to wheeling between wheelchair dependent individuals and able-bodied individuals of similar genders and ages. Five wheelchair dependent men (WC) and five able-bodied men (AB) performed a 13 minute wheeling test (5 min. at rest, 8 min. wheeling) at 4.0 km∙hr-1. Heart rate (HR) and VO2 were recorded using a Vmax ST system during the constant speed test. There was no significant difference in HR or VO2 between the two groups during rest. Both HR and VO2 were higher for WC during exercise. The mean METS during ex
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Elmertoft, Erika. "Rullstolshandtag som möjliggör ögonkontakt – ett produktutvecklingsprojekt." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-14978.

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Dementia is an umbrella term for several symptoms of impaired brain function. The person's behavior is affected when mental functions such as memory, attention, concentration and language are affected and the dementia patient can have difficulties to interpret sensory input. Communication is based a lot on body language. It is therefore important for the caregiver to seek eye contact with the patient in order to simplify communication and it can be of great help to show with the whole body what they mean and be able to point out things. Since people with dementia quickly can forget what happe
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Cope, Clinton D. "Development of a Concept Wheelchair for the Elderly." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/14629.

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This thesis describes the research, design, and development of a mid-drive wheelchair for use by the elders living independently, in assisted living facilities, and in nursing homes created by a design team at Georgia Tech's Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). This wheelchair stands to significantly improve the mobility of elders through better drive wheel placement and design features that could stand to improve their quality of life.
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Best, Krista Lynn. "Manual wheelchair users : understanding participation and skill development." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51592.

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Wheelchair skills, required for manual wheelchair (MWC) use, are strongly associated with independent mobility, physical activity, and participation. Training can improve mobility and participation in meaningful activities for MWC users, but strategies are required to enhance skill development. Peer-led self-efficacy interventions have been effective at enhancing skills in other clinical areas, and present a novel approach to MWC training that may enhance use. Purpose: develop an understanding of MWC use and current MWC training education and practices, and to explore and evaluate a novel app
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Mallakzadeh, Mohammadreza. "Biomechanical modeling and analysis of manual wheelchair propulsion." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31423.

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Users of manual wheelchairs depend on wheelchairs for most of their daily activities. Manual Wheelchair Propulsion (MWP) is an inefficient and physically straining process, which in the long term can cause injury. However, wheelchair users do benefit greatly from cardiovascular exercise with the use of manual wheelchairs. The first step in improving the low efficiency and/or preventing injuries during MWP is to be able to measure these factors. To do this, we have proposed an Equivalent Biomedical Index (EBI) and two Wheelchair Users' Joint Injury Indices (WUJII and WUJII') for gross mechanica
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Garden, Jennifer Anna. "Reliability and validity of the Wheelchair Outcome Measure." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12613.

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Study Design: Prospective test re-test study. Objectives: To examine the reliability and validity of the Wheelchair Outcome Measure (WhOM) and discuss its clinical implications. Background: Review of the literature indicates the need for a client-centred wheelchair outcome measurement tool that measures participation outcomes related to wheelchair use. To date there have been no studies of the reliability and/or validity of the WhOM. Methods and Measures: A total of 50 participants who had a spinal cord injury participated in the study. There were three time periods in which the participant
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Goosey, Victoria Louise. "Pushing economy and propulsion technique of wheelchair racers." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300888.

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Restorick, Miranda. "ADJUSTABLE WHEELCHAIR OBSTACLE SIMULATOR AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASSESSING WHEELCHAIR SUSPENSION." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/5417.

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Wheelchair users are exposed to whole-body vibrations, particularly when traversing rugged terrain such as in less resourced areas. Suspension systems have been added to wheelchair systems to protect occupants from secondary injuries associated with whole-body vibration. Current suspension systems need to be further developed in order to optimize the protection against these secondary injuries. Until further research finds conclusive evidence for comfort level, and the onset of injury due to vibrations, it has been recommended to reduce whole-body vibration exposure to the lowest possible lev
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Lin, Ming-Hsuan, and 林明玄. "Wheelchair safety devices." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50270045794124657309.

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碩士<br>南開科技大學<br>車輛與機電產業研究所<br>101<br>As society changes in the structure and the economic boom of development and medical and health advances, men and women's life is governed by year extension, more than 65 years the elderly population showed a rapid growth trend, the elderly population ratio of 14% for the aging society, if the ratio of 20% compared with super-aged society. According to the CEPD, Executive Yuan of the human population at the push count, more predictive in the Republic 107 years to rise to 14%. However, the reaction in the body as well as elderly people are healthy aging, dam
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Malheiro, Pedro Miguel Candeias de Castro. "Intelligent wheelchair simulation." Master's thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/59982.

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Malheiro, Pedro Miguel Candeias de Castro. "Intelligent wheelchair simulation." Dissertação, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/59982.

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Oram, Shikha. "Ergonomic wheelchair design." Thesis, 2014. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/6339/1/110ID0270-23.pdf.

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Wheelchair is a mobility gadget designed to be replacement for walking, moving physically challenged people from one place to other with the help of attendee or by means of self-propelling. The wheelchair is divided into two categories based on the power used mobility: Manually powered wheelchair, electrically powered wheel chair. This project focuses on redesign of electrically driven wheelchair, which runs with electric power however joystick is required for manual operation to operate the movements of chair. The design of wheelchair happened by means of literature review to know its evaluat
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Chien, Chien-Hung, and 錢建宏. "Omni-Directional Motion Wheelchair." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06982562128046825619.

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碩士<br>南開科技大學<br>福祉科技與服務管理所<br>97<br>This project developed a omni-directional motion wheelchair. For the senior people and handicap person, we will provide a very smoothly omni-directional motion wheel chair. It will continue to use the existing manual and electrically operated wheel chair merit, and innovate to a novel omni-directional wheelchair system. Enable the dexterous electrically operated wheelchair along each free position direct migration, but overcomes the existing wheelchair to need the complicated mode of motion. Founds the electrically operated wheelchair nimble movement ability
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Yang, DeWei, and 楊德偉. "Modularized wheelchair organization designs." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23791725566718831417.

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碩士<br>崑山科技大學<br>機械工程研究所<br>98<br>High medical technology makes the transport such as wheelchair design to be satisfied with the requirements of disabled and elderly people like as safety, light and applicability. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to design a creative wheelchair by using creative methodology. First, we analyze the specifications of wheelchairs. And, based on the concepts ofgreen products and modularized design, we design a modularized wheelchair by usingthe TRIZ method. The designed wheelchair is composed of modular and normalizedelements such as the user can easily alloca
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Giesbrecht, Edward Mark. "Comparing satisfaction with occupational performance using a pushrim-activated power-assisted wheelchair and a power wheelchair among task-specific power wheelchair users." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/263.

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The manual wheelchair (MWC) and power wheelchair (PWC) each present advantages and disadvantages to participation and occupational performance. Consequently, some individuals choose to use both devices, depending upon the activity. A pushrim-activated, power-assisted wheelchair (PPW) may provide an alternative to the PWC for these users. This study utilized a two-phase, mixed methods design, comparing the performance and satisfaction of wheelchair users carrying out self-selected activities with their current PWC and with a PPW. There was no statistically significant difference in outcome meas
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Berthelette, Michele. "Assessing manual wheelchair caster design for mobility in winter conditions." 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31692.

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Manual wheelchair users who live in cold climates are faced with daily difficulties related to personal independence and societal inclusion, as their assistive devices are unable to overcome the physical barriers created by snow. Packed snow on sidewalks creates a barrier for wheelchair users as the small caster wheels become embedded in the snow-pack, this leads to upper body fatigue as well as wheelchair tipping, and falling. The purpose of this thesis was to develop a method by which the best design could be determined of a group of four commercially available manual wheelchair casters. Thi
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Chen, Chien-Liang, and 陳建良. "Dual-purpose wheelchair organization designs." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3qht9q.

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碩士<br>崑山科技大學<br>機械工程研究所<br>95<br>The purpose of this research, in order to perfect the wheelchair and use the ethnicity to upper limbs functions , such as old people and limbs obstacle ,etc., make it is it visit friend , shopping to go out , when closing to nature , the holding and lying the dual-purpose function of usable wheelchair, can all be comfortable to no matter sat dealing with the thing or lay flat and had a rest . In addition, the portable rear wheel is designed, can make the whole center of the wheelchair and user slope with the back of the chair the angle change, with move, can in
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Chang, Hua-Yuan, and 張華元. "Wheelchair downhill fixed speed units." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51177022567062211975.

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碩士<br>南開科技大學<br>車輛與機電產業研究所<br>101<br>The aging society is the world most countries have to face the fact that elderly populations in the future population structure will represent a very important part. In addition, according to United Nations statistics, each country's disabled individuals who represent at least 10% of the population, and the moving inconvenience patients most commonly used dependent action aids wheelchair. The wheelchair in the downhill section, if too fast will lead to the elderly nervous, high blood pressure, osteoporosis in the elderly, wheelchair dumping will ride cause
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