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Design History and Advantages of a New Lever-Propelled Wheelchair Prototype

Autor: Sarraj, Ahmad Rifai ; Massarelli, Raphael

Assuntos: lever ; lever‐ ; oxygen uptake ; propelled wheelchair
É parte de: International journal of advanced robotic systems, 2011-08-01, Vol.8 (3), p.26-21
Descrição: Wheelchair propulsion has been reported to be responsible for musculoskeletal pain in the
upper extremities. Epidemiological studies have shown a high prevalence of shoulder complaints in
paraplegic and quadriplegic spinal cord injured (SCI) people. It has been argued that the high
incidence of shoulder complaints in SCI was the result of the weight-bearing or propulsion function of
the upper extremity in those subjects.
This work aimed at proposing an alternative wheelchair
propulsion technique based on the levers' system. The interface prototype-users, the wheelchair skills
evaluation, the oxygen uptake and the cardiac frequency are investigated by an objective and
subjective studies.
Our prototype is designed to be an attempt in the field of disabled athletes having
some advantages of a non-conventional manual wheelchair propulsion technique, avoiding
complications induced by the conventional one.
Editor: London, England: SAGE Publications
Idioma: Inglês
Identificador: ISSN: 1729-8814; ISSN: 1729-8806; EISSN: 1729-8814; DOI: 10.5772/10669
Fonte: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals - Not for CDI Discovery; ROAD: Directory of Open
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