Evaluation of Load and Easiness/Difficulty in Operating Manual Wheelchair on Longitudinal Slopes

Autor:	Saki Kasuya, Shoichiro Fujisawa, Michiko Bando, Osamu Sueda, Hidehisa Oku, Minoru Kamata, Ikuo Yoneda
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Manual wheelchair Engineering Wheelchair Tractive force Mechanics of Materials business.industry Mechanical Engineering business Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Simulation
Zdroj:	TRANSACTIONS OF THE JAPAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Series C. 71:237-244
ISSN:	1884-8354 0387-5024
DOI:	10.1299/kikaic.71.237
Popis:	Maneuverability of wheelchair depends not only on mechanical efficiency but also on the environmental condition where the wheelchair runs. So, we have been aiming to comprehend mechanism of influences of road/floor conditions on maneuvering the wheelchairs quantitatively. In this paper some information obtained through many test runs of experimental wheelchair on longitudinal slopes are reported. The load/distance rate that is momentum needed to move 1 m, is useful to evaluate difficulty in maneuvering the wheelchair quantitatively. Furthermore, knowledge about factor that causes failure in negotiating a longitudinal slope by the wheelchair was acquired. Making use of the knowledge, the indicator that can estimate whether a wheelchair rider will be able to negotiate a longitudinal slope on the basis of measurement of his/her traction force using simple push-pull gauge for example.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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