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Wheelchair Training Program for New Manual Wheelchair Users
Manual wheelchairs are commonly used for everyday mobility among people with lower limb impairments, including persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Manual wheelchair users often experience pain and chronic overuse injuries in their upper extremities, limiting their mobility and their ability to …
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Stair climbing wheelchair accessory device
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1991
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A mathematical model of wheelchair racing
Wheelchair racing strokes are very complicated movements, which involve a coupling between the athlete and his or her racing chair. Each body segment, as well as the wheel, follows a distinct trajectory as the motion is performed. Understanding the kinematics and kinetics of various stroke …
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An Ergonomic Analysis of Wheelchair Wheeling
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T22:48:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7219800.pdf: 3517011 bytes, checksum: 303079ae67b3e512a9a3f386d5f4cdec (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972
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Cognitive-motor interaction during wheelchair propulsion
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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EEG signal classification for wheelchair control application
… project about the EEG signals classification for wheelchair control application. In this project, the movement of wheelchair (left, right, forward and reverse) will classified by user focusing based on four visible picture in various shape and colour also four non-visible picture (used thought …
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Modelling the crashworthiness of specialist wheelchair devices
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 …
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Differences in Aerobic Response to Wheelchair Locomotion
… 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 …
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The Effect of Participation in Wheelchair Sports
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Fall management among full time wheelchair users
Falls are a common health issue among full-time wheelchair users, however there is a lack of evidenced-based fall prevention and management strategies for wheelchair users. The main objective of this dissertation is to develop a fall management program for full-time wheelchair users. To develop a …
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Associations among manual wheelchair fit, supraspinatus tendon properties, scapular kinematics, and shoulder pain in young adult manual wheelchair users
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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Analysis of electromyograph (EMG) for controlling wheelchair motion
… the aging of the current population, the need of wheelchair has significantly increased not only to the disabled community but also to the old citizen. However, the use of manual wheelchair is restricted to the user with leg impairment only. Yet, for the user with severe impairment (arm and leg) …
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Analysis of electrooculography (EOG) for controlling wheelchair motion
… on the analysis of EOG signals for controlling wheelchair motion. The EOG signal is obtained from the eye muscle by using disposable electrodes. For the acquisition of EOG raw signal, NI MyDAQ is used. The features are extracted from the conditioned EOG signal such as root mean square value and …
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A virtual training environment for wheelchair mounted robot
A model of a robotic manipulator designed to respond to different inputs from users with different skills or conditions is presented. This model can be adapted to different input variables and converted into joint angles which relate to movement in space of the manipulator's links. The algorithm …
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Concussions in wheelchair users: quantifying seated postural control
… scales and cognition measures can be utilized in wheelchair athletes all balance measures (e.g. the Balance Error Scoring System) are completed while standing and consequently not applicable to wheelchair athletes, therefore leaving a void in quantifying balance in this population. To properly …
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Conceptual Design and Simulation of An Inverted Pendulum Wheelchair
The need to develop advanced wheelchairs especially for improving better mobility and comfort to help disabled people has led to an investigation into spherical inverted pendulum wheelchair concept. The wheelchair's concept is based around the dynamic and control of spherical inverted pendulum.The …
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An Advanced Controller for a Semi-active Wheelchair Suspension
<p>An Advanced Controller for a Semi-Active Wheelchair Suspension was designed, built and tested. The suspension consisted of a Goodyear 1S3-011 air spring, IQ Valves high speed proportional solenoid valve, and a custom made accumulator. Several controller designs specific to semi-active …
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Disability, access and design: a study of wheelchair access.
The aim of this study is to determine wheelchair user's views about access and ascertain whether designers are able to contribute to issues pertaining to inclusion through design solutions. Popular constructions of disability have established a relatively powerless and deviant status for the …
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Axiomatic design of a manually powered wheelchair lift mechanism
… to create an inexpensive mechanism which gives wheelchair users the ability to adjust the vertical height of their chair while seated. There are currently 1.5 million manual wheelchair users in the United States. However, no manual height adjust mechanisms are available in the current …
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