Wheelchair is an important equipment to assist people with lower body disability to move from one place to another. The aim of this research is to redesigning manual wheelchair for disabled children using anthropometry data and biomechanical analysis. Anthropometry data is used to determine the dimensions of the wheelchair, while the biomechanical analysis is used to compare the performance of the existing and proposed design. This research resulted a new design which gives more comfort to the users and used a lever mechanism to move the wheelchair. The results of biomechanical analysis show that the force to move the proposed wheelchair is larger than the existing one. It makes more loads are given to the elbow and shoulder of the users. Better performance is shown by the proposed design in the reaction force in neck and lumbar which will reduce the complaining pain of the users in their back.


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    Title :

    Redesigning Manual Wheelchair for Disabled Children Using Anthropometry Data and Biomechanical Analysis




    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    5 Seiten




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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