Development of wheelchair caster testing equipment and preliminary testing of caster models
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Development of wheelchair caster testing equipment and preliminary testing of caster models
BACKGROUND Because of the adverse environmental conditions present in less-resourced environments (LREs), the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that specialised wheelchair test methods may need to be developed to support product quality standards in these environments. A group of experts identified caster test methods as a high priority because of their common failure in LREs, and...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Disability
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2226-7220,2223-9170
DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v6i0.358