The purpose of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to determine the extent to which wheelchairs prescribed during rehabilitation are used and perceived as satisfactorily meeting individual mobility, functional, psychological and social needs of veterans who have had a stroke. Forty-nine veterans were interviewed during a one-time visit to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Questionnair...

Single switch scanning is the access method of last resort for powered wheelchairs, primarily because drift is a significant problem. To correct a drift to the left or the right, the user must stop going forward, wait for the scanning device to get to the arrow for the direction of choice, click to turn the chair, stop turning, wait to scan to forward and then click to move forward again. Robot...

Results “Users of wheelchairs... significantly higher... significantly lower...” Comparison groups should be clearly stated. A clarification has been made. Methods: Why was thumb printing not considered as alternative to written consent? As reported, we followed the method usually practiced in Bangladesh. Results: The abbreviations in the tables should be defined as footnotes. Footnotes have be...

In today’s world, physically handicapped person & elder peoples are depending on others peoples. But today’s world becomes fast, everyone is very busy & there are few peoples to take care of these peoples properly. They find the automated wheelchairs for an easy transportation for these physical disable persons. The proposed work is to design & develop a hand gesture based wheelchair using Gest...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the controllability of, and physiological responses to, 2 newly designed unilaterally-propelled wheelchairs for patients with hemiplegia. DESIGN Within-subject comparison. SUBJECTS A total of 15 patients after stroke were recruited from the rehabilitation centre of Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. METHODS Two newly designed wheelchairs (an ankle-prope...

As the capability of robots increases, and interactions between humans and machines become more complex, it is important for researchers to consider the potential for an emotional connection to be established between a human and a machine. The panel will discuss areas such as the development of engagement, trust and intimacy during human interaction with embodied robotic characters, and assigni...