Manual wheelchair users are at great risk for the development of upper extremity injury and pain. Any loss of upper limb function due to pain adversely impacts the independence and mobility of manual wheelchair users. There is growing theoretical and empirical evidence that fluctuations in movement (i.e., motor variability) are related to musculoskeletal pain. This perspectives paper discusses ...

OBJECTIVE To examine wheelchair athletes' perceptions of wheelchair configuration in relation to aspects of mobility performance. METHODS Nine elite wheelchair athletes from wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis were interviewed using a semi-structured format. Interview transcripts were analysed using an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, whereby emergent themes...

The Internet is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives, allowing people to exchange and receive a wide variety of data. It can be utilized ways for maximum benefit. For example, the concept Things (IoT) suggests that objects linked Internet. Based on this concept, paper, we describe creation modern smart-wheelchair accessories. These make wheelchair simple use, suitable elderly, fol...

OBJECTIVE To study possible changes in wheelchair skills in participants with spinal cord injury between discharge and 1 year after rehabilitation, and to determine whether changes in wheelchair skills performance are related to lesion and personal characteristics, self-efficacy, and wheelchair satisfaction. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Eight rehabilitation centres with sp...

Background. Physical and leisure activities are proven health promotion modalities and have not been examined in older wheelchair users. Main Objectives. Examine physical and leisure activity in older wheelchair users and explore associations between wheelchair use and participation in physical and leisure activity, and wheelchair use, physical and leisure activity, and perceived health. Method...

An autonomous robot based on a Wheelchair. The destination place are pre-established in the processing unit of the robot and.Although autonomous capabilities are important, the techniques required are. This article presents our new modified robotic wheelchair. The key point of the.architecture follows a behaviour-based control architecture. The wheelchair is a KIPR KISS Institute for practical ...

This document, approved by the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Board of Directors in March 2007, shares typical clinical applications and provides evidence from the literature supporting the use of power wheelchairs for children.

BACKGROUND An estimated 70 million people with disabilities need wheelchairs. To address this global crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) proposed an eight-step wheelchair service provision model to ensure service quality regardless of resource setting. The International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) aims to facilitate the integration of the WHO eight-step model into profess...

Transferring between surfaces is an important part of wheelchair users’ lives and are performed an average of 11 to 20 times each day (Koontz, Bass, & Cooper, 2015). When people think of wheelchair transfers, often what comes to mind are transfers to or from another surface that is similar in height, such as wheelchair-to-bed or wheelchair-to-car transfers. Transfers that are considered less of...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to investigate outcomes of older people's use of powered wheelchairs and risk factors for negative outcomes. DESIGN The study was a cross-sectional interview-study including 111 powered wheelchair users over 65 years of age. RESULTS All participants used their powered wheelchair in the summer; nearly all users regarded it as important and found that it ...