KINECTWheels: wheelchair-accessible motion-based game interaction [PDF]
, 2013 The increasing popularity of full-body motion-based video games creates new challenges for game accessibility research. Many games strongly focus on able-bodied persons and require players to move around freely.
Gerling, Kathrin M. +2 more
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Assistive Handlebar Based on Tactile Sensors: Control Inputs and Human Factors
Sensors, 2018 Tactile sensors can be used to build human-machine interfaces, for instance in isometric joysticks or handlebars. When used as input sensor device for control, questions arise related to the contact with the human, which involve ergonomic aspects.
Andrés Trujillo-León +3 more
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Determination of Anthropometric Measurements and Nutritional Status of Wheelchair Basketball Players
International Journal of Disabilities Sports and Health Sciences, 2023 The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric measurements, nutritional habits, and nutritional knowledge levels of wheelchair basketball players.
Ayşe Hümeyra İslamoğlu +3 more
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Evaluation of lightweight wheelchairs using ANSI/RESNA testing standards [PDF]
, 2013 Lightweight wheelchairs are characterized by their low cost and limited range of adjustment. Our study evaluated three different folding lightweight wheelchair models using the American National Standards Institute/Rehabilitation Engineering Society of ...
Cooper, R +4 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020 Background and Purpose: One emerging power mobility device (PMD) option that has gained recognition as a means for a cost-effective introduction to power mobility for young children is the battery powered modified ride-on toy car. Many groups, nationally
Juan Aceros, Mary Lundy
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Young people’s experiences using electric powered indoor-outdoor wheelchairs (EPIOCs): Potential for enhancing users’ development? [PDF]
, 2007 Purpose: To examine the experiences of severely physically disabled young people using electric powered indoor/outdoor chairs (EPIOCs). Methods: A priori interview questions examined young people’s functioning with EPIOCs, pain and discomfort with ...
De Souza, LH +3 more
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Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2021 In recent years, electric powered wheelchairs have become indispensable in long-term care. Up so far, many electrically powered wheelchairs have been developed to reduce the burden of caregivers, in which omnidirectional electrically powered wheelchairs ...
Riki TAJIMA, Peirang LI, Chi ZHU
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Changes in the quality of life in severely disabled people following provision of powered indoor/outdoor chairs [PDF]
, 2003 Purpose:To determine the benefits for patients who received an Electric Powered Indoor/outdoor Chair (EPIOC) and to quantify their perceived changes to their quality of life.
Davies, A, De Souza, LH, Frank, AO
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Design and evaluation of an alternative wheelchair control system for dexterity disabilities
Healthcare Technology Letters, 2019 This work details the design and development of a novel 3D printed, modular alternative wheelchair control system for powered wheelchair users afflicted with dexterity inhibiting disorders, which mechanically interfaces directly with the installed ...
Samuel Oliver, Asiya Khan
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Problematic clinical features of powered wheelchair users with severely disabling multiple sclerosis [PDF]
, 2014 This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright @ 2014 Informa UK Ltd.Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe the clinical features of powered wheelchair users with severely disabling multiple sclerosis (MS)
Andrew O. Frank +9 more
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