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Evaluation of motorized wheelchairs using an integrated ARAS-TOPSIS and CRITIC approach

open access: yesAiBi Revista de Investigación, Administración e Ingeniería
This research paper proposes an innovative mathematical approach for evaluating motorized wheelchairs by integrating Additive Ratio Assessment (ARAS) and the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method, along with the ...
Prasant Ranjan Dhal   +2 more
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ENHANCING MOBILITY WITH IOT-BASED AUTONOMOUS WHEELCHAIR

open access: yesScience Journal of University of Zakho
The shortage of healthcare workers and continuous influx of patients have significantly increased workloads in hospitals. Concurrently, there is an increasing number of people with disabilities, resulting in a higher need for wheelchairs.
Zhwan Namiq Ahmmed   +1 more
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A Study on the Running of a Joystick-Type Six-Wheeled Electric Wheelchair When Curb Climbing

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In Japan, the number of power wheelchair users is increasing as the country becomes an aging society. This trend is expected to continue in the future. Electric wheelchairs currently on the market include (1) bar-handle-type power wheelchairs for older ...
Tetsuaki Kawata   +5 more
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Wheelchair and power wheelchair

open access: yesBulletin of the Japanese Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 2023
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Wheelchair Users Are Not Necessarily Wheelchair Bound

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2002
OBJECTIVES: To determine the patterns of wheelchair use in terms of locations of use, whether wheelchair use in one location was related to wheelchair use in other locations, and factors associated with wheelchair use in different locations. DESIGN:
Helen, Hoenig   +4 more
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ExtendedHand on Wheelchair

Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, 2016
In this paper, we present a novel welfare system which utilizes a spatial augmented reality technique. Hand is a crucial component in human-human communication. For example, we can intuitively indicate an object or place by reaching and pointing it to nearby partners.
Yuki Asai   +4 more
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Haptic wheelchair

ACM SIGGRAPH 2016 Posters, 2016
Virtual reality aims to provide an immersive experience to a user, with the help of a virtual environment. This immersive experience requires two key components; one for capturing inputs from the real world, and the other for synthesizing real world outputs based on interactions with the virtual environment.
Mike Lambeta   +4 more
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Wheelchair cushion

Nursing Standard, 1988
A lightweight pressure-relief cushion made especially for wheelchairs, is now available from the Danish company Bay Jacobsen.
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Wheelchair use in ultra-lightweight wheelchair users

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2016
The goal of this study was to describe how ultra-lightweight wheelchair users use their wheelchairs during everyday mobility.We instrumented a convenience sample of 69 ultra-lightweight wheelchair users with a seat switch to measure their occupancy, and an accelerometer on their wheel to measure distance wheeled, time spent wheeling and daily bouts of ...
Sharon Eve, Sonenblum, Stephen, Sprigle
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