Abstract
The Manual Wheelchair (MW) is an important device which provides technical assistance to people affected by mobility impairments. This mode of displacement is neither natural nor easy and the environments, whether natural or built, can present various obstacles, which will restrict mobility and the social participation of MW users. Users complete autonomy depends on their capacity to cope with the many obstacles of their daily life, such as pavements or unleveled grounds. Ever since its invention the MW as an economical mobility solution, it has gone through many improvements, yet its technological innovation slowed down during the recent years. In this study, we present a novel design of MW. Its conception includes innovative kinematics with genuine lifting and folding systems. A lever system mounted on hubless-wheels is dedicated to the propulsion mechanism. The objective of this new concept is the optimization of MW mechanism to be more user friendly and to take into account the ergonomics considerations in an attempt to improve the user’s daily life.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge Communauté d’Agglomération de Châlons-en-Champagne, France, for their kind financial support.
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Skendraoui, N., Bogard, F., Murer, S., Ahram, T., Taiar, R. (2018). Optimization and Ergonomics of Novel Modular Wheelchair Design. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 588. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60582-1_48
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