Tag: disability equipment

Manual Wheelchair Design and Production

Guidelines on design production and selection of manual wheelchairs. How to produce and supply quality manual wheelchairs in less-resourced settings. Health and safety, strength and durability, suitability for use, and effective production methods are main design criteria. These determine functional performance, stability, manoeuvrability, pushing and transferring efficiency, transport and reliability. Solid Long term testing and follow-ups involve local wheelchair users knowledgeable about their physical, environmental, social and cultural needs.

Wheelchair Design Technology

Cutting edge technology and custom wheelchair designs greatly enhance the quality of life for disabled. The new millennium will see the production of highly sophisticated wheelchairs and disability equipment that may well make the term disability extinct. Leading the charge Segway type personal mobility wheelchairs and exoskeletons originally designed for military personnel are already available to the cashed up public…