Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2010
Beyond the wheelchair: development of motorised transport for people with severe mobility impairments in developing countries.
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Owens Jesse, Simonds Chandler
Аннотация
PURPOSE: In developing countries, lack of over-the-road transportation reduces a vast number of disabled people to a life of begging, dependency and social isolation. Although there have been some excellent efforts to provide low-cost wheelchairs and hand-powered tricycles, little has been done to further provide transport for disabled people.
METHODS: To address this problem directly we devised a low-cost motorised wheelchair transporter prototype (the Skeeter) using a combination of bicycle parts, a custom built frame, and an inexpensive small engine for propulsion.
RESULTS: The Skeeter can provide independent operation and travel by a wheelchair user. It is an economically feasible solution to the lack of over-the-road transportation for people with mobility impairments in developing countries.
CONCLUSIONS: The Skeeter has the potential to provide a major enhancement in the quality of life for people with disabilities in developing countries around the world.
METHODS: To address this problem directly we devised a low-cost motorised wheelchair transporter prototype (the Skeeter) using a combination of bicycle parts, a custom built frame, and an inexpensive small engine for propulsion.
RESULTS: The Skeeter can provide independent operation and travel by a wheelchair user. It is an economically feasible solution to the lack of over-the-road transportation for people with mobility impairments in developing countries.
CONCLUSIONS: The Skeeter has the potential to provide a major enhancement in the quality of life for people with disabilities in developing countries around the world.