Journal of rehabilitation and assistive technologies engineering · 2023
A novel approach to directly measuring wheel and caster rolling resistance accurately predicts user-wheelchair system-level rolling resistance.
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Wilson-Jene Holly, Cowan Rachel E, Pearlman Jonathan
Аннотация
INTRODUCTION: Clinical practice guidelines for preservation of upper extremity recommend minimizing wheelchair propulsion forces. Our ability to make quantitative recommendations about the effects of wheelchair configuration changes is limited by system-level tests to measure rolling resistance (RR). We developed a method that directly measures caster and propulsion wheel RR at a component-level. The study purpose is to assess accuracy and consistency of component-level estimates of system-level RR.
METHODS: The RR of N = 144 simulated unique wheelchair-user systems were estimated using our novel component-level method and compared to system-level RR measured by treadmill drag tests, representing combinations of caster types/diameters, rear wheel types/diameters, loads, and front-rear load distributions. Accuracy was assessed by Bland-Altman limits of agreement (LOA) and consistency by intraclass correlation (ICC).
RESULTS: Overall ICC was 0.94, 95% CI [0.91-0.95]. Component-level estimates were systematically lower than system-level (-1.1 N), with LOA +/-1.3 N. RR force differences between methods were constant over the range of test conditions.
CONCLUSION: Component-level estimates of wheelchair-user system RR are accurate and consistent when compared to a system-level test method, evidenced by small absolute LOA and high ICC. Combined with a prior study on precision, this study helps to establish validity for this RR test method.
METHODS: The RR of N = 144 simulated unique wheelchair-user systems were estimated using our novel component-level method and compared to system-level RR measured by treadmill drag tests, representing combinations of caster types/diameters, rear wheel types/diameters, loads, and front-rear load distributions. Accuracy was assessed by Bland-Altman limits of agreement (LOA) and consistency by intraclass correlation (ICC).
RESULTS: Overall ICC was 0.94, 95% CI [0.91-0.95]. Component-level estimates were systematically lower than system-level (-1.1 N), with LOA +/-1.3 N. RR force differences between methods were constant over the range of test conditions.
CONCLUSION: Component-level estimates of wheelchair-user system RR are accurate and consistent when compared to a system-level test method, evidenced by small absolute LOA and high ICC. Combined with a prior study on precision, this study helps to establish validity for this RR test method.