Adaptation of powered wheelchairs for quadriplegic patients with reduced strenght

This paper discusses the introduction of mechanisms to adapt commercial powered wheelchairs in order to facilitate its driving by quadriplegic people with reduced strength. Several models of operation are proposed and the most promising, at the moment, called legacy adapted mode, is detailed. A part...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Urbano, Maria Margarida (author)
Outros Autores: Fonseca, José (author), Nunes, Urbano (author), Figueiredo, Luís (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6699
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/6699