Influence of angle of back for sitting comfort of wheelchair

Author

Hirota, Kanji ; Kotani, Toshiko ; Ishii, Tomihisa ; Matsuoka, Toshio ; Terada, Norihiro ; Nishimatsu, Toyonori ; Toba, Eiji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Human Life Studies, Kobe Yamate Coll., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

907

Abstract

Sitting comfort for wheelchairs has been based on the angle of the back-rest. The affect that wheelchair backs had upon the tactile sensation of elderly persons, was based upon wheelchair use via factor analysis. Wheelchair "sitting comfort" was based primarily upon two (2) factors: "Painless at the back" and "Soft at the seat". From a correlation between physical properties (body pressure) and sensory evaluation, it has been discovered that back-rest angle is closely related to how \´painless at the back and soft at the seat a wheelchair is\´.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; ergonomics; geriatrics; handicapped aids; pressure measurement; touch (physiological); back angle; back-rest angle; body pressure distribution; senior citizens; sensory evaluation; sitting comfort; wheelchair; Educational institutions; Humans; Injuries; Medical services; Pressure measurement; Propulsion; Senior citizens; Systems engineering and theory; Textile technology; Wheelchairs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2002. IMTC/2002. Proceedings of the 19th IEEE

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7218-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2002.1007073

Filename

1007073