Wheelchair Users
Recreational pursuits of wheelchair users: Overcoming time space limitations
... on wheelchair users in their pursuit of recreation outside the home envi ronment, accessibility is evaluated in terms of constraints that influence choices according to the time-geography approach by ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... to wheelchair users, 50% of the designers answered rarely or ...see wheelchair users as a set of measurements determined by their ...consider wheelchair users could be looking at ...
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Perspectives of basic wheelchair users on improving their access to wheelchair services in Kenya and Philippines: a qualitative study
... urban wheelchair users in Kenya and the Philippines, to understand how their experiences receiv- ing wheelchair services compared with WHO ...of wheelchair use, also seemed to be an important ...
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Conceptual design framework as a model for wheelchair users’ sportswear comfort
... Ability dimensions include physical ability, visual ability, and mental health ability. Physical ability is assessed in terms of clothing issues, such as how putting on clothing depends on the level of mobility. The ...
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Rear impact neck protection devices for adult wheelchair users
... A head restraint should be placed close to the head [46]. However, for comfort reasons, research has reported for conventional motor vehicle seat users that a minimum gap of 40 to 50 mm from the head surface is ...
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Anthropometric Measurement for Bangladeshi Manual Wheelchair Users-A cross Sectional Survey
... Through this research, I will measure the 15 dimensions of Bangladeshi manual wheelchair users. For this regard, I would need to collect data from the Bangladeshi manual wheelchair users. ...
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Predicting physical activity energy expenditure in wheelchair users with a multisensor device
... criterion measures of PAEE 4 and limited utility due to exclusion of subjective appraisals and the technical com- plexity of administration. 5 Criterion or ‘ gold standard ’ measures (ie, indirect calorimetry, ...
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ActiDote – A wireless sensor-based system for self-tracking activity levels among manual wheelchair users
... by using information from two sensor locations i.e., waist and upper arm, and concluded that the latter gave more relevant information when predicting energy expenditure. Gendle et al. [6] were able to discriminate ...
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Accessible football stadia in England – what represents meaningful provision for wheelchair users and how can it be achieved?
... 144 argue that “Researchers’ social and personal identities are consequently particularly significant during interviews: their presumptions, values, experiences and abilities inform the unfolding research throughout its ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... Generative Design can be regarded as one of the most important emerging design approaches. The added value of generative approach is the possibility to create a group of efficient solutions or alternatives rather than ...
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Prioritising wheelchair services for children: a pilot discrete choice experiment to understand how child wheelchair users and their parents prioritise different attributes of wheelchair services
... Attributes were not directly comparable on the same scale due to a mix of quantitative and qualitative attri- butes; thus, MRS was calculated to attain common scale for all attributes. This allowed comparison between ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... Land use is another problem present, where a fair mixture of activities, built-up areas and open spaces are often disconnected either by distance and the need for transportation, or the difficulty of arriving to desired ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... Housing design in this system is naturally open ended, contrary to the modern types of settlements, or any other closed final forms, which are unable to accept changes (Rapoport, 1969,[r] ...
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Conceptualization of physical exercise and keeping fit by child wheelchair users and their parents
... in wheelchair racing, but she did not have a suitable wheelchair and he was not aware that many clubs provided wheelchairs: ‘I took part in the (Name of city) Great Run, a couple of years ago and she’s seen ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... Venizelio hospital in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, was established in 1967 and since then it has gradually expanded. Most of its energy systems are old, having low [r] ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... It suggests a poetic side of architecture whether it is applied by architects consciously or unconsciously in the practical works. Moving forward to the contemporary architecture, Peter Zumpthor is known to practice the ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... To explore the nature of architecture, it is necessary to understand the idea of materiality because it appears to constitute the essence of formal generation, and it is important to[r] ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... In Table 2, the results of the efforts obtained from the simple compression mechanical test for the M1 samples are presented.. Table 2: Comparative table of simple[r] ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... It is a matter of analysing how the batteries of an Electric Vehicle and the rest of the loads present in our system (a small-scale PV plant) can be fed instantaneously[r] ...
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An Inclusive Design Study of Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment
... This paper aims mainly to propose a conceptual framework for a Planning Support System (PSS) that combines the analytical capabilities of the Integrated Landuse and Transport[r] ...
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