TY - GEN
T1 - A quantitative methodology for assessment of wheelchair controllability
AU - Lin, Jui Feng
AU - Drury, Colin G.
AU - Paquet, Victor
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Changes in wheeled mobility user demographics and technologies over the past 30 years show the need for design guidelines for accessibility to persons with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs. A key component is wheelchair maneuverability, which determines the clear space needed for travel in the environment. Previous studies have applied rating scales to assess the difficulty when wheelchair users maneuver in a built environment. These need to be complemented by direct maneuverability measurements. Having wheelchair users perform self-paced control tasks, for both lateral and longitudinal tasks is a potential method to meet the requirement. This study validated a methodology of measuring the steering controllability and start/stop controllability of wheelchairs so that further studies can apply this methodology to evaluate either environmental or wheelchair designs. The same speed/accuracy relationships were found for wheelchair users as had been found earlier for a variety of vehicles.
AB - Changes in wheeled mobility user demographics and technologies over the past 30 years show the need for design guidelines for accessibility to persons with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs. A key component is wheelchair maneuverability, which determines the clear space needed for travel in the environment. Previous studies have applied rating scales to assess the difficulty when wheelchair users maneuver in a built environment. These need to be complemented by direct maneuverability measurements. Having wheelchair users perform self-paced control tasks, for both lateral and longitudinal tasks is a potential method to meet the requirement. This study validated a methodology of measuring the steering controllability and start/stop controllability of wheelchairs so that further studies can apply this methodology to evaluate either environmental or wheelchair designs. The same speed/accuracy relationships were found for wheelchair users as had been found earlier for a variety of vehicles.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/44349122861
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44349122861
SN - 9780945289296
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1204
EP - 1207
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, HFES 2006
T2 - 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2006
Y2 - 16 October 2006 through 20 October 2006
ER -