TY - GEN
T1 - Human factors in all-terrain wheelchair design for rural population
AU - Chacon-Cifuentes, Paula
AU - Zuleta, A. A.
AU - Sevilla, Gustavo
AU - Valencia-Escobar, Andres
AU - Correa-Bedoya, Esteban
AU - Echeverria-Echeverria, Felix
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. The authors are grateful to “Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)” of the Colombian Government (Grant 1115745-58322), “Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo y la Innovación (CIDI)” from the Univer-sidad Pontificia Bolivariana through UPB-Innova Rad: 747B-03/17-35, Universidad de Antio-quia, SENA and Universidad de Medellín.
Funding Information:
Funding. Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación en Colombia (COLCIENCIAS), grant 1115745-58322.
Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to “Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (COLCIENCIAS)” of the Colombian Government (Grant 1115745-58322), “Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo y la Innovación (CIDI)” from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana through UPB-Innova Rad: 747B-03/17-35, Universidad de Antioquia, SENA and Universidad de Medellín.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Considering the geography, the public infrastructure and the products available in Colombia, there was identified an insufficiency in the supply of wheelchairs appropriated for the tough conditions of rural areas. In response, an all-terrain, three-wheeled and leveraged wheelchair was designed, using the user-centered design approach. The wheelchair was adapted to the anthropometric and anatomical characteristics of its users and considered arms biomechanics for the design of leveraged driving system. In addition, it was proposed the use of magnesium alloys to reducing the weight of the wheelchair frame, which helps to reduce the effort thus contributing to the preservation of upper limbs. The wheelchair was co-designed involving potential users in the design process. The digital model suggests a weight reduction of 75% to 55% compared to commercial models and shows adequate structural behavior. Currently, a functional prototype is being manufactured, which will be subjected to technical and usability tests.
AB - Considering the geography, the public infrastructure and the products available in Colombia, there was identified an insufficiency in the supply of wheelchairs appropriated for the tough conditions of rural areas. In response, an all-terrain, three-wheeled and leveraged wheelchair was designed, using the user-centered design approach. The wheelchair was adapted to the anthropometric and anatomical characteristics of its users and considered arms biomechanics for the design of leveraged driving system. In addition, it was proposed the use of magnesium alloys to reducing the weight of the wheelchair frame, which helps to reduce the effort thus contributing to the preservation of upper limbs. The wheelchair was co-designed involving potential users in the design process. The digital model suggests a weight reduction of 75% to 55% compared to commercial models and shows adequate structural behavior. Currently, a functional prototype is being manufactured, which will be subjected to technical and usability tests.
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Biomechanics
KW - Mobility
KW - Product design
KW - User-centered design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068239842&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-19135-1_88
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-19135-1_88
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:85068239842
SN - 9783030191344
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 899
EP - 910
BT - Advances in Usability and User Experience - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conferences on Usability and User Experience, and Human Factors and Assistive Technology
A2 - Falcão, Christianne
A2 - Ahram, Tareq
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - AHFE Conference on Usability and User Experience, 2019 and the AHFE Conference on Human Factors and Assistive Technology, 2019
Y2 - 24 July 2019 through 28 July 2019
ER -
