A Guideline for the Design of a Four-Wheeled Walker

Assistive Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-129

  Finkel, Joshua ^a   Fernie, Geoff ^a   Cleghorn, William ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Design; Rollator; Safety; Walker

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES; FOUR WHEELED WALKERS;

WALKING AIDS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SAFETY; SITTING; STANDING; WALKING AID;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FRICTION; GRAVITATION; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; REST; SENSATION DISORDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKERS;

EID: 0031416469     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.1997.10132303     Document Type: Article

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2. Statistics Canada. (1991). Health and activi ty limitation survey (1991). Ottawa: Statistics Canada