EVALUATION OF TITANIUM ULTRALIGHT MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS USING ANSI/RESNA STANDARDS By
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Evaluation of titanium ultralight manual wheelchairs using ANSI/ RESNA standards.
Comfortable propulsion and support, light weight, and small dimensions are important features that help preserve upper-limb integrity of manual wheelchair users and improve accessibility. The titanium wheelchair is a product developed in response to these goals, but none of the test results of titanium wheelchairs had been disclosed before this study was performed. We hypothesized that these ti...
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