4 Lightweight wheelchair stair-climbing attachments. Step stair-climbing mechanism targeted for wheelchair application is presented in Section 3. Finally a.This paper focuses on presenting the development of a stair-climbing wheelchair mechanism with high single-step capability. The mechanism is based on front.A stair climbing mechanism is a semi-automated vehicle, which has the. One is for mak...

BACKGROUND Stair climbing is a vigorous activity and can lead to several health benefits. Studies seeking to increase stair climbing in various public locations have shown positive effects, while results from similar studies conducted in the workplace are inconclusive. This study examined stair climbing in the workplace, and monitored effects from a single- and a combined intervention. Interven...

OBJECTIVE To examine using surface electromyography whether stair climbing with abdominal hollowing (AH) is better at facilitating local trunk muscle activity than stair climbing without AH. METHODS Twenty healthy men with no history of low back pain participated in the study. Surface electrodes were attached to the multifidus (MF), lumbar erector spinae, thoracic erector spinae, transverse a...

In this paper, a dynamic humanoid with a stair case model is designed to achieve a dynamically stable stair climbing gait pattern, and sequences of stair climbing locomotion analysis (weight acceptance, pull up, forward continuance, foot clearance and foot placement) are presented. A suitable trajectory control strategy is developed for the lower limb’s joints (hips, knees, ankles) during stair...

BACKGROUND Accumulation of lifestyle physical activity is a current aim of health promotion, with increased stair climbing one public health target. While the workplace provides an opportunity for regular stair climbing, evidence for effectiveness of point-of-choice interventions is equivocal. This paper reports a new approach to worksite interventions, aimed at changing attitudes and, hence, b...

Robots are used to climb the stairs for different applications up to now, but the. To overcome this, we have developed an adjustable stair climbing robot to climb.feedback control system for an RF remote-controlled stairclimbing robot. Enter the password to open this PDF file: Cancel OK. File name.which has the capability to climb the stairs easily. Stair climbing is one of the most attractive ...

This study evaluated the ability of three different messages to encourage stair climbing on the Barcelona underground. Two weeks of baseline were followed by three banner intervention periods with three different messages, each for a 2 week period. Follow-up data was gathered two weeks after removing the messages. Stair climbing increased overall [odds ratio (OR) = 1.45; 95% confidence interval...

OBJECTIVE Stair-riser banners are twice as effective as posters in encouraging stair climbing in shopping centres. This study tested the effectiveness of stair-riser banners in an English train station in 2006-2007. METHOD The train station had a 39-step staircase and an adjacent escalator. Baseline observations (3.5 weeks) were followed by 10.5 weeks of a banner intervention supplemented wit...

Previous interventions have successfully increased levels of stair climbing in public-access settings (e.g. malls). This study used robust methods to establish the magnitude of intervention effects among a specific target group-the overweight. Ascending stair/escalator users (N = 20 807) were observed in a mall. A 2-week baseline was followed by a 5-week intervention in which message banners, p...

OBJECTIVE This research examines whether Beijing residents are more or less likely than Montréal residents to avoid stair climbing, by replicating a study in Montréal, Canada that measured the impacts of distance between stairs and escalator, height between floors and pedestrian volume on stair climbing rate. METHOD 15 stairways, 14 up-escalators and 13 down-escalators were selected in 13 pub...