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A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity
INTRODUCTION: Force measurement wheels are essential instruments for analysing manual wheelchair propulsion. Existing solutions are heavy and bulky, influence propulsion biomechanics, and are limited to confined laboratory environments. In this paper, a novel design for a compact and lightweight mea...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36777716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20556683231155198 |
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author | Togni, Reto Müller, Manuel Plüss, Stefan Taylor, William R Zemp, Roland |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Force measurement wheels are essential instruments for analysing manual wheelchair propulsion. Existing solutions are heavy and bulky, influence propulsion biomechanics, and are limited to confined laboratory environments. In this paper, a novel design for a compact and lightweight measurement wheel is presented and statically validated. METHODS: Four connectors between the push-rim and wheel-rim doubled as force sensors to allow the calculation of tangential and radial forces as well as the point of force application. For validation, increasing weights were hung on the push-rim at known positions. Resulting values were compared against pre-determined force components. RESULTS: The implemented prototype weighed 2.1 kg and was able to transmit signals to a mobile recording device at 140 Hz. Errors in forces at locations of propulsive pushes were in the range up to ±3.1 N but higher at the frontal extreme. Tangential force components were most accurate. CONCLUSION: The principle of instrumenting the joints between push-rim and wheel-rim shows promise for assessing wheelchair propulsion in daily life. |
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spelling | pubmed-99090512023-02-10 A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity Togni, Reto Müller, Manuel Plüss, Stefan Taylor, William R Zemp, Roland J Rehabil Assist Technol Eng Technical Notes INTRODUCTION: Force measurement wheels are essential instruments for analysing manual wheelchair propulsion. Existing solutions are heavy and bulky, influence propulsion biomechanics, and are limited to confined laboratory environments. In this paper, a novel design for a compact and lightweight measurement wheel is presented and statically validated. METHODS: Four connectors between the push-rim and wheel-rim doubled as force sensors to allow the calculation of tangential and radial forces as well as the point of force application. For validation, increasing weights were hung on the push-rim at known positions. Resulting values were compared against pre-determined force components. RESULTS: The implemented prototype weighed 2.1 kg and was able to transmit signals to a mobile recording device at 140 Hz. Errors in forces at locations of propulsive pushes were in the range up to ±3.1 N but higher at the frontal extreme. Tangential force components were most accurate. CONCLUSION: The principle of instrumenting the joints between push-rim and wheel-rim shows promise for assessing wheelchair propulsion in daily life. SAGE Publications 2023-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9909051/ /pubmed/36777716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20556683231155198 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Technical Notes Togni, Reto Müller, Manuel Plüss, Stefan Taylor, William R Zemp, Roland A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity |
title | A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity |
title_full | A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity |
title_fullStr | A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity |
title_full_unstemmed | A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity |
title_short | A 2D lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity |
title_sort | 2d lightweight instrumented wheel for assessing wheelchair functionality/activity |
topic | Technical Notes |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9909051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36777716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20556683231155198 |
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