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A Study on the Standards of South Korea Type Manual Wheelchair in Accordance with the Human Body Size of Adult (성인인체치수에 따른 한국형수동휠체어 표준규격에 관한 고찰)

  • Kim, S.E.;Song, B.S.
    • Journal of rehabilitation welfare engineering & assistive technology
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.63-68
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    • 2013

  • Manual wheelchair is one of the most used assistant device in Korea and the size of the wheelchair is defined as KS P ISO 7176-5 which follows the ISO 7176-5 standard size. But the standard often doesn't fit to Korean people because the ISO was enacted by foreigners' body sizes. Actually the result of survey from the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards showd that the designated sizes of height, width, deep of seat except armrest and the height of backrest of a chair in the present KS P ISO 7176-5 are much bigger and the height of armrest is smaller than the sizes investigated by the survey. In case the disabled person has a long wheelchair use time everyday, the posture of user should be uncomfortable because the mismatched size should cause user's pelvis rotations, slouching pose and low stability. Also, inside of knee may touch the wheelchair seat and user can't keep a correct posture. In this paper, the body sizes of Korean disabled person were investigated and the correct wheelchair sizes for Korean people are provided.

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