Design of a Power-Assist Hemiplegic Wheelchair

Current one-handed manual wheelchairs are difficult to propel because one arm can only provide half the power that is ascertained in a two-handed manual wheelchair. A power-assisted hemiplegic (one-sided paralysis) wheelchair was developed that can effectively be propelled with one arm while remaini...

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Main Author: Liadis, Keith Nicholas
Other Authors: Allen H. Hoffman, Advisor
Format: Others
Published: Digital WPI 2006
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/794
https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1793&context=etd-theses