Independent Wheelchair Transfers in the Built Environment: How Transfer Setup Impacts Performance Phase 2: Final Report

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Preferred Seat Widths

The seat width percentiles remained the same for transfers to and from the station and within each protocol. For all protocols the majority of participants used the 18.0 inch transfer platform seat width to make their attainable transfers (Table 16).

Table 16. Percentiles for the Preferred Seat Widths (in inches)

	Percentiles
	5th		25th		50th		75th		95th	Mini-mum	Maxi-mum
Level Height A (n=72)	24.6		18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0	18.0	28.0
Protocol A: No Grab Bars/No Backrest
Highest Height (n=71)	26.9		18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0	18.0	28.0
Lowest Height (n=70)	26.9		18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0	18.0	28.0
Protocol B: Grab Bar Option/No Backrest
Highest Height (n=72)	24.7	18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0	28.0
Lowest Height (n=71)	24.8	18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0	28.0
Protocol C: Grab Bar Option/ Backrest Option
Highest Heights (n=72)	24.7	18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0	28.0
Lowest Heights (n=70)	24.8	18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0		18.0	28.0

Source: Independent Wheelchair Transfers in the Built Environment: How Transfer Setup Impacts Performance Phase 2: Final Report by Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) from the University of Pittsburgh and VA Pittsburgh Health Care System with support from the Access Board and the Department of Education - published 11/18/2015

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