1.0 Background The standards used to ensure accessibility for people who use wheeled mobility devices like wheelchairs and scooters are based on research in anthropometry, the measurement...
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1.0 Background
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1. Width and Depth of Wheelchair Spaces
The Committee relied on the Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project findings of wheelbase measurements and the Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project’s recommendation of a minimum flat surface...
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Appendix 1 – Details of Research Methodologies
Appendix 1 – Details of Research Methodologies
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4.5 Maneuvering Clearances
4.5 Maneuvering Clearances Figures 28-29 and Tables 7-8 show the standards from the four countries related to maneuvering clearances from a wheeled mobility device. Figures 30-32...
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(1) Adjustability: Minimum High Transfer Height
evidence before it, the MDE Advisory Committee recommended a high transfer height requirement of 25 inches noting that: [t]he anthropometric data referenced … in the Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry...
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4.3 Reach Ranges
4.3 Reach Ranges Figures 14-15 and Table 4 show the standards from the four countries related to reach from a wheeled mobility device. Figures 16-19 show key findings from the...
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(2) Adjustability: Minimum Low Transfer Height
Id. 5 The Access Board and the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research sponsored the Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project to collect measurements of approximately...
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Appendix 2- Photos of Participants in the IDEA Center Research
Appendix 2- Photos of Participants in the IDEA Center Research Examples of High Seats: Examples of Very Large and Small Clear Floor Area Widths: Examples of Very...
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c. Transfer Surface Size for Diagnostic Equipment Used by Patients in the Supine, Prone, or Side-lying Position
numerous video clips showing various transfers (both assisted and unassisted); industry exhibited tables to show current table and chair widths; and the findings of the Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry...
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Appendix 3 - Comparison of US Standards to IDEA Center Research
Appendix 3 - Comparison of US Standards to IDEA Center Research Dimension U.S. Standard Standard...
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2.2.2 Structural Anthropometry (i.e. Body and WhMD Dimensions)
2.2.2 Structural Anthropometry (i.e. Body and WhMD Dimensions) A three-dimensional (3-D) electromechanical probe (i.e....
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Knee and Toe Clearance (M303.2.4)
The Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project showed that these dimensions do not accommodate many people in the sample and recommended alternative dimensions that would accommodate 95 percent...
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Workshops
In each, we also discussed the special nature of anthropometry of disability and wheeled mobility users in particular, for example, the limitations of using full body scanning due to occlusion...
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Introduction
Introduction The following memo is a brief analysis of the wheelbase dimension for wheeled mobility devices in the anthropometry of wheeled mobility database....
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11B-102 Dimensions for adults and children
In addition, this chapter includes technical requirements based on children's dimensions and anthropometries for drinking fountains, water closets, toilet compartments, lavatories and sinks...
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Notes:
Final Report: Anthropometry of Wheeled Mobility Project. Prepared for the U.S. Access Board. IDeA Center, Buffalo, NY....
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M303.2.4 Equipment Clearances (Section-by-Section Analysis)
A medical association asserted that to the best of their knowledge, imaging equipment already meets the Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project recommendations....
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Clear Floor Space: Minimum Clear Floor Space Required for Forward and Side Approach - Manual Wheelchair
accompanying table provides dimensions values for clear floor area to accommodate 95% of manual chair (n=276), power chair (n=189), and scooter (n=30) users that were measured as part of the Anthropometry...
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Clear Floor Space: Minimum Clear Floor Space Required for Forward and Side Approach - Scooter
accompanying table provides dimensions values for clear floor area to accommodate 95% of scooter (n=30), power chair (n=189), and manual chair (n=276) users that were measured as part of the Anthropometry...
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Clear Floor Space: Minimum Clear Floor Space Required for Forward and Side Approach - Power Chair
accompanying table provides dimensions values for clear floor area to accommodate 95% of power chair (n=189), scooter (n=30), and manual chair (n=276), users that were measured as part of the Anthropometry...
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References
References Churchill E, and McConville JT (1976) Sampling and Data Gathering Strategies for Future USAF Anthropometry. Technical Report (AMRL-TR−74‒102) (AD A025 240)....
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5.8.2 Knee and Toe Clearance Recommendations under Breast Platform Recommendations
The Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project showed that these dimensions do not accommodate many people in the sample and recommended alternative dimensions that would accommodate 95 percent...
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5.8.1.1 Clear Platform Size Recommendation
The Wheeled Mobility Anthropometry Project recommends this platform dimension.iv These study findings noted that a 36-inch length accommodates standard manual and power wheelchairs and most...
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Conference Papers and Journals
American Institute of Architects annual conferences In several conferences, we organized symposia or workshops on the topic of the anthropometry of disability....