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Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability

RD757.W4 M63 2017

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Main Author: Mohamed Elfatih Moustafa
Format: text::Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2024
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People with disabilities
Wheelchairs
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-332772024-08-25T02:02:50Z Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability Mohamed Elfatih Moustafa People with disabilities Wheelchairs RD757.W4 M63 2017 Disability and mobility problems increase with age. Assistive devices such as canes, crutches, and walkers can be used to increase a patient's base of support, improve balance, and increase activity and independence. Assistive devices can be prescribed to broaden a patient's base of support, improve balance and stability, or redistribute weight from the lower limbs to help alleviate joint pain or compensate for weakness or injury. The goals of assistive device use are to improve independent mobility, reduce disability, delay functional decline, and decrease the burden of care. Currently, an estimated 6.1 million community- dwelling adults use mobility devices, including canes, walkers, and crutches, and two-thirds of those persons are older than 65 years. With the growing number of older adults in the community and the increasing number of those adults with multiple chronic conditions, disability and the resultant mobility problems are anticipated to become even more widespread. Of adults older than 65 years, 10 percent use canes and 4.6 percent use walkers. This project proposes a new four wheeled walker which has many new features such as (de motor, cane holder, toilet frame, swivel wheels, seat). This new device is foldable and adjustable. The motor attached to this device helps the user to push the device uphill and helps to improve walking gait. The toilet frame is an attachment to an existing toilet which adds extra height for the user. It is designed for those with limited mobility who have difficulty sitting down or standing up from the toilet, so instead of having two devices (walker and toilet assistive device) this project combines them together in addition to more new features. 2024-08-22T03:50:17Z 2024-08-22T03:50:17Z 2017 Resource Types::text::Final Year Project https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/33277 en application/pdf
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topic People with disabilities
Wheelchairs
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Wheelchairs
Mohamed Elfatih Moustafa
Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability
description RD757.W4 M63 2017
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author Mohamed Elfatih Moustafa
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title Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability
title_short Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability
title_full Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability
title_fullStr Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability
title_full_unstemmed Design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability
title_sort design of a multipurpose mobility device for people with walking disability
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