Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Japan
Online ISSN : 2433-0027
Print ISSN : 0387-1185
ISSN-L : 0387-1185
STUDY ON THE PUBLIC HOUSING PLANNING FOR THE HANDICAPPED (No.3) : Evaluation of public housing for the Handicapped from a point of view of charactaristic motions of the Handi-capped
TADAO KOGAMASAKI KATAOKAYOSHITOMO MURAKAMI
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1978 Volume 273 Pages 79-87

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Special types of housing for the Handicpped are the most important when they intend to come back to their social lives after having finished their training of rehabilitation services. The aim of this report is to evaluate public housing for the Handicapped which they hove already built from a point of view of charactaristic motions of the Handicapped. We collected 75 samples of public housing for the Handicapped in Japan and evaluated it by number of operation of wheelchair access to chamber pot, wash basin and bath tub and their charactaristic motions. Results of evaluation are as follows; 1) Adaptable types of spinal injury (Cervix, Thorax, Lumber) are only 6 types in 75 samples. 2) Typical pattern of adaptable types of cervical injury are setting up a handrail on a side of chamber pot other setting up a handrail on a side of chamber pot and other types are setting up handrail on both sides of chamber pot. It is very difficalt transfer activity to chamber pot for cervical injury about both sides handrail. 3) Almost types are adaptable to only Lumber injury level.
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