PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF JSSD
45
Conference information
The Seating Size of the Aged and Its of the Wheelchair in Nursing Home
Hiroshi Nashihara, Chikage Nakajima, Akihiro Yoshida
Author information
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS FREE ACCESS

Pages 120-121

Details
Abstract
This report is clalified the seating size of the aged which use wheelchairs in the nursing homes, and the relation between the seating size of the aged and its of the wheelchairs. It is founded that the around the buttocks of the famales is large, the hand and feet of the males is long. And the seating size of the wheelchairs are not adapted to the seating size of the aged, and the only 1/4 of the aged are adapted to the wheelchair. A standardized combination of the seating size of wheel-chair is not founded and there are many number of combinations. The wheelchair which give the proper seating condition is neccessary for nursing homes.
Content from these authors
© 1998 JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENCE OF DESIGN
Previous article Next article
feedback
Top