Inovative design of wheelchair by using user centered design approach  

Oleh:

Soewardi, Hartomo ; Ajie, Bagus Tri ; Jalal, R.Abdul

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: PROCEEDING The 8th International Seminar on Industrial Engineering and Management (8th ISIEM). Atria Hotel & Conference, Malang, Indonesia March 17 – 19, 2015, page ER-81.
Topik: Wheelchairs; Multifunction; User Centred Design; ergonomics
Fulltext: Paper 73 Hartomo Soewardi - Islamic University of Indonesia.pdf (332.31KB)

Isi artikel

Wheelchair is one of the tools for disabilities feet. Some existing wheelchair is still simple because it has the limited functionality and is also less comfortable in use. However wheelchair is still required by them even though it has not satisfied what they need. The purpose of this research is to develop a multifunctional and ergonomic wheelchair design which can meet user’s requirement. User Centred Design concept is used in this research to specify design parameter of wheel chair. The survey was conducted to identify the user criteria and the statistical analysis was utilized to test the hypothesis developed. The results of this study are the design parameters of wheelchair that can satisfy the disable require in ergonomics and multifunctional criteria.

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