ADAPTAÇÃO DE ALAVANCA DE BOMBEAMENTO À CADEIRA DA RODA

Abstract

This paper deals with Accessibility and Locomotion for Paraplegic Wheelchair. Such an approach is due to the fact that all development and research to complete the adaptation was to think with the placement of a front wheel axle, in such a way that it became a chair for muscular work, independence of locomotion, access to uneven terrain without the need for ramps in and also low cost, what difficulties and problems faced in the day to day of a wheelchair. The aim of this work is to bring the most needy paraplegic disabled comfort to an easy displacement without the help of the neighbor as the purpose of bringing benefit to oneself. This purpose will be obtained from the comparison of electric chair with adaptations necessary for the manual use with lever next to analyzes in which muscle exercise has more benefit. The analysis and test of the prototype proved that the adaptation of the chair can obtain the independence of locomotion even in uneven terrain, the muscular work involved will be acquired in the upper limbs with a higher energy expenditure during the movement of the pumping lever