Sökning: "wheelchairs"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade ordet wheelchairs.

  1. 1. Posture, postural ability and mobility in cerebral palsy

    Författare :Elisabet Rodby Bousquet; Lund Ortopedi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cerebral palsy; posture; mobility; walking; wheelchairs; assessment tool;

    Sammanfattning : Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of motor disability in children and adolescents with a prevalence of 2-3/1000. CP is characterized by disorders of posture and movement with impairments ranging from mild to severe. The ability to control posture is an important prerequisite for all voluntary movements. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Posture and mobility of children with cerebral palsy

    Författare :Jackie Casey; Lund Ortopedi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cerebral Palsy; Children; Posture; Postural asymmetry; Mobility; Scoliosis; Windswept hip deformity; Wheelchairs;

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  4. 3. Activity avoidance, perceived walking difficulties, and use of mobility devices in people with Parkinson's disease

    Författare :Manzur Kader; Aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activity avoidance; Assistive devices; Difficulty walking; Falls; Fear of falling; ICF; mSAFFE; Near falls; Patient outcome assessment; PROM; Psychometrics; Parkinson’s Disease; Reliability; Validity; Walk-12G; Walking aids; Wheelchairs; Wheeled-walker;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease that results in functional loss and disability. People with PD have an increased risk of falling, and most of their falls occur while walking. As yet, there is limited knowledge concerning activity avoidance due to perceived risk of falling in people with PD. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Pre- and postoperative evaluation of function and activity in patients with paralytic scoliosis

    Författare :Eva-Lena Larsson; Alf Udén; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Activities of daily living; disability evaluation; paralysis; complications; physiopathology; scoliosis complications; etiology; physiopathology; surgery; posture; treatment outcome; wheelchairs; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis evaluates surgical correction in patients with paralytic scoliosis with emphasis on function and activity. The thesis includes four studies of 100 consecutive patients preoperatively evaluated and surgically corrected between 1992 and 1996 at Linköping University Hospital. Eighteen different diagnoses were represented. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Semi-Autonomous Navigation of Powered Wheelchairs : 2D/3D Sensing and Positioning Methods

    Författare :Cristian Vilar; Mattias O'Nils; Silvia Krug; Nicolas Ragot; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; 3D object recognition; YOLO; YOLO-Tiny; 3DHOG; Histogram-of-Oriented-Gradients; ModelNet40; Feature descriptor; Intel RealSense; Depth camera; Wheelchair;

    Sammanfattning : Autonomous driving and assistance systems have become a reality for the automotive industry to improve driving safety in the car. Hence, the cars use a variety of sensors, cameras and image processing techniques to measure their surroundings and control their direction, braking and speed for obstacle avoidance or autonomously driving applications. LÄS MER