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ISSN : 2005-0461(Print)
ISSN : 2287-7975(Online)
Journal of Society of Korea Industrial and Systems Engineering Vol.23 No.57 pp.77-85
 

후천성 장애인을 위한 휠체어와 목발의 인간공학적 고찰

구본언, 박근상
건국대학교 산업공학과

Consideration of Human Factor of Wheelchair and Crutch for the Posteriority Handicapped


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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze problems of KS measurement of the wheelchair and a pair of crutches and to propose proper measurements of the wheelchair and a pair of crutches for the posteriori handicapped. Research method is as following ; First, it is compared that Anthropometry of Korean and Japanese adults relevance with design measurement of the wheelchair and a pair of crutches. Second, we compared measurements of KS wheelchairs with measurements of the wheelchair manufactured by the T aids company and the D aids company, and then compared and analyzed differences of measurements about each part of the wheelchair. Third, we compared measurements of a pair of crutches of an fixed and an elastic type with anthropometry and analysis. The result, measurements of KS wheelchair and KS a pair of crutches shows unsuitable to Korean adults. It may cause handicapped. We proposed measurements of the aids(the wheelchair and a pair of crutches) proper to the handicapped of Korean adults with improvement of these problems.