Purpose Despite the increase of users of Mobility Assistive Devices (MobAD), there has
been a lack of accessibility in urban environments in many parts of the world. We present a …

Abstract Over 50 million United States citizens (1 in 6 people in the US) have a
developmental, acquired, or degenerative disability. The average US citizen can expect to …

Background: Low ridership of public transit buses among wheeled mobility device users
suggests the need to identify vehicle design conditions that are either particularly …

The life quality improvement issue is a problem of national and international interest. This
acquires total different values when it is to refer to a series of disadvantaged categories, that …

The emergence of low-floor bus designs and related regulatory standards in the US have
resulted in substantial improvements in public transit accessibility. However, passengers …

The purposes of this article were to examine the existing 2005 Clinical Practice Guidelines
for preservation of the upper extremities in spinal cord injury and explore the literature to …

The research literature on access ramps used in transit vehicles is undermined by
inconsistent methodologies used across studies, thus providing an inconclusive evidence …

Aim. Wheelchair prescription is relevant in the prevention of muscular joint pathology, and to
facilitate autonomy and the patient's social life. However, in order to reach this goal …

Many studies relate the poor usability of the Assistive Technologies and their abandonment
(AT) to: lack of participation from the user when choosing the device; its ineffective …

Objectives To estimate the prevalence of wheeled mobility device (WhMD) ramp-related
incidents while boarding/alighting a public transit bus and to determine whether the …