The motion of current leg rests for manual wheelchairs do not match the arc of the user's legs, thereby shortening the leg and applying torque to the hip as the leg rest is raised. The goal of this project was to design a legrest that would mirror the arc of the users' leg without interfering with other junctions of the wheelchair. The leg rest that was designed and produced, extended as it elevated and included an adjustable pivot point. This final device was successful in meeting most of the design requirements.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Barlow, Johanna Elizabeth
• Reed, Daniel Avery

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 03D205M

Advisor

• Hoffman, Allen H.
• Ault, Holly Keyes

Year

• 2003

Date created

• 2003-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright