Design of a novel mobility device controlled by the feet motion of a standing child: a feasibility study.
Self-generated mobility is a major contributor to the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development of infants and toddlers. When young children have disorders that hinder self locomotion, their development is at risk for delay. Independent mobility via traditional power mobility devices ma...
| Published in: | Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Vol. 49; no. 10; pp. 1225 - 1232 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Oct2011
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