(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010)
Sprigle, Stephen; Maurer, Chris; Kong, Linghua
Inventors of assistive technology
often lack resources to support
product development and this may
hinder their ability to develop useful and commercially viable devices. The purpose of this on‐going project is to support inventor and small company development of promising mobility-‐related technologies. Specifically, the process includes: 1) an informal brainstorming session
addressing technical, market and user issues; 2) formal screening of device potential and RERC capacity to assist in development; 3) invitation to engage inventors/companies with promising technologies; and 4) product testing and/or development of promising technologies. This paper describes
the project’s approach and reviews
activities over the past year.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006)
Sonenblum, Sharon Eve; Sprigle, Stephen; Maurer, Chris
This study examines the use of power upright and power tilt-in-space (TIS) wheelchairs. An occupancy detector, wheel revolution counter, and position sensor comprise the Wheelchair Activity
Monitoring Instrument as used in this study. On average, subjects sat in their wheelchairs for 10 hours per
day, spent 50 (±24) minutes wheeling with an average daily distance traveled of 0.84 miles. The majority
of mobility bouts were less than 30 seconds and shorter than 25 feet. Subjects with TIS used their tilt
feature (at least a 15° change in position) 16±10 times and spent between 0 and 108 minutes at a fully
tilted (>40°) position daily.occupancy detector, wheel revolution counter, and position sensor comprise the Wheelchair Activity
Monitoring Instrument as used in this study. On average, subjects sat in their wheelchairs for 10 hours per
day, spent 50 (±24) minutes wheeling with an average daily distance traveled of 0.84 miles. The majority
of mobility bouts were less than 30 seconds and shorter than 25 feet. Subjects with TIS used their tilt
feature (at least a 15° change in position) 16±10 times and spent between 0 and 108 minutes at a fully
tilted (>40°) position daily.
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005)
Sonenblum, Sharon Eve; Sprigle, Stephen; VanHiel, Leslie; Maurer, Chris; Whittaker, Eric
People with spinal cord injuries (SCI) must transfer many
times daily. Despite the importance of proper transfers,
researchers have not completely described the kinematics of
lateral transfers. Nyland et al identified transfer technique as a
risk-factor for upper extremity degeneration and cited the need
for quantitative measures of transfers and additional transfer
research [1]. The purpose of this pilot study was to collect
kinematic data on lateral transfers and identify different
transfer strategies.